paradox in translation
Paradox in Translation is an expansion of Translation Studies No. 4 & 5, in which the individual words of two poems are translated into movement, creating a literal vocabulary that exactly maps to the language used in the poems. This close translation is complemented in Paradox by more disjointed, loose translation material that transcends the original linguistic structure and ties the work together in a dreamscape that explores the contradictions inherent in love and loss.
2020
23 minutes
Choreography: Charly Santagado
Original music and text: Emory Campbell, Matthew Menchaca, Charly Santagado
Dancers: Emory Campbell, Frances Fuller, Karolina Holmstrom, Charly Santagado, Eriel Santagado
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What People Are Saying
“The phrases translated into movement create a whole that’s more engrossing to watch than the poems are to hear.”
— Jerry Hochman of Critical Dance
Performance History
2023
tMMp: the Moving Memory project, 2nd edition @ Broadway Presbyterian Church
2020
Friday Nights @ Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
Jersey City Theater Center’s Conversations: Voices from Around the World
2019
International Human Rights Arts Festival @ Wild Project
Come Together Dance Festival @ Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Fall New Works Series @ TADA! Youth Theater
Dance on the Lawn @ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
The Craft @ Threes Brewing
Inclined Dance Project’s InQuad Performance Series @ Dixon Place
Translations by ~mignolo dance~ @ HERE Arts Center
Continuum Dance Co. Season 3 Showcase @ Union County PAC
Newburgh Illuminated Festival @ Ritz Theater
Sans Limites 2019 MOVEMENT: SYZYGY @ Hudson Guild Theater
Metuchen World Day @ Old Franklin Schoolhouse
DanceFest Milford @ St. Patrick’s Church
Small Plates Choreography Festival @ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
WAXworks @ Triskelion Arts
HEARD @ VASU STUDIO
New Wave Dance Festival @ Paul Taylor Studios
SMUSH Moves Vol. 6 @ SMUSH Gallery
Ticket Launch for Sans Limites @ Hart Bar
Ariel Rivka Dance & Guests @ Baruch Performing Arts Center
Dance Canvas Performance Series @ Ferst Center for the Arts
HATCH Presenting Series @ The Jennifer Muller/The Works Studio
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