Welcome to Holland! is a multidisciplinary work that combines flamenco with poetry, humor, spoken word, film and physical installation to uplift the traditionally invisible role of the caregiver. This autobiographical live performance is inspired by my experience as an Hispanic, immigrant mother of two, one of them with multiple disabilities. Welcome to Holland! redefines the narrative of motherhood in contemporary society and amplifies voices of children with disabilities, and their siblings and caregivers, who often go unheard.
Welcome to Holland! was initially inspired by activist Emily Kingsley’s poem about having a child with a disability. My second childbirth was impacted by profound trauma transforming motherhood into an uncharted odyssey, a landscape where every known path demanded reinvention and redefinition. I embraced Emily’s metaphor of Holland! in my despair to find hope when uncertainty was all I had. Welcome to Holland! reframes the poem to grasp my essence of being a mother—a caregiver—when waking up to a world transformed, a place that demands a rebirth and redefinition of everything known and that I now call “Holland!”.
With this work invite audiences to see the world from the lenses of Holland!
Upcoming Work in Progress Sharing:
March 16th, 17th at the Dance Complex in Cambridge, Ma.
B O O K I N G I N F O R M A T I O N
For booking information or questions, contact:
Laura Sanchez
(617) 229-9717
Laura@LSFlamenco.com
Instagram: @LauraSanchezFlamenco
Website: LSFLAMENCO.COM
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Instagram @UnLugraLLamadoHolanda
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