Bodies, our bodies, are mobile, changing spaces. They are territories of expression of human nature: sensitive and living maps of our life journey, our aspirations, frustrations, battles, and victories.

Our bodies are our heritage and inheritance. They speak to us of diversity, change, clash, and transformation. They are migrant spaces, eternally in transit to another place.

Forms migrate, ideas migrate, internal spaces migrate, physical, emotional, and psychological health migrates, identity migrates, we always migrate; we migrate inevitably in the inexorable transit towards the end of our days.

Our migrating bodies: eternal fluctuating spaces in search of freedom.

"I am the space where I am; I exist in the space where I am."

Gaston Bachelard /bThe Poetics of Space

Evoé Sotelo

Director of Danza UNAM

 Cuerpos Migrantes – Milo: Free Body

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 1)

Milo takes us on a journey through his transition, showing us how one can migrate towards freedom.

Cuerpos Migrantes is a look at different life trajectories through the recording of their bodies: walking, hand gestures, skin, facial details, the curvature of the back, pauses in speech, changes in energy in the gaze or the breadth of the chest will foster an experience of encounter with each individual journey.

Danza UNAM proposes to construct a narrative on Cuerpos Migrantes based on an artistic-choreographic thought linked to documentary exercise, in order to discover renewed forms of enunciation that promote updated discussions about the notions of migration and body.

Cuerpos Migrantes – ABUNDIA

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 02)

Abundia Abundia, an Otomí migrant in Mexico City, shares with us moments from her daily life: the chores at work and at home, urban walks, and the relationship with nature that permeates her memory and aspirations. Following her tireless steps, we get to know the silent and conscious struggle of a body in resistance.

Cuerpos Migrantes – LÍA GARCÍA, THE MERMAID BRIDE

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 03)

Cuerpos Migrantes. Chapter 3 Lía García - The Mermaid Bride takes us on a journey through her transition, revisiting the experiences that have shaped her being over the years, until breaking through the shell and finding herself in the water... Lía writes haiku on the walls, from her skin inwards, to show us the person, the woman, and the "artivist." Lía is a body that transforms and is transformed.

Cuerpos Migrantes – Leonor, from illness to health

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 04)

In this episode, we meet Leonor, who has migrated from illness to health, passing through different states of sensitivity. The intensity of pain is the narrative thread of her physical and existential journey, and it is also the reason for a reflection on how to regain control of her life and seek new possibilities of expression: from dance to a documentary film project. Being a woman hurts.

Cuerpos Migrantes – PATY FLORES 1

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 05)

This episode shows us the journey of a family searching for their missing loved ones. The disappearance of their children in 2015 and 2019 forced them to leave their home, their community, and sometimes their state. Paty Flores, a searching mother, walks through the desert with other women, driven by hope, in a fight that becomes everyone's struggle.

Cuerpos Migrantes – PATY FLORES 2

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 06)

"The story of a searching mother is insane," says Paty Flores in this second episode, which continues to show the struggle of a woman who has had to multiply herself, her body, and her spirit to continue searching for her missing children, to be head of the family, grandmother, mother, and leader of a movement. However, threats to her safety forced her to migrate to another state, and she appears before the authorities to demand accompaniment. From afar, she tries to organize the search for "ours," as she calls all those bodies that are no longer here. Desperate not to be at the pick and shovel, the hope of returning to the search is the path she walks today.

Cuerpos Migrantes – MANYANGA

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 07)

Manyanga, a foreign body in an unfamiliar country, far from his colors, his language, his aromas, and his customs. A chapter that shows us a migration that found its space in a family, in dance, in internet radio, in the mixing of flavors, making its way in the hustle and bustle of city sounds, a migrant body happy to have found the perfect combination of both countries.

Manyanga is a migrant in a country very far from the colors, language, and aromas of his homeland in Mozambique. He embraces migration as an encounter and fusion through dance, music, and cooking. He finds his space in the noisy city, all the way to the intimacy of family.

Cuerpos Migrantes – NATALIA

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 08)

In this episode, we meet Natalia, whose life has been a constant migration between countries and cultures, including the United States, Colombia, and Mexico. This back and forth has led her to help stranded migrants in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora. Recognizing the need to give more to others, she created a space for migrants - not just a place to sleep, but a homey environment to make their journey to their destination as warm as possible.

Cuerpos Migrantes – DULCE

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 09)

The story of Dulce is depicted on the canvas of her body. She found the exact way to express her emotions, thoughts, and the self she was seeking to release through the tattoo machine and ink. With each design and modification to her body, Dulce affirms her sense of life, where pleasure and liberation are inscribed in the symbols that traverse her skin.

#CuerposMigrantes #BodyModification #Tattoo #Tatuajes #ModificacionCorporal #Documental

Cuerpos Migrantes – DUETO TANGO

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 10)

Embraced by dance, Carlos and Rey express their shared passion for Tango through their bodies. The dance intertwines their paths, where gender roles are erased to allow the freedom of being simply a "you" and "me", creating an innovative Tango where the performers are one.

#BodyMigrants #TangoDuo #Dance

CUERPOS MIGRANTES. YERMAIN

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 11)

In this episode, we will learn about Yermain's story, a journey of self-acceptance and personal growth. As a dancer and Paralympic athlete, he has managed to establish a career in sports and overcome physical and mental challenges that have arisen throughout his life. His body is his tool for work and success.

CUERPOS MIGRANTES. Paty Duarte

(Cuerpos Migrantes season 1 episode 12)

After the fire at the ABC Nursery in Hermosillo, Sonora, Paty Duarte lost her son and her life changed forever. In this episode, we explore the path that Paty has taken since then, fighting for justice and the safety of children in nurseries. Through her struggle, Paty has found a way to heal and honor her son's memory, becoming a force for change and hope for many families affected by this tragedy.

Cuerpos Migrantes – ZARA MONRROY

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 13)

In this episode of Cuerpos Migrantes, Zara Monrroy, a Comcáac singer and rapper, shares her journey of becoming a cultural ambassador and public figure. Proud of her roots and language, she questions social norms and stereotypes through art and everyday life to reclaim her identity and individuality. Her voice comes from her body... one voice.

Cuerpos Migrantes – VENNY

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 14)

Venny is an Oaxacan clarinetist born in Santa María Tlahuitoltepec. From a very young age, he found his path and passion in music. At the age of 18, he decided to seek new opportunities and migrated to the city of Tijuana, where music has given him everything.

Cuerpos Migrantes – JOKER

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 15)

In his search to find his path, "Joker" comes across a congregation that will help him through his worst moments and bring him closer to his spiritual awakening. He now dedicates his life to helping others, his family, and his job, far from what could harm him and make him fall back into his previous life. The city of Tijuana now witnesses Joker's recovery and this new path.

Cuerpos Migrantes – JOKER *PARTE 2*

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 16)

In his search to find his path, "Joker" comes across a congregation that will help him through his worst moments and bring him closer to his spiritual awakening. He now dedicates his life to helping others, his family, and his job, far from what could harm him and make him fall back into his previous life. The city of Tijuana now witnesses Joker's recovery and this new path.

Cuerpos Migrantes – LUKAS

(Cuerpos Migrantes Season 1 Episode 17)

Lukas Avendaño is a dancer, choreographer, performer, and Muxe anthropologist from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca. Throughout his artistic and investigative work, he has explored migrations involved in sexual, ethnic, and gender identities.

Lukas Avendaño, from the surroundings of his homeland, Tehuantepec, shares with us the moments of his life that have shaped his artistic vocation and social consciousness. Taking the body as the space to construct other bodies and the narrative territory, Lukas proposes, through his performativity, the possibilities of struggle against multiple disappearances.