What does it mean to have a company in this era?
Is that even possible for independent artists?
LOAIZAcorpóreo is the façade I've put forward since 2018. It exists as my "company" name whenever grant, festival or other annoyingly inflexible forms require it... In reality, I'm just a guy who works with who I can, when I can—stubbornly intent on building friendships along the way.
I think the idea of having a company piles unnecessary pressure onto independent artists who just want to make shit, imposing almost unnatainable work models on dance collectives that are figuring out how to stay together. What I care for is strong, diverse, fun groups that exchange their time and creativity for the satisfaction of art (...and getting paid, of course).
Things might change, but for now it’s just me—Victor—with great talented friends. Smashing art and body. Making stuff. Awesome stuff..
What does it mean to have a company in this era?
Is that even possible for independent artists?
LOAIZAcorpóreo is the brand that I have put forward since 2018. It serves as the name for my “company” whenever grant, festival or other application forms require it. It’s fake—in a sense…
I don’t care much for the idea of a company as an artist, I think it’s a somewhat impossible, romanticized and obsolete perspective on dance collectives in the present era. What I care for is friendships and strong, diverse, fun groups that come together for specific projects.
If you want, you can name my company LOAIZAcorpóreo, but… really, it’s just me: Victor, and great, talented friends—smashing art and body, making stuff, awesome stuff.
"Rojo Alcatraz" is a dark scenic approach to the aesthetics of Mexican nationalist art. Drawing from the figure of the iguana, as characterized in the folklore of states like Guerrero, Colima, and Veracruz, as well as the iconic series of Flower Vendors created by Diego Rivera, the choreographic piece presents a brutalist counterpoint that questions the representation of femininity through the lens of exoticism. Themes of bestiality in the realm of animality, the alcatraz (lilies) as a parallel to womanhood, mysticism, solitude, nudity, nationalist nostalgia, beauty, and the objectification of the female body as an aesthetic value in Mexican popular art are concepts explored in this work, which is transgressed by gender violence and the distortion of the symbols of Mexican romanticism.
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this piece was presented only as a 'work in progress' and it's process has been paused indefinitely.