Té de Pasiflora

Té de Pasiflora, is a collaboration between dancer Cuauhtli Ramirez Castro and filmmaker Tate Bunker for the dance program Dance for Diversity at DanceWorks in Milwaukee.

Cuauhtli’s Solo Film Statement of Té de Pasiflora:

“My work was inspired by the deity Xochipilli from Aztec mythology. The “little flower prince” was the god of beauty, love, art, dance, song, flowers, sacred plants, as well as gay men and male sex workers. In the process for this solo I explored the intersections of my journey as a queer person and as an immigrant. The distance that once felt like freedom to exist in new ways, is the same that feeds the urge to reconnect with home. Xochipilli simply felt like the perfect concept that allowed me to bridge these ideas, by harmonizing my past within my present.”

Filmmaker Q&A