Poet Rupi Kaur wrote:
There are mountains growing beneath our ‘feet’ that cannot be contained
All we’ve endured has prepared us for this
Bring our hammers and fist
We have a glass ceiling to shatter.
Raised in Macau with a Filipino descent, Albert Garcia’s works are wide-ranging and dive into myriad social issues. Following its debut in Taipei in 2021, this duo piece was invited to perform in Daegu, Korea, and Macau.
Albert GARCIA
Albert Garcia is a multi-disciplinary artist and was born and raised in Macao of Filipino descent. As a migrant and performance maker, he uses the body and multimedia as a vessel for questioning and showing their identity. Reflecting when viewing the landless state of a multi-hybrid identity. His works interrogate topics about identity, belonging, movements, migration, body of labor and survival. Garcia is a graduate of University of Macao where he majored in Media studies and Masters in Fine Arts in Dance Performance at Taipei University of the Arts. He was also invited to different productions, festivals, and collaborated with international artists.
Choreography and Concept
Albert GARCIA
Performance
LEONG Kuan-pou, LEONG Pou-seng
Rehearsal Assistance
YUAN Yi-chieh
The premiere of this work was one of the works in ‘Stray Birds Dance Platform’ (2021)
Acknowledgement: Macao CDE Springboard