seeds of resistance
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A trailblazing feminist, Castellanos challenged societal norms, questioned social class structures, and shed light on the invisibilization of Indigenous communities. With sharp irony and an unwavering inquiry into power, gender, and privilege, she left behind words that remain as urgent today as when they were first written.
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In this performance, her reflections come to life through the performers’ movements, resonant voices, live music, and visual projections—creating a dynamic landscape of images and sensations inspired by Rosario’s echoes.
This work is a living interpretation of her relentless search for truth:
“Let us remember until justice sits among us.”
– Rosario Castellanos
ARTISTIC TEAM
**Performance**
Artistic Co-Directors: Carla Alcántara & Marco Esccer
Project initiator: Nancy Ross
Performers & Co-creators: Carla Alcántara, Marco Esccer, Judith Colibrí, Silene Razo
Music Director & Sound Design: RCHRDY
Dramaturg: Ana Maria Carrizales
Video Design: Carla Alcántara
Video Mentor: Caroline MacCaull
Costume Designer: Juliana Silva
Lighting Designer Victoria Bell
Stage Manager: Kaili Che
Event illustration (poster & banners): Ari de la Mora
Graphic Designer: Claudia Fleury
**Living Installation**
Art Direction & Concept: Carla Alcántara, Marco Esccer & Juliana Silva
Installation artist: Juliana Silva
Installation artist assistant: Julian Esteban Pintor
Co-produced by VLACC and TEMPO Dance & Visual Art
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In partnership with
Photo by Julian Esteban
“By questioning the place we occupy in the world, we open the possibility of changing reality.”
– Rosario Castellanos
Performance
A multidisciplinary interpretation of Castellanos’ enduring questions, dissolving the boundaries between past and present.
Photos by Luciana Freire
Living installation
An evocative journey through Rosario Castellanos’ life and work, inviting audiences to immerse themselves in her world through a visual art installation including hanging texts, poems, video art, and collage.
This installation was set up before the show began.
Art Direction & Concept: Carla Alcántara, Marco Esccer & Juliana Silva
Installation artist: Juliana Silva
Installation artist assistant: Julian Esteban Pintor
Photos by Luciana Freire
Video by Carla Alcántara
translating rosario: a dance and literature tribute
How can literature transform into movement, sound, and imagery? How do words written decades ago continue to resonate today?
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A special lunchtime event at the Vancouver Public Central Library to celebrate the centennial of Rosario Castellanos, one of Mexico’s most influential writers, poets, and intellectuals.
Acclaimed translator Nancy Ross shared insights from her two decades of bringing Rosario’s voice into English, and read translations of her letters while Marco Esccer, Carla Alcántara & Silene Razo performed excerpts of "Seeds of Resistance".
