PARA.MAR Dance Theatre

MUJERES is a full-length contemporary ballet developed and presented by PARA.MAR Dance Theatre (P/M) with choreography by Stephanie Martinez and exploring the work of Chilean poet and scholar, Gabriela Mistral and her seminal collection of poems called "Locas Mujeres" or "Madwomen".

Designed as a stand-alone work, and also a companion to a recently choreographed piece, Dos Lados (Two Sides), Martinez will interrogate three poems from Mistral’s collection Locas Mujeres: “La Fervorosa”, “La Que Camina”, and the “Abandoned Woman” – all of which reference and examine the generational oppressions, sacrifices, and courage necessary to survive in a world where one is conditioned to mute oneself to fit in. In these poems, Martinez is reminded of her mother, her grandmother, and all the women who have had to contort themselves to survive a world that wasn't built to accept them. Mistral uses her voice, honesty, and creative expression as an act of bravery and protest to speak for all women.