Prayer for Tending Death (2024)
A queer performance for transforming violence into healing. A traditional dance and its costumes to counter colonial legacies. A peaceful ritual for diluting the imposing masculinity of the cockfighting arena, their sharp damaging spurs, their intense cigar sucking. The Nicaraguan multidisciplinary artist Elyla, amidst masks and fumes, creates a purifying and festive prayer, a serene ceremony of alternativity for tending death.
Director: Elyla
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Elyla as |
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Suzanne Steicy as |
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Tesalia Isabella Campbell as |
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Ulises Calero as |
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Xiomara Pacheco as |
| Directing | Elyla | Director |
| Production | Elyla | Producer |
| Writing | Elyla | Writer |
| Art | Elyla | Production Design |
| Writing | Tamara Espinoza | Writer |
| Writing | Freidell Urbina | Writer |
| Crew | Freidell Urbina | Cinematography |
| Editing | María Félix Morales Lotz | Editor |
| Sound | Marisol Cao Milán | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Luigi Bridges | Music |
