I'm only dancing when it rains
June 30, 2020

Cecilia Bengolea: Dance as a form of animated sculpture

Fact magazine presents multidisciplinary artist Cecilia Bengolea with a 13-minute video 'Dancehall Weather' where performers dance at various times of a day and in various weather conditions. “Dancing in the wet weather of the Caribbean, sweat and tropical rain further dissolve the boundaries between inside and outside”, says Bengolea, “reminding us perhaps that inner body fluid is an electrical conductor that functions for the body in similar ways to the synapses of the brain”.