Infinite dance

dancer and performer

Sonia Gómez

Infinite Dance opens up a reflection on politics, rights and ownership of the body while paying homage to Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who, in 1951, had cells removed without her consent. These were the first human cells, HeLa, that could be developed in a laboratory and are still used today in biomedical research.

The installation shows images of the cell division and of the dancer Sonia Gómez during an rehearsal in which she performs an improvised choreography. While the biological sciences present the human body composed of separate parts, the work of the helping dancer tries to reconstruct it as a whole. The set explores the ways in which the biological sciences stubbornly pursue immortality and transcendence to death.