Alberto Velasco's 'Sacresize' Challenges Body Norms in Dance

Alberto Velasco, a dancer, actor, and choreographer, premieres 'Sacresize' at Teatros del Canal in Madrid, a performance celebrating and reclaiming fatness. Velasco, who identifies as a fat person, has long felt the absence of fat bodies on stage, having been treated as a 'mythological animal' in normative dance companies and only able to perform solo. 'Sacresize' recodifies classical and contemporary ballet signs, directly confronting the algorithmic and societal hegemony that directs desire toward a narrow body ideal. The work stems from Velasco's personal experiences and aims to fill a total lack of references for fat bodies in dance.