Portfolio
interdisciplinary researcher/visual + performing arts
Moyra Cecilia
silva rodriguez
Exploring the Power of Movement Across Borders:
The Multifaceted Vision of Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodriguez
Peruvian director and dancer Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodriguez delves into the fusion of performing and visual arts with dance anthropology, challenging conventional boundaries. She focuses on exploring the interconnectedness between the body, environment, and cultural diversity through collaborative, interdisciplinary projects, drawing from her diverse background in physical theatre, martial arts, and contemporary dance. Moyra's research emphasizes the transformative potential of dance in fostering reflective moments that connect individual experiences with broader social and political narratives. Inspired by her Chinese-Peruvian ancestry, her interdisciplinary projects addresses themes of identity, migration, and belonging.
uproar (2023-2024)
Bio
Emerging from the vibrant coastal region of Lima, Peru. Moyra Silva, is a movement thinker, director, and researcher. Holding a Choreomundus International Master in Dance Anthropology (2020-2022) and a Bachelor's in Communication Science and Arts with a focus on Performing Arts (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru).
My approach
My fascination with the complexities of migration, identity, and cultural exchange, as born and raised in Lima (PE) has been a driving force throughout my artistic and academic journey. I'm passionate about exploring how dance, anthropology, and visual arts interact. My goal is to create experiences that make people think, trigger empathy, and bring different cultures together. I'm dedicated to pushing the limits of what we know, both through research and creative projects that combine different fields of study.
Education
Choreomundus International Master in Dance anthropology Partner universities of University of Clermont Auvergne (France), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), University of Szeged (Hungary) and University of Roehampton (United Kingdom) Concentration: Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage 2020-2022 |
Bachelor in Communication Science and Arts with mention in Performing Arts Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Lima (Peru) Human sciences general studies, Communication science and performing arts 2000-2010 |
Diploma of the title of Professional Dancer in Contemporary Dance Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Lima (Peru) Specialisation: Contemporary dance and choreography 2008-2012 |
Moyra Silva's diverse background, blending academic study and self-directed learning, has equipped her with a broad understanding of migration, and interculturality, while combining methods from performing arts, audio-visual, and in her studies in dance anthropology. Her commitment to mastering these subjects shows in her academic and artistic achievements.
Body of work
2024
At the Heart of Barrio Chino: Tusán Perspectives
Chinatown shorts’s Season four.
Peru and U.S.A.
The episode "Chinatown Shorts" introduces Capon Barrio Chino, the lively Chinatown of Lima, Peru, focusing on the narrative of the fourth generation of Chinese Peruvians, also known as Tusans (represent Peruvian citizens with ancestral roots from China).
2024-ongoing
el mar canta a lo lejos una cancion cercana/ work in progress
London, UK
Solo performance and multimedia project exploring my mixed identity and personal search to connect with my Chinese ancestry through movement exploration, family photo archives, and imagination.
Access: https://vimeo.com/931596715?share=copy
password: unachifa
2020
Nave
Festival de Artes Escénicas Lima
Lima, Peru
Immersive theatre play.
The films and photographies were a collaboration with Gabriela Concha (PE), as part of the multimedia language use in the piece, to explores sensorial memory, and family archive.
Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FYuKny9cO-Z71k9QloUxIgFqiYlrGYDv/view?usp=sharing
2019
Limas Utopicas
Lima, Peru
Fifteen Limeñxs express their visions of utopia through movement in a site-specific video dance piece. The project emerged from a community workshop at the Cultural Center of Spain in Lima, Peru, led by multimedia artists CorpusMedio (Adele Fournet and Moyra Silva).
Grand Jury Prize Choreo Dance Film Festival (France, 2022). Screened in Theatre Deli London (UK, 2022), ‘A Lens called Climate’ (online, 2022), NOoSHERE NYC Arts Festival We are Nature (US, 2021), 32º Danza Nueva International Festival of Lima (online, 2020), Festival Courts critiques (Lima, 2019) and CCELima (Lima, 2019)
https://vimeo.com/852485419.
2020
Donde estan? (Where are they?)
Lima, Peru
2017
Caer es una forma
Festival FITLÂ Lima (PE)
During Peru's lockdown, three female artists from performing and visual arts teamed up remotely. They highlighted the violence against women during COVID-19 confinement, where victims were trapped with their abusers, likening it to a pandemic itself. Their project aims to raise awareness about this issue, giving voice to those affected and sparking conversations about the urgent need for support and intervention.
https://vimeo.com/608490327
The performance seeks to actively involve participants, prompting them to recall personal memories through sensory engagement such as smell, taste, and touch. Film was use to reflect on ecology and remote communication experiences between Peru and U.S.A.
Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WzRfNL-CCoxbHnSoePgB-O1macoCBHzg/view?usp=sharing
Performing Arts
2024
2023-ongoing
“In Harmonia Progressio” 2017-2023 by Duto Hardono. Delfina Foundation. London, UK. Role: Performer.
Moyra Silva participated as a performer in the staging of this performance as part of the exhibition 'de montañas submarinas el fuego hace islas'
SHIFT + SPACE’s residency. Project “Uproar”- work in progress.
Theatre Deli. London, UK.
Collaborative researchwith costume designer Carolina Rieckhof. Performance exploring social media archive and somatic costume to create awareness about the actual political crisis and last social outbreak in Peru, between December 2022 and March 2023. The project explores role of protest, ritual and its connection with unattended colonialism issues in Peru, such as classism, discrimination and racism.
2022
“In the movement” by Lenora Lee. ODC Theatre. San Francisco, U.S.A. Role: Dancer.
The mission of Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) is to create and present large-scale multimedia and immersive performance works integrating dance, original music, video projection, text and installation that connect various styles of movement and music to culture, history and human rights issues.
2020
“Pirotecnia” by Moyra Silva and Lizy Wurst. Festival Temporada Alta. Lima, PE. Role: Director, light/costume/scenography, Performer.
The performance explores lighting, vocal percussion, and the relationship between the self and the other, inspired by the book of the same name by Bolivian writer Hilda Mundy.
2020
“Yo voto” by Moyra Silva.Sala de Parto/Teatro La Plaza/IDEA International
The scenic intervention "I Vote," held in the open space of Los Yuyos beach, is a democratic debate game about the need for informed voting for the 2020 congressional elections in Peru.
2020-2019
“Nave” by Moyra Silva fae
performing arts festival of lima
Role: Director, light/costume/scenography, Performer.
"Nave" is a sensory journey exploring memory, identity, and our connection to the city, inspired by Silva's relationship with their grandmother, Oma Iris.
Testimonials
Adele Fournet
PhD. CEO Bit Rosie Media. Music producer and video artist based in NYC.
Lenora Lee
Dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Lenora Lee Dance (U.S.A.)
“I have had the great pleasure of working with Moyra Silva as a partner in our media and dance duo CorpusMedio for over a decade. Her depth of embodied and theoretical insight at the intersection of movement, culture and technology stems from her expansive training and portfolio of original works. We have collaborated together on works including Caer es una forma (2017), Limas Utópicas (2019), Nave (2020), and Grifo (2023), and I can say with total sincerity that Moyra is one of the most creative and ethical artists I've ever worked with, pushing me to new depths in my own practice and adding vibrancy and vision to every project she touches.” www.adelefournet.com
“Moyra has a clarity of vision and focused determination driving her work. At the center is the heart and compassion propelling her to investigate humanity through: film, video, dance, history, research, writing, building bridges with individuals and communities internationally. It is her ability to do this across countries around the world that makes Moyra's work so important, and critical. It provides all of us a lens into the human experience, inspiring a deeper sense of connection and purpose.”
www.lenoraleedance.com
Esther Hallas Smith
Producer | Theatre Deli London
“I am impressed with the work presented during our residency SHIFT+SPACE (2023). UPROAR is an unique, personal and exciting piece of work, shedding
important light on the political crisis in Peru. Although, the project extends beyond that in
bringing collective voices together through movement and incredibly unique costume.”
https://www.theatredeli.co.uk/news/theatre-deli-shiftspace-autumn-2023-line-up-announced
Sumedha Bhattacharyya
International Screendance Programme Curator (India)
"Limas utopicas is an eye opening film. It has not only won the Grand Jury prize at the Choreo Dance film festival 2022 in collaboration with the world's reputed festival Clermont Short Film Festival. Through this work, she effortlessly navigated the complexities of Dance as a social and transformative tool given the world-wide political climate.
She has brought a unique approach to individual and collective consciousness through her community centric work, and her energy travels in India through various initiatives in the education sector. Her vision and dedication to Dance film as a genre is truly exceptional and paves way for future cross-cultural collaborations"
Esther Kläs
Multidisciplinary Visual Artist (Germany) based in Barcelona.
“Moyra has a high level of emotional awareness paired with a clear vision through which she creates spaces where capacities of collaborator can unfold easily. I was lucky to work with her at “encuentro”, at Proyecto Amil, Lima 2017."
http://www.proyectoamil.org/#/exhibition/186?lang=es
Accolades
USArtist International Grant
Festival International Dance Encounter PUCP, Peru.
Collaboration with Lenor Lee Dance
(U.S.A, 2024)
Choreo Dance Film Festival (CDFF)
Grand Jury Prize
(France, 2022)
XXIV Theater Festival North American-Peruvian Cultural Institute
Award for the immersive theatre play “Nave”
(Peru, 2019)
Grants + scholarschips
Minister of Culture of Peru’s Grant “Estímulos Económicos para las Industrias Culturales y Artes 2023. The dance project “Un puente hacia el presente”. September, 2024. Lima (PE). Dance Festival of Catholic Pontifical University of Peru.
Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (2020-2022). Choreomundus International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage. Norway (NTNU), United Kingdom (Roehampton), France (UCA) and Hungary (Szeged).
56th Theatertreffen Berlin (2019) of the Federal Republic of Germany and Goethe Institut. Selected for the Program for theatre professional practitioners. Berlin, Germany.
Centro Cultural de España production support (2019) "Limas Utópicas” by CorpusMedio (Moyra Silva and Adele Fournet).
Festivals
choreo
Dance film festival
Temporada Alta
festival iberoamerica
fae
performing arts festival of lima
XXIV Theater Festival North American-Peruvian Cultural Institute
International Festival Temporada Alta. "Pirotecnia" by Moyra Silva
(Peru, 2020)
Punto de Encuentro – Sala de Parto Festival by Teatro La Plaza
Selected to be part of Cultural manager programme and directed the open space intervention "Yo Voto" (Peru, 2019)
FITLÂ
Festival Itinerante de Teatro Latino-americano Âmbar
"Caer es una forma"by Moyra Silva (Perú, 2017)
“Vida de Miel” by Panparamayo. (Brasil, 2015)
"Despierto, Dormida" co-directed with Mario Ballón. (Costa Rica, 2012)
Tanz im august
“Experience # 1" by Isabelle Schad
“Boulevard der freaks” by Branka Prlić & Tamer Yiğit
(Germany, 2012)
Press
Lenora Lee Dance – In the Movement, ODC Theater San Francisco – September 1-11, 2022
Dance Review
Moyra Silva Rodriguez, with fists clenched, performs a powerful solo. At one point she performs a handstand flip, perhaps a metaphor for the ways in which immigrants are forced to contort themselves to fit in.
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EL VIAJE AL ORIGEN
Festival de Artes Escénicas LIMA 2020
Theatre review
After harvesting an important award on the local scene, "Nave" returns to the stage in this edition of the Lima 2020 Performing Arts Festival. Through the eyes of its author, Moyra Silva, the play immerses us in a experiential and multidisciplinary journey towards personal and shared evocation, towards longing for what is absent, and towards this city that welcomes us despite everything.
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THROUGH OUR MOVEMENTS WE ARE ONE:
UPROAR AND THE MEMORY OF THE EMBODIED
COMMUNAL PRACTICES OF RESISTANCE
Academic article
This essay delves into a analyse and relflect of “Uproar” exploring how art can bolster our collective memory and serve as a participatory
platform through which people can achieve a dialectical experience, enabling them to express
and understand the world around them in new and profound ways.
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contact
Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodriguez
www.moyrasilva.com
@moyra_silva
silvarodriguez.mc@gmail.com