Crab Pro: the performance collective and young Chinese women in Madrid.

Methodologically, this research is processual and transversal, based on multiplicities. It has a close relationship with vital inquiry. from within of the diaspora, to which I myself belong. Throughout the process, we have been defining a series of epistemological and ontological knowledge. Within the general academic category, it is a artistic practice-based research (IABP)We use the methodology of Performance as Research (PAR) to understand the central role of performance collective, not only theorizing it, but also expanding the epistemic horizon from our own practices. In addition, we apply our own methods, such as mountain and landscape and thinking in the middle zone to better collect and analyze the performances live. We also reflect on Eurocentric discourses by applying the non-Western perspective, such as the use of the Chinese language, the approach to cultural identity, and the framework of non-Western backgrounds and references. 

In reviewing the background and the state of the question, we have constructed a archive visual which provides a compendium of practices situated in relation to the cultural cartography of the Chinese diaspora in Spain and those proposals that specifically address the performance, identity and gender of the Chinese diaspora in other countries. We have created a genealogy own, which enriches the databases of the Spanish or Spanish-speaking context. 

In the theoretical framework, we address studies on the art of performance related to the identity and characteristics of the performative language of our creations. We also approach theories about the social turn and the affective turn in contemporary art and its application in our performances. Finally, we investigate the theoretical bases of the terms subcommunity and landscape-identity, which we have developed and reinterpreted from our own experiences and the desire to create a new system.

In the practical framework, we present the world of Crab Pro, and we focus on the seven performances collective projects that we carried out between 2018 and 2023. We not only show the final results of these projects performances live (on stage), but we also collect and analyze the invisible processes (behind the scenes). The core of Crab Pro is the power of the Jiě Mèi (姐妹) [sisters], and we explore what it is like to be young Chinese women in a transcultural and transnational context, between China and Spain, as a diaspora. Thus, we draw together these landscapes-identity in our it was hersWe are like a stone thrown into a lake, we produce resonances…

In the results and conclusions, the performance It is transversal throughout the research. Collective and procedural creation is its essence, opening up the possibility of moving from the individual to the collective. Cangrejo Pro is a subcommunity China in Madrid, where the performance Collective is a tool and a magic trick for your creation. Furthermore, this thesis document integrates readings, languages, images and graphics, turning the text itself into a performative space, and opens new possibilities for future research in Arts, live arts, art education, diaspora, community art and performance.