V A S T A

Performance by Lina Gómez

Photo: Mayra Wallraff

In "V A S T A", Lina Gómez, after seventeen years, returns to the stage as a dancer in her own work. In a solo of multiple presences on origin and transformation, she moves backwards, drawing on Latin American cosmovisions where the past lies ahead of us. In dialogue with her deceased grandmothers, the body becomes a living archive. Memories of Colombian and Brazilian dance traditions unfold through circular movement, rhythm, and live percussion. "V A S T A" approaches the circle as a space of encounter, resistance, and shared time – asking: what do we carry forward, what do we transform, what do we leave behind? The piece, which premiered at Radialsystem in July 2026, will be specially adapted for the gallery space of SAVVY CONTEMPORARY.

Artistic direction, concept, choreography, dance: Lina Gómez Conversation partners: Rosa Tulia Garcia, Cenith Antonia Serrudo Artistic collaboration and choreographic advice. Ana Lessing Menjibar Live percussion and composition: Aduni Guedes Live music, composition and sound design: Andrea Parolin Lighting design: Bruno Pocheron Outside-eye: Luciane Ramos-Silva Dramaturgical advice: Thomas Schaupp Costume design: Reiner Törner Technical direction: Bruno Pocheron, Andrea Parolin Distribution: Tammo Walter Production management: M.i.C.A. - Movement in Contemporary Art A production by Lina Gómez in co-production with Radialsystem and Tanzfabrik Berlin BÜHNE. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. A co-production of the Fonds Transfabrik – French-German Fund for the Performing Arts. Supported by a residency at Perform[d]ance / Stralsund as well as by ETAPE DANSE, a network of fabrik Potsdam, La Briqueterie CDCN Val-de-Marne and Mosaico Danza – Interplay Festival, with the support of the Bureau du Théâtre et de la Danse / Institut français Deutschland, the French Ministry of Culture / DGCA, the City of Potsdam, Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, Lavanderia a Vapore Turin, the Torinodanza Festival / Fondazione Teatro Stabile di Torino – Teatro Nazionale, the Tanz im August festival, and the EFFEA European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists. Thanks to Maria Esperanza Arias Garcia, Oswaldo Alonso Gómez Serrudo, Pilar Arias Garcia, Adriana Arias, Emerita Ivonne Gómez Serrudo, Carmen Sofía Gómez Serrudo, Nelson Antonio Gómez Serrudo, Ivan Darío Gómez Serrudo, Maria Angélica Gómez Serrudo, Zorayda Serrudo, Jose Luis Serrudo, Nery Sofia Diaz, Juan Camilo Alfonso, Esteban Card, Festival Nacional de Bullerengue Maria La Baja, Kuagro Bullerenguero Dolores Salinas, Comunidad Bullerenguera de Berlín, Maestra Darlina Sáenz, Valeria Pacific, Julek Kreutzer, Michelangelo Contini, Juca Junior, Team Physiotherapy Roseli Dutra, Isabela Fernandes Santana, Joaquim Lino, Gustavo Llano, Martin Stiefermann, Jana Bäskau, Schloss Bröllin and its team.

Next date:

• Date Friday, 25/September/2026 20:30 bis 21:30
• Venue SAVVY Contemporary, Reinickendorfer Str. 17, 13347 Berlin
• Address Reinickendorfer Straße 17, 13347 Berlin-Kreisfreie Stadt Berlin