There is nothing old under the sun
Premiere: 2020
Production: Theatre Academy, Uniarts Helsinki.
Direction: Daniela Pascual
Workink group: Mercedes Balarezo Fernández, Georgina Goater, Riku-Pekka Kellokoski, Daniela Pascual Esparza, Anni Pellikka, Carlos Puentes Ramiro.
Photo: Julius Töyrylä
Ciudades Pasajeras (Passing Cities)
Premiere: 2018
Direction: Xavier Delgado
Lighting design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume design: Francisco de Prada
Music: Patricio Viteri
Mercedes was founding member of Colectivo Zeta Danza which is a very active contemporary dance group from her hometown Quito. Her collaboration as dancer in this group started in 2010 until 2018. This group was exploring different combinations between dance, theatre, and performance art for each project. Their artistic work had different sources of interest, being gender and migration the more present.
La Repetición de los Días
(The repetition of the days)
Premiere: 2016
Direction: Lorena Delgado
Lighting design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume: Colectivo Zeta
Music: Diego Zurita
Un Hombre Muerto a Puntapies (A Man Killed by Kicks)
Premiere: 2015
Direction: Xavier Delgado
Based on the novel of Pablo Palacio
Light design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume: Colectivo Zeta
Music: Various authors
Hago Cabaret pero soy Madmuasel (I do Cabaret but I am a “Madmuasel”)
Premiere: 2014
Choreography: Sheila Robalino
Costume: Flamboyant
Music: Various authors
Anónimo Ser (Anonimous Being)
Premiere: 2013
Direction: Xavier Delgado
Lighting design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume design: Mane Silva
Music: Various authors
En mi Cuerpo Existirás (In my Body You Will Exist)
Premiere: 2012
Direction: Xavier Delgado
Lighting design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume: Colectivo Zeta
Music: Various authors
The Birch and the Star
Premiere: 2019
Production: Theatre Academy, Uniarts Helsinki
Director & Text: Juho Liira
Lighting design: Jussi Rusanen
Costume design: Mirva Mietala & Mirei Kato
Photos: Eero Liimatainen
Independently, Mercedes has collaborated with many choreographers in different projects such as musicals, instant composition, theatre, and live performance.
CV available upon request
El cuerpo de Bach/ Bach’s body
Premiere: 2017
Direction: Xavier Delgado
Lighting design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume design:Anita Cobacango
Music/Música: Johann Sebastian Bach
Estados del Cuerpo Ecuatoriano (Ecuadorian Bodily States)
Premiere: 2015
Direction: Xavier Delgado
Lighting design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume: Colectivo Zeta
Music: Pablo Molina
La Innauguración (The Opening)
Premiere: 2015
Direction: Colectivo Zeta
Text: Marina Abramovich
Light design: Colectivo Zeta
Costume: Colectivo Zeta
Music: Various authors
Faust
Premiere in Ecuador: 2013
Music: Charles Gounod
Script: Jules Barbier y Michel Carré
Music direction: Ari Pelto (EE.UU.)
Stage direction: Chía Patiño (Ecuador)
Scenography: Ana Garay (España)
Costume design: Pepe Rosales (Ecuador/Chile)
West Side Story
Premiere in Ecuador: 2012
Music: Leonard Bernstein
Script: Arthur Laurents
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Music direction: Ray Fellman
Stage direction: Chía Patiño
Choreography: Alejandro Ibarra
Scenography design: Ana Garay
Lighting design: Carlos Fajardo
Costume design: Pepe Rosales
Nicolasa
Restage: 2009
Production: Contempodanza
Choreography: Cecilia Lugo
Costume: Contempodanza
Lighting design: Contempodanza
Music: Arturo Marquez- Danzon N. 2
Photo: Eli Vynk
Vista de Ojos, Reencauchado (Eyes’ Gaze, Remoulded)
Restage: 2003
Production: Teatro Nacional Sucre
Choreography: Klever Viera
Lighting Design: Teatro Nacional Sucre
Costume design: Mane Silva
Music: Various authors
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