insurgentes company "la consecha"in creation
La Cosecha is fiesta, and fiesta is our revolution: a not-so-quiet act of remembering, rooted in friendship and the shared pulse of a party inside and outside of ourselves—sometimes melancholic, sometimes absurd, sometimes hypnotic, sometimes big and chaotic—that helps us find our way back to ourselves. It's an ode to not forgetting where we come from, even as everything moves fast around us.
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Premiere planned: 2026 Looking for: Financial support to continue and finish the creation. Residency places. |
At its heart, La Cosecha is our friendship story but we are not the only ones involved. Our grandmothers and moms are part of it, our gossipy neighbor, the girl on the street in Cuernavaca singing Chavela Vargas, the bus driver in Santiago who plays cumbia and reggaetón while navigating traffic, the ones who leave, the ones who stay... the woman doing her makeup on the subway because there’s never enough time.
There’s never enough time in Latinoamérica, but what there always is: fiesta. And La Cosecha is fiesta, and fiesta is our revolution a not-so-quiet act of remembering, rooted in friendship and the shared pulse of a party inside and outside of ourselves. Sometimes melancholic, sometimes absurd, sometimes hypnotic, sometimes big and chaotic, it helps us find our way back to ourselves.
Who are we? What’s left from our past since we migrated? We use the stereotypes and archetypes of our cultures, different, but deeply connected. We use aerial hoop, clowning, and absurdity to reclaim our roots. We are not alone; through our bodies and voices, other voices resonate within us.
Voices, colors, glitter, a big object falling from the sky, Latin music (from folklore to reggaetón), heels, makeup, maximalist scenography, and more. An ode to our culture, sisterhood, resilience, and reappropriation.
Let’s do a fiesta together
Technical Requirements:
Stage:
the middle.
- Act presented: Aerial hoop.
- Number of people performing: 2
- Technician: 1 for the rigging
Stage:
- Minimum height: 4 meters.
- Clean and empty stage, dance floor or a similar material, with a
the middle.
credits
Directors: Micaela Castrillo Vargas and Itzel Sandoval Valladares
Outside Eye/Artistic Support: Carla Margarita Manrique Mendoza, Benjamin “Monki” Kuitenbrouwer, Ganna Poppea, Shalom Gramiccioli, Lara Van Lookeren
Dramaturgue: Marie PeetersCo-production (2026): Cirklabo (BE)
Fundings: “Keep an Eye” foundation (NL, 2023)
Residencies: Panama Pictures (NL), La Central del Circ (ESP), DeWarande (BE), Maker for a week at TENT (NL), Blankspace atCirklabo (BE), “La Parola ai Corpi 2024” Quattrox4 at La Fabbricadel Vapore (IT).
Costumes: Micaela Castrillo Vargas and Itzel Sandoval Valladares
Festivals: Festival Circolo (NL, 2023)
Sortie de Residencies: De Warande, TENT, Cirklabo
Outside Eye/Artistic Support: Carla Margarita Manrique Mendoza, Benjamin “Monki” Kuitenbrouwer, Ganna Poppea, Shalom Gramiccioli, Lara Van Lookeren
Dramaturgue: Marie PeetersCo-production (2026): Cirklabo (BE)
Fundings: “Keep an Eye” foundation (NL, 2023)
Residencies: Panama Pictures (NL), La Central del Circ (ESP), DeWarande (BE), Maker for a week at TENT (NL), Blankspace atCirklabo (BE), “La Parola ai Corpi 2024” Quattrox4 at La Fabbricadel Vapore (IT).
Costumes: Micaela Castrillo Vargas and Itzel Sandoval Valladares
Festivals: Festival Circolo (NL, 2023)
Sortie de Residencies: De Warande, TENT, Cirklabo