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FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / CHOREOGRAPHER

Estefania
Forero Yacaman

Portrait of Third Gravity founding artistic director Estefania Forero Yacaman
PORTRAIT / ESTEFANIA FORERO YACAMAN
Estefania Forero Yacaman suspended in a studio leap
MOVEMENT PORTRAIT / 01
THIRD GRAVITY / NEW YORKARTISTIC DIRECTION
CHOREOGRAPHY
MOVEMENT RESEARCH

THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK

Direction shaped by curiosity.

Estefania leads Third Gravity's artistic direction, choreography, movement research, and the development of its live work.

Her process begins with curiosity and is shaped by the people in the room. Performers are encouraged to contribute, challenge one another, and discover movement that feels intricate, unexpected, and outside the box.

THE EARTH / THE PEOPLE / THE FORCE INSIDE US

INFLUENCE / PROCESS

A precise body.
An open process.

Estefania's references move between modern dance and ballet, and the color, light, rhythm, and atmosphere of Monet and Van Gogh. They are not formulas for what a work should look like. They expand the questions she can ask in the studio.

The body begins with weight. The people in the room change the material. Instinct decides where it goes next. Her practice brings the three gravities into one process.

Estefania Forero Yacaman extending horizontally through a grounded balance
WEIGHT / SUSPENSION / 05
Estefania Forero Yacaman balancing in a warm brown studio portrait
INSTINCT / LINE / 06
Estefania Forero Yacaman grounded in a blue ballet movement study
GROUND / RELEASE / 07
Estefania Forero Yacaman extending through a precise ballet line
TECHNIQUE / RANGE / 08

STUDIO PORTRAITS / ESTEFANIA / 02—04

Estefania Forero Yacaman in a curved floor movement study
FLOOR STUDY / WEIGHT
Estefania Forero Yacaman balancing in a warm studio portrait
BALANCE STUDY / MOMENTUM
Estefania Forero Yacaman in an extended studio movement portrait
EXTENSION STUDY / INSTINCT
PEOPLE / 01

Each performer profile is built from its own portrait session, separate from the live-performance archive.