LAUGH WITH YOUR EYES
Laughter and humor have long overflowed into multiple disciplines.
We have crossed that imaginary and technical line that divides one place from another.
Since the beginning of the project, one of our main references for creation has been cinema, which has served as a guiding light for our processes and inspirations. However, it is true that since the pandemic began, this form has been forced, restricted, and cornered. We continue to empty out the laughter and montages in the form of dance videos and short films, as well as previous works.
This is the result of a beginning in which we still find ourselves, seeking to transcend the “forms” of creation through humor and dance in their audiovisual format.
In short, it is a back-and-forth between live humor and reliving experiences through the eyes.
THE COW: PROLOGUE
4 beings, protectors of nature and intermediaries between the natural and human world, dance the 4 elements: earth, wind, fire and water, fight to recognize themselves in them, bare their human faces and celebrate their meeting to remember our bond with nature represented for a tree in this oniric place called The Cow. Inspired by the book Thus spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche
Direction Michel Alzaga
General Production Germán Aguila, Laura Castellanos y Michel Alzaga
Performers Toto Cortés, Laura Castellanos, Germán Águila González y Ana Alatorre
Director of Photography Daniel Magaña
Camera assistant Job Samaniego
Music and soound design Janine Jop
Body Movement Direction Laura Castellanos
Choreographic composition on camera Michel Alzaga
Edition Daniel Magaña
Graphic and credit design Germán Aguila
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
- kNOwBOX Film Festival 2022 (EU) / Official selection and audience award NBFF 2022 Attention Grabber México
- INTERMEDIACIONES IX MUESTRA DE VIDEOARTE Y VIDEO EXPERIMENTAL 2022 (COL) / Official selection
- Salem International Film FestivaL 2022 (USA) / Official selection
- “Festivau de C4nn3s” Porto Alegre (BRA) 2022 / Official selection
- Festival de Cortometraje Universitario “Premios CEC”. Guadalajara (MEX) 2023 / Official selection and Recognition
- Antroposfera. Muestra Jalisquilla de videodanza. Atotonilco (MEX) 2023 / Official selection
- Paris International Short Festival (FRA) 2023 / Semifinalist
- Festival Internacional de Danza. Guadalajara (MEX) 2023 / Official selection
- PEDRA DURA Algarve Dance Festival Lagos (POR) 2023 / Official selection
- Experimental Film Guanajuato (MEX) 2023 / Official selection
- Encuentro Nacional de Danza (MEX) 2023 / Official selection
- 7a Edición de NOUBOX Festival Internacional de Cine y Danza (MEX) 2025 / Official selection
The Fragile womb of the beast
The phenomenon of birth in an unusual place, meeting the world, the fears and joys that this provokes.
On the edge between mystery and humor, this fictional clown plays with the primary, empathy, hunger in a balance dance, suddenly the light is saved as the sun is saved, the beast is present and that is when this character tries to achieve a glorious identity through luxury, power and extravagance.
Direction and performance Michel Alzaga
Camera and edition Alan Becerra
Music Xiranda y Christoffer Moe
Executive production Co. Claunódromo
Technical assistant Toto Cortés
Costume design Alondra García
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
- Official selection “Circus – Life,” the 2021 Weiwuying Circus Platform, Weiwuying Corea. 2021
- Official selection Premis Audiovisual Festival Trepezi Reus Cataluya 2022
- Best video winner/Circus category “The art of the circus” l Premis Audiovisual Festival Trepezi Reus Cataluya 2022
- Official selection Muestra de Movimiento Audiovisual 2022 Guadalajara.
FLOATING
A pair of fish-woman beings dance the ashes as a last goodbye, they look straight into their own abyss to never meet again in the same way, the frustration of the irrevocable, the last moment is inevitable.
Direction and original idea Michel Alzaga
Direction assistant Germán Aguila
Dancers Yeimy Sáenz, Dafne Sucarrats y Daniel Magaña
Photography direction Michel Alzaga
Underwater camera Rodrigo Courtney
Musica and sound design Janine Jop
Costume design Hanna Katarina y Daniela Farias
Mask design Iván López
Still photography Gonzo Bojorquez
Edition Michel Alzaga
Graphic and credits design Germán Aguila
Catering Estela Alzaga
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS
- Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival
- ZERO PLUS International Film Festival
- Premier Cineteca de la Universidad de Guadalajara 2025
