SUR

Sur is a dance and sound performance, an exploration of identity, perception, and reinvention: who we are, how we present ourselves, who we aspire to be, and how we resist being seen as. Using personal stories, stereotypes, and shared memories, we celebrate the fluid nature of identity and the ways we continually redefine our place in the world.

The research is articulated around a series of questions that guide the creative process: how does a dance that cannot be seen exist? What is it made of? How is it perceived? What happens when audio description stops being an access tool and becomes a core part of the dramaturgy? And how is the potential redundancy between visual and oral information managed for sighted audiences?

These questions are addressed through sonic, rhythmic, and spatial strategies focused on the sound of movement and the sonic materiality of the body's physical presence. Breathing, weight, friction, the voice, and the body's relationship with space become fundamental choreographic materials. The sound design does not accompany the dance; it articulates it. For the creators, it is less a "sound design" and more a "sound dramaturgy," where different dramatic elements converge to create a sonic space that constructs and allows one to travel through the work using listening.

Building on a decade-long artistic and personal partnership between Alberto and Eva, SUR uses the creators' shared biographies, trajectories, and tensions as creative material, placing the intimate in dialogue with the political. On stage, Eva and Alberto dance, speak, and construct soundscapes, alternating between positions of certainty and uncertainty, and between being a local and being a foreigner. The work challenges cultural stereotypes, gender roles, and identity labels, utilizing humor and the absurd as critical tools.

The work will be developed simultaneously in Spanish and English, reflecting the complexity of identity and nationality construction.