Warmi Dansaqs, a Brief History of Resistance

This project will focus on the history of resistance and feminism through the exploration of el Baile de las Tijeras, with the new expression of female dancers, commonly called the Warmi Dansaqs (Women Dancers in Quechua). Through research on this dance and the history of Peru, this project explores the experience of Warmi Dansaqs; how it has shown resistance throughout the years and how it is still a site of resistance today. This piece is here to make audiences reflect, to pique viewer's curiosity for them to want to understand how this dance is in itself a unique way of documentation, a way of passing on information and history from generation to generation since pre-colonial time.