Tacto suspendido: creación escénica desde el trastorno dismórfico corporal

Abstract

Developing a practice-based research-creation project in aerial dance and contact dance requires first updating the participants’ technical and theoretical knowledge, followed by the experimentation and composition of performance materials, which leads to the creation of a professional artistic work. This is the case of Tacto Suspendido, a creative laboratory that takes Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) as a conceptual trigger Malforma´s creation a play that combines aerial elements with contact improvisation to explore suspension. Costume, sound dramaturgy, film references, elements of dance theatre and contemporary dance, along with other knowledge areas, are also incorporated into the research to establish methodological pathways that allows participants contribute based on their experience. Throughout the project, reflections emerge around identity, gender roles, and their relationship to social stereotypes, understood as tensions imposed on bodies from an LGBTIQ+ perspective. The research also concludes that suspension and contact can be understood through self-care, proprioception, and bodily awareness, offering possible courses of action in facing disorders such as BDD. As part of a knowledge appropriation strategy, the work was presented in a final public engagement event that also featured a suspended visual art installation, an informational video about BDD, and an open discussion with the audience.