Foreign Puzzle is an intimate documentary that explores interior space and its external manifestation through movement [in space] to communicate that which cannot be expressed through words. Sharon, a Mexican American dancer, and mother to 6-year-old Dali is plagued by uncertainty. As medicine traverses through the miles and miles of blood vessels, microscopic cancer cells die in her body but are they all truly gone? Will she be around to see her son graduate from high school? Will he be ok if she is gone? Suspended between life and death, she creates a 90 min dance the “Materiality of Impermanence.”
Born and raised in Mexico City, Sharon is a choreographer, dancer, and teacher based in Austin, Texas. Her work is inspired by deeply personal experiences and my journey in this world as a woman, a Latina artist, a cancer survivor, and a mother. She is an impassioned believer in the transformational power of dance, and the irrevocable right of all persons to experience the arts as an expression of our common humanity. Her work has been listed numerous times as one of the top ten dance events of the year by the Austin Chronicle, and I am a three-time winner of the Austin Critics Table Award for Outstanding Choreographer. Her productions, The Materiality of Impermanence and most recently, Las Cuatro Estaciones: A Story of Human Trees, were honored with awards for Best Dance Concert from the Austin Critics Table