Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996
documental de
Merián Soto y Viveca Vázquez
Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996, is a documentary about Rompeforma: Maratón de Baile, Performance & Visuales, the experimental Latinx dance and performance festival took place in Puerto Rico from 1989-1996. Co-directed and produced by Merián Soto and Viveca Vázquez, with editing by Laura Sofía Pérez and music by Eduardo Alegría, Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996 features dozens of performances and commentary by many current leaders of the field, and some who have sadly passed. In its six incarnations, Rompeforma: Maratón de Baile, Performance, & Visuales presented dozens of performances by over 60 Latinx artists from across the hemisphere. In addition, Rompeforma organized two exhibitions, five theater installations, a performance retrospective of choreographer Petra Bravo’s work, poetry and spoken word events, and dozens of workshops.
Fenomenal intends to inspire younger generations of Latinx artists and cultural activists by providing evidence of the rich creative and artistic contributions of Latinx artists to the American avant-garde. Fenomenal preserves, and makes available the repertoire of a generation of Latinx experimental dance, performance, and curation often overlooked and/or forgotten by historians, scholars, and practitioners in the field.
Fenomenal shares, not only the archives, but also the work that has caused a fundamental legacy in the disciplines of dance and performance in Latin America, USA, Europe, and the Caribbean. This endeavor responds to consistent efforts of strengthening artistic ties, and the affirmation of a community that very often has broken barriers to establish not only a voice, but a community oriented artistic environment that follows the practice, “if you want to get something done, do it yourself.”
Starring:
Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Antonio Martorell, Antonio Pantojas, Rosa Luisa Márquez, Francis Schwartz, Myrna Renaud, Pedro Pietri, Miguel Algarín, Awilda Sterling, Susan Homar, Viveca Vázquez, Gloria Llompart, Pepón Osorio, Eduardo Alegría, Carmelita Tropicana, Vanessa Vachier, Pepín Lugo, Merián Soto, Noemí Segarra, David Rodríguez, Patricia Hoffbauer, George Emilio Sánchez, Mayra Santos Febres, Arthur Aviles, Elizabeth Marrero, Guillermo Gómez Peña, Petra Bravo, David Zambrano, Patricia Dávila, Ricardo Cobián, Lola Aponte, Pedro Adorno, Coco Fusco, Marion Ramírez, Javier Cardona, Teresa Hernández, James Adlesic, Kathy Westwater, Karen Langevin, Teófilo Torres, David Hernández, Gilberto Blasini, Edín Vélez, Peter Richards, Noel Cruz, Maritza Pérez Otero, Jesús Miranda, Sol Maisonet, María Collazo, Wilson Pico, Oscar Mestey, Ivette Román, Elia Arce, Teresa López, Irene Sosa, Gabri Christa, Priscilla Regalado, Sandra María Esteves, Karl Anderson, Marcus Kuiland Nazario, Nelson Rivera, Luis Eduardo Araneda, Mari Torres, Juan Carlos Quiñones, Juan del Hierro, Julio Peña, Marel Malaret.
Press
La vida es Fenomenal — 80 Grados
Rompeforma: Defying Norms and Reimagining Performance on Stages and Cinema
JURY PRIZE-WINNER— “FENO MENAL: ROMPEFORMA 1989-96” — Repeating Islands
Recibe premio el documental “Fenomenal, Rompeforma 1989-1996” en México
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY
DANCE CAMERA WEST 2024
TicTac Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium 2024
