SOLAZ
Dance is an ephemeral medium that exists only in the present. Movement is created continuously and disappears as it unfolds, leaving traces only through memory, emotion, and the bodies that perform it. The body belongs to the individual and carries a unique, personal history, yet through choreography, it enters a larger system, negotiating its place within a shared time, space, and rhythm. It becomes at once an intimate and communal site where autonomy meets structure.
Few artistic practices place the body so completely at their center as dance. The dancer’s body is both medium and subject; it carries discipline, desire, and experience. Perhaps this is what makes dance so resonant: it offers a way of understanding the body not simply as something we inhabit, but as a place where individual and collective experience meet. It reminds us that the body often knows and holds more than language can articulate, if we learn to listen to it.
This approach shaped how I chose to photograph the work. Rather than following the dancers with the camera, I kept my position fixed, allowing the choreography itself to compose the frame. Bodies enter, overlap, and leave. The image is completed by their movement rather than my own. Working this way meant accepting a certain loss of control over the frame in order to remain open to the nature of the performance. The resulting images are, like the dance itself, a product of chance, timing, and presence rather than pursuit.
This series was photographed during the castings, rehearsals and performance of SOLAZ, choreographed by Antonio Ruz.
The project was presented by Ruta del Castor in the context of Art Week Mexico 2026
Choreographer Antonio Ruz | Music : Aire | Costume Design Gabrielle Venguer | Production : Ruta del Castor
Dancers : Begoña, David, Diego, La Gata, Renata, Carla, Fernando, Edgar, Fer Ocampo, Gonzalo, Watta, Yul, Santiago, Cath, Ed, Sabina, Ivette, Rosa, Veronica, Ana