{"id":1448,"date":"2025-06-10T12:38:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xiaoxirou.com\/?post_type=eg_proyectos&p=1448"},"modified":"2025-09-24T07:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:45:22","slug":"cangrejo-pro","status":"publish","type":"eg_proyectos","link":"https:\/\/xiaoxirou.com\/en\/proyectos\/personales\/cangrejo-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Crab Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"
Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Projects<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Personal<\/a><\/span> \u00bb Crab Pro<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n

Crab Pro<\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Collective performances<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Collective exhibitions<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Educational spaces<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It is the first and only performance art project in Spain formed exclusively by a group of young women of Chinese origin in Madrid. It began operations in 2018 and is based on four main components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The performance company Crab Pro.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The educational and community space.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Transdisciplinary collaborations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The research project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    From 2018 to the present, we have focused on creating collective performances, developing a process of grouping and sharing in which we have built the collective identity of young women of Chinese origin in Madrid. This identity takes root and grows like a tree with multiple roots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Through our collective performances:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • We show the heterogeneity and contemporaneity of young Chinese women in Madrid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We create a channel for self-expression and self-definition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We explore a process of \u201cbecoming,\u201d as a constant dialogue between individuality and collectivity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We try to break away from the \u201cWestern standard\u201d of performance art and aesthetic language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • We invent new methods, dynamics and meanings in collective and performative creation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Our social identity as young Chinese women in Madrid defines us as an exclusive, non-mixed group. In this sense, we are a homogeneous collective, although our members' profiles are very diverse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: Xirou Xiao (director), Shishi Zhu, Liulian (Bixia Xu), Zhihan Chen, Jiaying Li, Fengfan Yang and Wanru Li.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cThe first person to eat crab\u201d \/ \u7b2c\u4e00\u4e2a\u5403\u8783\u87f9\u7684\u4eba is a Chinese saying that refers to someone who is very brave and daring, who isn't afraid to try new, unknown, or difficult things. That's why we define ourselves as \u201cThe first Chinese girls to eat crabs\u201d \/ \u7b2c\u4e00\u7fa4\u5403\u8783\u87f9\u7684\u4e2d\u56fd\u5973\u5b69, because what we do is completely new in Spain. We are brave, bold, and, why not say it, a little crazy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      We are fearless in creating, fearless in growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are tough on the outside; soft on the inside. We value our strength as warriors, we empower our courage. At the same time, we recognize and value our tender side: we connect with vulnerability, pain, and our emotional side.
      We are a female group, not a feminist one. Because we understand femininity beyond the feminist claim from a Western perspective: we perceive it and embrace it from a non-Western perspective.
      We are a stone thrown into the water, it produces resonances\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: What does it mean to be a young Chinese woman in Spain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: What does it mean to be? What does it mean to shed this imposed identity? What do you want to tell the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: Where are you from? Why did you come to Spain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We're here: What are you doing at home during lockdown? How can we communicate without physical contact?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: How can we co-create from the heterogeneity and with the great diversity (personal and professional) of the Chinese diaspora in Spain through collective performance art?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: How can we show and convey these invisible realities about the lack of security (violence and racism) of the Chinese community in Madrid (bazaars and grocery stores) through our performance?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are: How do we create a performance for ourselves as a closing and a celebration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are a doctoral research project, based on the arts and performative practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are a creative community, a benchmark for the Chinese diaspora in Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      We are growing together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Performances <\/em>Pro Crab collectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      I don't give a damn<\/em> <\/strong><\/strong>(2018-2019)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Young Art Room, CAM, Madrid.
      It was a training process of community creation based on actions and conversations that made visible the needs, concerns and worries of the young Chinese women<\/em> from the performance<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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