ABOUT
isla lum is my pseudonym, a medium format dance solo, and my self-managed choreographic project which have lived in different parts of México and London from 2012 to this day.
isla lum is a space to create, dance and produce choreographies in different mediums and construct processes and methodologies for composition and dancing and physical conditioning workshops for children and adults.
I was suffering from a lumbar injury. I was questioning the body, being a woman, love, and what being a professional dancer meant after working hard since a child to be one, while being in risk of not graduating from my bachelors degree in contemporary dance. It was when i decided to create my own creative space. I've always felt an islan
I was suffering from a lumbar injury. I was questioning the body, being a woman, love, and what being a professional dancer meant after working hard since a child to be one, while being in risk of not graduating from my bachelors degree in contemporary dance. It was when i decided to create my own creative space. I've always felt an island, but now more than ever. That is why the name; an island thinking by herself collaborating with an ocean of ideas, feelings, people and opportunities. The same questions still permate, making isla lum non-lineal time.
I am creating and researching dance from solitary choreographic practice and in collaboration based in a cross-cultural, hybrid, bricolage, integral and intergenerational perspective which make my processes intuitive and improvisational. I attend my own rhythms of work to create intense, affective and intimate spaces where to appreciate, question and experiment corporal movement and dancing.
isla lum
Where it has been presented and tech support
Entre Minas y Muros - Centro Cultural San Ángel, Ciudad de México, 2022
Un Desierto Para La Danza - MUSAS, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, 2018
PURE PERFORMANCE - Trispace Gallery, London, UK, 2014
DURATION- 22 minutes
SPACE- 8x8 meters. spare wall and a corner. preferably gallery space, an empty room, a dance studio or italian theatre with audience on stage. clear floor.
SOUND- stereo. console with channel available for mini plug. auxiliar cable.
LIGHT- white. general
TRAVEL- two people. basic luggage.
perverso
mini zine
a choreography in zine format depicting outlines from several stills of video moments from youtube of soldiers dancing during war.
2017. unreleased. releasing soon
paseo del pitic
video dance
questioning the body, camouflage, to be naked, movement, being a woman and to be seen in your most in your intimate space.
presented in 2012 in MartESdanza, a showcase done by the School of Performing Arts of the University of Sonora
Taller_AF
Taller de Acondicionamiento Físico
First imparted in 2019 and ongoing in Talleres Libres DanzaUNAM
https://www.talleresdanzaunam.com/03libre20231
Hybrid, bricolage and integral methodology constructed guided by the need of the participants primarily, and by different dynamics which help develop your sense of alignment, introspection, propioception and attention to your breath while working flexibility, strength, endurance and coordination.
collaboration
risco rasco
risco rasco is a powerful duplex
which im half of
youtube
https://www.youtube.com/@riscorasco9160
site under construction
processes
cómo ser un árbol o how to be a tree
It is a process living since 2016. I have been working it sporadically, mainly the concepts of crown shyness, trees temporalities, deep time, growth and life. This occasions have been instrumental in healing my grandmother's and professor's passing away.
This pic was taken automatically with the help of a tree. And here it is an excerpt of the only time the improvisation has been shared with someone. Wimbledon Common, London, UK, 2017
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/385624037
I am currently working in so many processes mainly a new solo, contemporary dance improvisation session for adults, a contemporary dance class for kids, and reworking dance anthropology research.
