Prayer for Tending Death
12 mins
A queer performance for transforming violence into healing. A traditional dance and its costumes to counter colonial legacies. A peaceful ritual for diluting the imposing masculinity of the cockfighting arena, their sharp damaging spurs, their intense cigar sucking. The Nicaraguan multidisciplinary artist Elyla, amidst masks and fumes, creates a purifying and festive prayer, a serene ceremony of alternativity for tending death.
Elyla
Director
Elyla
Producer
Elyla
Writer
Elyla
Production Design
Tamara Espinoza
Writer
Freidell Urbina
Writer
Freidell Urbina
Cinematography
María Félix Morales Lotz
Editor
Marisol Cao Milán
Sound Designer
Luigi Bridges
Music