Friday, October 16, 2026 - Saturday, October 17, 2026, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Manipulo transforms the stage into a living Japanese garden. Instead of raked sand and still stones, audiences find tables, dancers, and loose stones waiting to be placed. As audience members move the stones — arranging them, testing their weight, deciding where they belong — the dancers respond in kind, and the sound of stone meeting table is captured by contact microphones and turned into live music. The pace, the shape of the space, and the relationships between performers all shift depending on what the audience chooses to do. No two performances unfold the same way twice.

Manipulo is created by TALVEZ, a contemporary dance company based in Quito, Ecuador, under the direction of Marcela Correa. This fall, TALVEZ tours to Somerville to restage the piece with local dancers and musicians, culminating in two performances at SomArt @ the Hive.

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Leading up to the performances, Marcela is offering two workshops open to the public: ESCUCHA, JUEGO Y CONEXIÓN en Español, a free Spanish-language workshop for movers of any level, and REAL-TIME COMPOSITION: Body, Time, Space, an English-language workshop on composition and listening practice. Both are part of the same residency and lead directly into the performance.

Workshops

Leading up to the performances, Marcela is offering two workshops open to the public: ESCUCHA, JUEGO Y CONEXIÓN en Español, a free Spanish-language workshop for movers of any level, and REAL-TIME COMPOSITION: Body, Time, Space, an English-language workshop on composition and listening practice. Both are part of the same residency and lead directly into the performance.

ESCUCHA, JUEGO Y CONEXIÓN en Español con Marcela Correa de TALVEZ
Jueves, 24 de septiembre, 6 pm – 8 pm
Taller GRATUITO para hispanohablantes – No se requiere experiencia previa en danza
Regístrate: https://somartspace.org/events/listening-playing-connecting-en-espanol/

REAL-TIME COMPOSITION Body, Time, Space: Composing through Listening with Marcela Correa of TALVEZ
Friday, September 25 10:30am – 1:30pm
This workshop explores real-time composition through the interconnected practice of body, time, space, and listening.
https://zeropointarts.org/events/real-time-composition/

Presented by Zero Point Arts / Zoe Dance

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Somerville Arts Council, a local agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.