Shapeshifting Game [Jogo de Mudança de Forma]
Philippines, USA, Germany, Taiwan, 2021. 6.13 min

Creative Team
Performance and choreography: Leonard Cruz
Original look and music: Dana Lyn
Film: Detlef Thomas

Ficha técnica
Performance e coreografia: Leonard Cruz
Visual e música original: Dana Lyn
Filme: Detlef Thomas

Location / Locação: Essen-Werden, Germany

Synopsis
In many indigenous Filipino mythologies and folklore, shapeshifting designates the ability to physically transform through an inherently superhuman and/or divine spirit. Leonard Cruz explores and transforms into five different types of birds and uses Storytelling to convey his Asian identity and struggles.

Sinopse:
Em muitas mitologias e folclores indígenas filipinos, mudança de forma designa a capacidade de se transformar fisicamente através de um espírito inerentemente sobre-humano e/ou divino. Leonard Cruz explora e se transforma em cinco tipos diferentes de pássaros e usa o Storytelling para transmitir sua identidade asiática e suas lutas.

Mini bio:

Brooklyn-based musician and songwriter, Dana Lyn has performed at New York’s Lincoln Center, Beacon Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnegie Hall and Town Hall, as well as folk festivals around the world.

Dr. Leonardo Cruz is the founder of the Creativity, Arts and Resilience Project (C.A.R.P.) – he is a performer, choreographer, teacher, promoter of creative inclusion and advocate of contemplative culture.

A musicista e compositora Dana Lyn, sediada em Brooklyn, se apresentou no Lincoln Center de Nova York, no Beacon Theatre, na Brooklyn Academy of Music, no Carnegie Hall e no Town Hall, bem como em festivais folclóricos em todo o mundo.

Dr. Leonardo Cruz é o fundador do Creativity, Arts and Resilience Project (C.A.R.P.) – é performer, coreógrafo, professoro, promotor de inclusão criativa e defensor da cultura contemplativa.