Pulling Scales

AN INTENSE IMMERSION IN IDENTITY, OPPRESSION AND RESILIENCE, INSPIRED BY CUBA AND SURREALISM.

Is it a lizard? A caiman? Or maybe just a dog? Or just a human… All we know is that it is green, sensual, crazy and hungry for change.

For a long time, people in Cuba have been stuck in a hard, endless cycle. They are crushed like insects under the pressure of distorted communist ideas and wild, far-right beliefs.

Pulling Scales is based on the idea of ​​change and transformation. It reflects on the process of awakening, both individually and collectively. It is a dance performance by Henry Rodríguez in collaboration with Elle. aka Lea Katrin (costume design) and L’DELTA aka Henry Rodríguez (music production) and is part of a series of works entitled Physical Rootlessness.

“Remove the rigid plate, the shell, the camouflage. I like to see what lies beyond endurance. Long and dense is the walk towards the core. Pull off your scales to see yourself. To feel yourself. I want to taste the inner walls of your steel body.”

CREDITS

Choreography & Performance - Henry Rodríguez

Costumes - Henry Rodríguez & Lea Katrin ( Elle. )

Videography / Photography - Jos Mauro Witteveen Villagómez & Martin van Drunen

Music - Leaving the Matrix mix and production by L’DELTA
featuring Kelly Lee Owens, Erik Truffaz & Murcof

Premiered at Intimate Portraits and presented by Stichting Kunsten Dialoog, 2024
Amsterdam, The Netherlands