Full Credits

director/choreographer: Yara Travieso

producer: Yara Travieso

executive producer: Rodrigo Gonzalez

director of photography: Antal Steinbach

assistant camera: Danny Fernandez

second assistant camera: Juan Camilo Barriga

gaffer and key grip: Daniel Demergian

assistant director: Lucas Leyva

art director: Cathryn Garcia Menocal

art department: Joaquin Escobar, Nicolas Mandri

concept artist: Nabila Santa-Cristo, Yara Travieso

tentacles (dancers): Luis Cuevas, Liony Garcia, Darwin Mieles

costume design: Karelle Levy

make up artist: Pricilla Quesada

crafts: Ruben Travieso, Abuela

post: Yara Travieso

thanks to: Rosa Gold, Nelly Chow, Ingrid Travieso, Andrew Hevia, Matt Berkowitz, Jessica Gross, Josh Miller, David Tamargo, Fro Rojas

About the Filmmaker

Yara Travieso is a choreographer, dancer, director and video artist noted for her cinematic approach to multimedia productions and installations.

Travieso is based in Brooklyn, NY and was born to Cuban and Venezuelan parents in Miami FL. Her recent full-length works were presented in NYC’s Lincoln Center, Tribeca Performing Arts Center, The Juilliard School, and Miami’s New World Symphony Center. Her video/installation pieces have been presented in NYC’s New Museum, Streaming Museum, Chelsea’s Flomenhaft Gallery, Miami’s Dorsch Gallery, The Locust Projects and reside in international collections.

Hermes of Paris and Glamour Magazine have both commissioned original video art pieces from Travieso. A 2012-13 artist in Residence at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Travieso created the original opera, Kwaidan, with composer Jerome Begin.

Other residencies include: The Bessie Schonberg International Choreographic Residency, The Stepping Grounds Artists Residency in Netherlands, as well as NYC’s Imagine Science Film Festival Residency. She is the recipient of an individual artist sponsorship from Kodak Films, and her works have been awarded The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant, The San Francisco Foundation Artist Award, The Miami Chamber of Commerce Grant and is a 2005 YoungArts winner in both dance and choreography.

Also engaged with musical projects, Travieso has directed and choreographed productions for Cincinnati Opera, Birmingham Opera, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Texas State Orchestra, and Juilliard’s Beyond the Machine Festival, as well as performed with the Metropolitan Opera. Travieso is engaged in giving lectures and workshops with institutions such as The Juilliard School, Fordham University, MoMa, and The YoungArts Organization. She received her HS diploma from New World School for The Arts, Miami FL, and her BFA for Dance at The Juilliard School in 2009, NYC.

website: yaratravieso.com