Artistic Title
TRIALS TO BE
Vangelis Dance Company
Unity Space & Invernadero Danza Oaxaca
Teatro Benito Juárez Oaxaca
55 Mins
Trials To Be — Program Note
TRIALS TO BE
The solo piece portrays the challenges and stages we face in our life to pass through & break through from moments of mistrust, betrayal & losing oneself.
The word Be-Trayal here is used linguistically and phonetically as Trials To Be to give birth to the title of this production.
Poetic Prelude • Poem by Vangelis Legakis
TRIALS TO BE
Español
Yo creía que la confianza se gana, que no se regala.
Ahora sé que cuando se pierde, nunca se recupera.
¿Cómo puedo perdonarme no volver a confiar?
¿Quién debo ser para que confíes en mí?
¿Quién tengo que ser para amarme?
Perdí la esencia de estar contigo.
Quiero gritarde desde lo más profundo de mis pulmones.
El corazón me duele, un dolor irreversible me penetra
y tú estás ahí, observando cómo me desintegro.
Daría cualquier cosa por volver a verte.
Recuerdo cómo disfruté acariciándote.
Confíe, te creí, me perdí, fui engañado.
Ya no creo en la vida.
Y ahora estoy pasando retos,
retos de vida para aprender cómo ser otra vez.
English
I used to know that trust is earned and not given.
I learnt now that trust can be lost and never given back!
How can I forgive myself for not trusting anymore?
Who can I be for you to trust?
Who can I become to love myself?
I lost the essence of being with you!
I want to scream from the deepest parts of my lungs.
My heart aches, irreversible sharp pains penetrating me!
And you are by-standing observing my disintegration.
I would give anything to see you again.
I remember how I enjoyed caressing you.
I had confidence, I trusted you, I lost myself, I was betrayed.
I stopped trusting life.
And now I pass through trials,
trials of life to learn how to be.
Artistic Team
TRIALS TO BE
Vangelis Dance Company
Isabel Boenders (NL)
Rosanne Helena Van Barneveld (NL)
Arin Aronyk-Schell (CA)
Unity Space & Invernadero Danza Oaxaca
Teatro Benito Juárez Oaxaca
55 Mins
Educational Production
This production was created for the students of PADHA (Proficiency in Advanced Dance and Healing Arts) program — April 2022.