>> Wings To Fly >> Frida Kahlo Bolero
Duration: 17 min
commissioned by DAGESH Jewish Art in Context Berlin & Leo Baeck Foundation New York
Oxana Chi’s mesmerizing dance ritual is dedicated to the powerful Mexican-German artist Frida Kahlo. She was often forced to stay at home for health-related reasons, a situation which she transformed into her unique visual legacy. Oxana's dance and the music cite elements from the notorious Boléro, originally composed by Maurice Ravel in 1928 as a commissioned work for the dancer and art patron Ida Rubinstein.
Idea, Choreography, Dance: Oxana Chi
Music composed by Layla Zami
performed by Layla Zami (saxophone, loops, sounds), Julius Heise (Vibraphon)
Visual art: Betty Stürmer @ Berlin, Virginia Wagner @ New York, The Drawing Dancer Oxana @ Martinique / Fortaleza, Paula Siebra @ Fortaleza
Costume design: Dorês Maués & Chizami
Photos by Claudia Zölsch, Alegra Kortland, Karsten Staiger, Chizami, Xénio Réjon
Tour History includes:
PSI #30 Conference, conference panel "Ko, Kay, Kafou" by Dr. Layla Zami @ University Federal do Ceara – Fortaleza, Brazil 2025
Performance & Drawing Exibition @ Alliance Français – Fortaleza, Brazil 2025
Campus Caraïbéen des Arts @ Theatre Tropiques Atrium Scéne Nationale – Fort de France, Martinique 2025
Festival Past & Future, Architecture, Culture & Commuity @ 1014 Space for Ideas (House Goethe) – New York City 2021
DAGESH Jewish Art in Context @ Holzmarkt – Berlin 2021
