SACRA // Stage Trailer
“The harness experiments worked on both metaphorical and literal levels: the imagery alluded instantly to physical labour, while you watched humans negotiate weight and connection in real time...For fans, ‘SACRA’ felt bracingly fresh” - Stir
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the world premiere of Andrea Peña’s first work for the company—the second recipient of the Ballet BC Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award!
#balletbc #balletbczenith #andreapena #sacra #dance #stagetrailer #contemporarydance #ballet #choreography #dancevideo #canadiandance
Artists of Ballet BC
Choreography: @andreapena__
Choreographic Assistant: Frédérique Rodier
Rehearsal Director: @rensig
Music: @ciber1a
Scenic Design: @andreapena__
Lighting Design: Bonnie Beecher
Costume Design: Kate Burrows
🗣️ “We live in a world that has masked the amount of complexity in which we actually operate.” - Andrea Peña
📺 The full recording of our Sites of Meaning: Culture and the Global City panel discussion is now available to watch on our website! Head to the link in our bio 🔗
🎤 Facilitated by @lisaandersonaa
🗣️ Panelists - @andreapena__ , @andreas.lang.uk , @_mariam_zulfiqar
🎧 Technical Director - Andy Downie
🎥 Filmed & edited by @shotbyhenrycurtis
📍 Filmed on location at @studiowaynemcgregor , Fri 3 Oct, as part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2025
#dance #beauty #choreography #architecture #london
Del col·lapse també pot néixer una nova forma de cos.
'Bogotà' s'estrena a Barcelona pel #GrecFestival50 amb Andrea Peña & Artists @apartists per desplegar un univers de dansa magnètic, polític i radical on mort i resurrecció deixen de ser final i començament per convertir-se en transformació contínua.
Nou intèrprets habiten aquest “barroc post-andí” entre mitologia, realisme màgic, arquitectura i memòria postcolonial, en una experiència performativa que travessa espiritualitat, resistència i renaixement.
@andreapena__ converteix l’escena en un paisatge visceral on el cos queer i la història política dialoguen des del caos cap a una nova possibilitat.
📍 @mercatflors
📆 4 i 5 de juliol
Una coproducció d’AP&A, International Festival of Contemporary Dance: @labiennale di Venezia, @agoradanse , Danse Danse.
🎟️ Entrades ja a la venda a festivalgrec.barcelona.
INTERVIEW. @andreapena__ , chorégraphe colombo-canadienne et lauréate du @chanelofficial Next Prize, trace les contours d’une pratique qui refuse de se laisser saisir. Entre Montréal et Paris, entre danse, design industriel et mémoire ancestrale muisca, elle compose des univers où le corps n’obéit pas mais négocie avec l’espace, la matière, l’histoire. Rencontre avec une artiste, présente à la prochaine @labiennale , qui fait de l’hybridité une méthode, et de l’instabilité une éthique.
📸 : 1, 3 @kristina.hilliard / 2 @jeannedunn_
✍🏼 : @alisonhd
🔗Rencontre avec Andrea Peña, lauréate du CHANEL Next Prize 2026
#andreapena #chanelnextprize2026 #art #labiennaledivenezia
🌎 #Mapas26 | El espectáculo de danza de Andrea Peña & Artists, ‘Bogotá’, llega a nuestra Sala Sinfónica los días 30 de junio y 1 de julio a las 19:30 h.
Esta pieza recibió el ‘International Choreographic Co-Production Award’ de la Biennale di Venezia hace tres años, convirtiéndose así en la primera obra de un artista no italiana menor de 35 años en recibir esta distinción. Esta trayectoria de reconocimientos para Andrea Peña se completa con galardones como el Clifford E. Lee Award en Canadá, el Hong Kong International Choreography Award o el Emily Molnar Emerging Choreographer Award.
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#AuditoriodeTenerife #MapasADT #DanzaADT
Thank you @nuvomag for this nuanced article highlighting the layers of conceptual and philosophical backbones of my work. “For Peña, it’s a chance to push further into an aesthetic where “mythologies, aesthetics of excess and fragility, relationship to spirituality, hybridity, and collective memory are not peripheral gestures but are central to the future of contemporary culture.”
To more work and voices from the global south finding home in contemporary culture xx
#choreography #performance #latinx
Brining these archives back to life. Babe @jaybb91 wearing @pretendplay - during our 12hr performance take over at the @phicenter captured by @_bobbyleon .
We experimented from 8pm to 8am with ideas like signing a monster lullaby or confessions of a teenage pop girl and here JB was writting a love letter with whipped cream 🧁Live streamed all night across 9 security cameras.
#performanceart
Exploring what I like to think of as “the new sublime”. A work exploring trance and ritual, where the body is both vessel and bridge between ethereal and physical. James (@sir_pottington ) wearing @rombautofficial with @tanzkassel for @staatstheaterkassel last year during Transmuted Symphony.
#choroegraphy #performanceart #artoftheday
𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐧̃𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 2026/27 𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫.
Known for her “visceral and collaborative” approach, Andrea will lead the cohort in creating a new original piece at the Mobius Atelier in Novi Velia, Italy 🇮🇹
A bi-cultural artist (Bogotá/Montréal) and director of @apartists , Peña’s practice moves across choreography, design, and performative systems. Her work has shown at La Biennale di Venezia (2023), and she is a 2026 CHANEL Next Prize recipient.
At the Mobius Atelier, participants engage in a rigorous process where process is held with equal importance to outcome—a space where structure, care, and collective intelligence shape the work from within.
Mobius Infinity is a high-level contemporary dance intensive for the next generation of professional movers.
If this resonates with your practice, we invite you to apply.
🗓️ 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 1 𝐌𝐚𝐲. 🔗 Information via link in bio.
Photo credit: Aime Elle
#dance #contemporarydance #dancer #audition #danceauditions
“Community is not an audience—it’s where the work begins.” — Andrea Peña
The Latinx community is present in Andrea Peña’s work not as background, but as an active force shaping how, for whom, and from where creation happens.
LATINNESS.COM
Recognized with the Chanel Next Prize 2026, LATINNESS sits down with Colombian choreographer and designer Andrea Peña to reflect on the growing presence of Latin creatives on the global stage.
“I’m moved to see more Latin creatives claiming space in the global arts world. We carry richness that makes us unique, values, traditions, philosophies, ways of being that aren’t found everywhere. Those voices are needed now more than ever, no matter what medium you work in.”
Discover the full interview at LATINNESS.COM
The CHANEL Next Prize was awarded to 10 visionary creatives—from 10 different countries—selected by a jury of cultural leaders.
Wrapping up the week with @chanelofficial x Ayoung Kim (@ayoung___kim ), Álvaro Urbano (@alvaro_urbano ), Pan Daijing (@infinitydosezero ), Emeka Ogboh, Pol Taburet (@yves_ciroc ), Ambrose Akinmusire (@ambroseire ), Marco da Silva Ferreira (@marco_da_silva_ferreira ) Bárbara Sánchez-Kane (@sanchez_kane ), and Payal Kapadia (@payalkapadiafilm ).
#chanelnextprize
Established in 2021 by the Chanel Culture Fund, the prize is a biennial award that recognises contemporary artists who are redefining their disciplines. It reflects Chanel’s commitment to nurturing the next generation of leading artistic voices by offering sustained support alongside a two-year program. This year’s jury comprised Tate Modern International Art Curator Alvin Li, British Film Institute (BFI) Chief Executive Officer Ben Roberts, Serpentine Galleries Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist, artist Cao Fei, and actress Tilda Swinton.
