Article Title：TORTOLA VALENCIA, THE PERFORMER: HER ACTIONS BETWEEN DANCE AND OFFSTAGE PERFORMANCE ART
Abstract：
The aim of this paper is to highlight the figure of the mysterious dancer Tortola Valencia as a person-performer who inserts a (proto)performatic dance into everyday life. As an alternative to the dances performed on the stages -La Maja (Albeniz), The Dance of the Barefoot Gypsy (Saint-Satins), The Dance of Anitra (Grieg), The Funeral March (Chopin), The Dance of the gnomes (Grieg), The Dance of the Serpent (Delibes), The Dance of the Incense (Buccalossi) or The Arab Dance (Tchaikovsky), among others-, we propose to rescue a set of alternative dances derived from a transgressor attitude, which Tortola performed spontaneously, off the stage. With his actions, Tortola turned spaces like ships, beaches, cemeteries or a battlefield into improvised theatres where to carry out an understanding of life as a piece of art, frequently anticipating practices developed later and located between the art of performance and contemporary dance.
Keywords: TORTOLA VALENCIA; CARMEN (1882-1955); PROTO-PERFORMANCE; DANCE; ART
DOI: 10.1387/ausart.20682
Source：AUSART
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