Nana Hudo
Octubre se lo dedicamos a Nana Hudo y Balleteatro Infantil.
Nana me ofreció una formación artística y sembró unas semillas de luz que me acompañan al hacer arte. Para Nana los momentos creativos son mágicos, el tiempo parece detenerse y ella ilumina con su atención y presencia la creación de lxs niñxs.
No se cuantas ideas compartí con Nana, ella me ayudaba a investigar y sentir las conexiones físicas, emocionales, espirituales y sociales de esa ideas, me ayudaba a desarrollarlas y darle forma. Ella me invitaba a ver sus proceso de crear obras y aunque fuera niña siempre me incluía como colaboradora, celebrando la delicia del momento creativo entre generaciones sin expectativas del futuro.
A través de su dirección artística y su amistad profunda con nuestra familia, me enseñó a darle vida a cada movimiento, a investigar cada quietud, a convertirme en los personajes que danzábamos y no solamente representarlos. Su amor por los detalles me daba mucha curiosidad, ella me retaba a ser precisa, siempre con mucho cuidado de aceptar mi crecimiento físico y emocional. Mientras íbamos creciendo volábamos del nido y nos enfrentábamos a situaciones muy diferentes y difíciles, y siempre supe que esta formación me acompañaría. Ahora se que es mi labor pasarla a través de mi experiencia.
Nana acaba de cumplir 80 años. Nana, gracias por tu inspiración y dedicación a la labor de celebrar a los niñxs, aceptarnos como somos y guiar el amor por el arte.
October- caracola dedicates the month of October to Nana Hudo and Balleteatro Infantil
Nana is a dancer, friend, extended family, collaborator, choreographer and teacher. She founded and directed Balleteatro Infantil in San Juan. This dance studio and creative center served as a nest for many interdisciplinary artists and dancers in Puerto Rico.
Nana offered me an artistic formation and planted seeds of light which continue growing in my process of art making. For Nana creative moments are pockets of magic, time seems to stop as she illuminates with her attention and presence the creation of the children. I don't know how many ideas I shared with her, she helped me develop and shape these ideas. She guided me through research while finding connections at a physical, emotional, and spiritual level. Nana often invited students to observe her process of creating the productions and choreographed with us. Even though I was a child, she included me as a collaborator, celebrating the delight of intergenerational creative process without expectation of my future as an artist.
Through her artistic direction and her profound friendship in our family, she taught me how to give life to every movement, and stillness. She taught me how to become rather than represent the characters I was casted for in the plays and performances. Her love for details was very curious to me. I resonated with that craft, she often challenged me to be very precise while caring and accepting who I was physically and emotionally. While we got older we grow beyond this nest and we faced more difficult and diverse learning processes, I always knew that this formation was going with me and now is my job to pass it on when I work with students of many generations.
Nana just turned 80 this month. Nana, thank you for the inspiration and commitment to celebrating children, accepting them as they are and guide them with love through the paths of art making.