Studio Alaxpacha is a experimental laboratory for the production of ballet films and performances.
Our productions are imbued with a deep sense of purpose, seeking to avoid the Artist Ego and connect with the divine through intense research.
At Studio Alaxpacha, we create visual poetry telling the stories of our deepest shadows, and how that same shadow brought us to the light.
As the founder of Studio Alaxpacha, I believe that dance in general has lost its connection to the divine. Competitions and an obsession for aesthetics damaged its soul and true spiritual purpose.
Thus, I see an emergency of researching academic dramaturgical structures with an open mind: to have the courage of understanding why tradition exists, and what spiritual purpose those traditions accomplish, in order to create or recreate beautiful ballets.
Modernity does not exist. It is only a capitalist lie to make people overconsume and forget who they are.
Diana Mora
"Alaxpacha"
Alaxpacha or Arajpacha (Aymara): it is the dimension where the most sacred spirits are found, those who, for physical reasons, are located farthest from the community. Such as the high peaks of the mountains, the celestial vault, and the cosmos.
Our productions
2023, Experimental Dance Film, 07:20 min
Format: Digital 16:9
Director and producer: Jurijs Saule
Choreographed and danced by Diana Mora
Souls for sale is the story of a dancer who sold her soul for her dance career. It's about the lies we tell ourselves when we decide to follow our dreams. Dreams that are often contaminated with ego and distortions of our reality that we don't want to face. The concept, direction and production of this video are by award-winning director Jurijs Saule. Diana Mora collaborated with him by sharing her own story, choreography and dance.
2023 Dance film, 08:48 Min.
Format: Digital, 16:9
Direction and Production: Diana Mora and Camilo Correa Costas
Written, choreographed and danced by Diana Mora
Executive Producer: Jurijs Saule
Music: Luzmila Carpio, Adolph Adam, Norte Potosí
Camera: Tim Addams & Jurijs Saule Lichter: Rodolfo Briones
Costume: Diana Mora
Editing: Camilo Correa Costas, Jurijs Saule und Diana Mora
Set Photographer: Mauro Arrigada Poster design: Diana Mora
Through the reconstruction of memory and reinterpretation of the classical ballet "Giselle," Diana develops a message of solidarity with Bolivian peasants of the North Potosí, thereby illuminating the impact of racism in a postcolonial global society and mending her own connection with her lineage and personal identity.
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Le Printemps du Sacre
This ballet, designed in an alchemical format, is a love poem to Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950), a dancer who had the courage to take his heart in his hands and write down his truths, no matter the consequences.
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Gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Programm NEUSTART KULTUR, Hilfsprogramm DIS-TANZEN des Dachverband Tanz Deutschland.
