Acting in Times of Crisis

About the workshop

This workshop proposes a journey toward subjectivity, exploring the poetic and political acts that begin in the intimate realm—within oneself, inwardly—and then involve an encounter with the outside world: the public, the collective, and the external. Every creative act activates a questioning, an impulse, or a need for movement. Through embodiment, objects and crafts, participants are expected to explore—and not limited to—personal, everyday, domestic narratives. To do so, it is essential to examine dynamics of contemporary life, the mechanisms of bio/necropolitics, and, above all, the need to build spaces that allow us to navigate life beyond the regimes of death and terror that overwhelm our realities. Participants (performers, non performers and anyone interested in the topics) are invited to bring an object and a map of a place that is significant for them.

About the facilitator

Cristina Alejandra Jiménez Gómez

Facilitator

Cristina Jiménez (she/they) is a Colombian interdisciplinary artist and educator with a background in performing arts and an emphasis on acting. Based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Jiménez serves on Teesri Duniya Theatre's board of directors. She participated in the Encuentros at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics (NYU) and the Hemi Graduate Student Initiative (Hemi GSI) from 2013 to 2017. She has presented and exhibited her collective work at events such as Mutek Forum Montreal (2026). Her artistic practice is theatre-based, drawing on expanded theatre and performance art, as well as digital approaches in live arts. Her extensive experience situates her projects in the participatory relationship generated through various modes of embodiment. She has toured Europe and the Americas with her work.