Contemporary dance and performance collective from Puerto Rico founded in 2015 by artists Beatriz Irizarry, Cristina Lugo and Marili 'Mim' Pizarro.
BIO's
Beatriz Irizarry
Beatriz Irizarry is a Puerto Rican contemporary dancer, choreographer, performer, and video artist. She studied ballet and contemporary dance from a very early age. In 2002, she joined the Hincapié dance company, directed by Petra Bravo, as a dancer and choreographer. Later, as an independent artist, her choreographic, performance, and video art pieces have been presented in Puerto Rico and internationally. Since 2015, together with Cristina Lugo and Marili Pizarro, she has been part of the multidisciplinary collective La Trinchera, which focuses on precarious aesthetics. With this artistic collective, she integrates contemporary dance with performance and pop culture. She is a professor at the University of Sagrado Corazón in the School of Arts, Design, and Creative Industries program. She is also a mother, a feminist, and a sexologist and seeks to integrate these aspects into her creative processes.
CRISTINA LUGO
She studied in Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico since childhood and later enrolled in contemporary dance curses with Petra Bravo at the University of Puerto Rico. She later joined Bravo's dance company Hincapié where she worked as dancer and choreographer for over a decade. In 2011, Lugo joined contemporary dance company Andanza under the direction of Lolita Villanua. As a professional and independent artist, Lugo has performed in theaters in the United States as well as in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, France and Spain.
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MARILI 'MIM' PIZARRO
Independent visual and performance artist from Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The focus of her work and practice merges space and body specificity with choreography and visual media. She describes her work as born from precariety and the redefinition of space. She also works as set designer, graphic artist, costume and makeup designer and photographer. She has presented as dancer and choreographer for Contemporary dance company Hincapié, La guareta and La trinchera. Also as an improvisation artist for Piso proyecto by artist Noemi Segarra. Pizarro has presented her work as an independent artist in Puerto Rico and internationally.