Salome Nieto

Impermanent Flower

Salome Nieto is an accomplished contemporary dance artist renowned for her emotionally charged performances. Highly influenced by Butoh and Mexico’s surrealism, her transformative works explore themes of cultural identity, feminism, ritual and ceremony. In 2013, she co-founded pataSola dance, producing and choreographing the full-length show: Camino al Tepeyac (2014), Methodorphosis (2016), UMBRAL (2017), RIFT (2018) and Metamorphosis Butoh (2018), performing in Argentina, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Thailand. After this period, she created and performed Felicidad (2019), Ella (2020) and Impermanent Flower (2022). Nieto is the recipient of the 2017 VIDF choreographic award in recognition of her contributions to contemporary dance with her solo work. Nieto is currently pursuing an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts at SFU. As an interpreter, Nieto has danced prominently with Kokoro Dance since 1996, Donna Redlick Dance since 2008 and most recently with Raven Spirit Dance.

Impermanent Flower

The work is a commission from New Works and premiered May 27 and 28, 2022, at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Rec Centre in Vancouver as part of New Works 2021-22 season.
Integrating Butoh with elements of storytelling and illustration, Impermanent Flower is a performance piece that explores ideas of happiness, impermanence, and beauty. It is inspired by a prominent image in Butoh: the wilting flower; the beauty of the flower is not on its blossom but in the process of dying.
"The presentation is a creative collaboration between Mexican and Canadian artists, showcasing Nieto’s mesmerizing choreography and performance alongside the masterful designs of Natalia Renteria. To step into Impermanent Flower is to be transported to a magical, mystical world. This production is inspired by children’s literature pop-up books and can be enjoyed by audiences of all ages". Stir Vancouver.

Performance History

IMPERMANENT FLOWER
World premiere Spring 2021 at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
presented by New Works in partnership with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Burnaby, BC Canada

ELLA-Work in progress
March 8, 2020, Informal showing
International Women’s Day
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

FELICIDAD
March 2019 Poetry Month
Vancouver Public Library
Vancouver, BC Canada

RIFT
March, 2018 VIDF
KW studios
Vancouver, BC Canada

METAMORPHOSIS BUTOH
2015 Teatro Ruben Dario
Managua, Nicaragua
Casa de los Tres Mundos
Granada, Nicaragua
Casa Galleria
Mexico City, Mexico
February 28, 2018 Theatre Season
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

UMBRAL
July 2016 Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada

METHODORPHOSIS
2016 Visual Space Gallery
Vancouver, BC Canada

ALLIES & ANGELS
2015 Wise Hall & Urban Gallery
Vancouver, BC Canada

CAMINO AL TEPEYAC
2013 VIDF, Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Vancouver, BC Canada
2013 Casa Galleria, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 9th International Butoh Festival of Thailand
Bangkok Arts and Cultural Centre, Bangkok,Thailand
2014 International Butoh Festival in Argentina, Teatro La Escalera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 22-24, 2014 Theatre Season, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC Canada
ether in a transformative journey.

Blood, Bones & Roses
August 2011
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Project Details

Project created by: Salome Nieto

Key Collaborators:

Concept, Choreography & Performance: Salome Nieto
Charlatan Man English Adaptation and Performance: Adam Farnsworth
Original Text: Maria de Jesús Nieto
Visual Design: Natalia Renteria
Lighting Design: Phillip Birkby
Music, Photography and Graphic Design: Carl Craig
Costume Design: Salome Nieto
Bata de Cola and Vest (Flower) Created by: Monica Thorsness
Wings (Owl Woman) Created by: Katherine Soucie
Adaptation, Voice Over and Dramaturgy: Diane Farnsworth
Stage Manager: Anthony Trombetta
Production Assistant: Enrique Mohler
Language Companion: Shauna Paull

Audience: General audience

Length in minutes: 55 minutes with no intermission - Full length work

Space required: This work is best suited for a theatre

Preparation required: 12 hours

General technical requirements:

A sprung floor with white Marley with a 20X22 sq ft area
cyclorama
projector
theatre borders and legs
access to house plot (lighting design will work with the house hangs)
Sound
A wireless lav mic, headset
water base haze
Cues will be run from artist's laptop on Qlab

Availability: 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons

Number of performers on tour including choreographer: 2

Number of support staff on tour: 3

Community Engagement Activities

community-level workshops a two-hour introduction to butoh workshop for ages 21 +
In addition to the introduction to butoh workshop
I would be interested in teaching a Master class or a lecture-demonstration

Contact: Salome Nieto, butoh@salomenieto.com

Website: Salome Nieto

Facebook: Butoh Art