Kiani Del Valle

Time: 6 pm

Admission: Free

Kiani del Valle will premiere the solo version of Mundos Rotos at Casa del Lago as part of TONO Festival. This first staging will integrate del Valle’s direction, choreography, and performance, accompanied by original live music composed and performed by Kelman Durán. This world premiere marks the first stage of the live performance version of this work – Mundos Rotos will be developed as an operatic ensemble piece within the framework of dance theater.

In Mundos Rotos (Broken Worlds), del Valle offers a profound reflection on the contemporary global condition, emphasizing the urgent need for mutual human connection, as well as the complex metaphysical and emotional relationships we maintain with the spatial and existential realities that surround us. Mundos Rotos began as a written essay that del Valle reinterpreted as a photographic essay with her company KDV Performance Group and then transformed into a performative piece for a soloist structured in three distinct acts that follow a thematic itinerary: from deconstructed and devastated landscapes, through a stage of urgent physical connection, to an outcome marked by detachment and the consequences of abandoning the bonds that unite us.

MUNDOS ROTOS (BROKEN WORLDS)

These worlds are broken; they are multiple, shattered, and lost,

and I still don’t know how we got here.

Broken worlds, whose cracks sink so deep

that when we walk, we fear falling into the abyss.

Every day is a solemn ritual:

With tired hands, we join this fragmented ground

to the souls that inhabit it, seeking to hold on to what remains.

These worlds are broken, torn apart by conflict and abandonment,

where the delicate balance of life has been shattered

by violence, loss, and the relentless passage of time.

Blinded by the noise and demands that trap us,

we fail to see the hearts of others,

or look into each other’s eyes to recognize ourselves.

These worlds bear the scars of forgotten promises,

broken relationships, and the relentless pursuit of power

that ignores the human cost.

And when they break, they reveal a deep vulnerability:

how fragile our connections are,

how incapable we are of healing together,

and how easily the threads that bind us unravel.

 

But hidden in that rupture is a silent testimony of resistance.

Can it blossom?

It is a silent call to recognize our shared wounds

and seek healing beyond the ruins.

Do we have the courage?

How deep does your love reach?

My love, our love.

I have missed you, and in that missing, I have lost myself.

Amidst so much debris, I cannot see you,

I cannot find myself in the reflection.

Are we souls willing to do the work?

In these shattered fragments, worlds collide and bleed,

dreams lie fractured under the weight of silence.

But from those cracks a faint light shines,

whispers of hope among the ruins,

reminding us that even in the rupture

the seed of rebirth is born,

the promise of a new beginning.

It is urgent that we look into each other’s eyes;

we cannot let time slip away from us.

— Kianí del Valle