Footsteps speed up, laughter infects the crowd, clothes are shredded and limbs flail. Seventy people have reached a critical mass. Multitud, from Uruguayan choreographer Tamara Cubas, examines the power that lies within bodies, and what happens when they collide.

Throughout her work, Cubas has investigated the power of Latin American bodies—their history, memory and quest for decolonisation—often working with non-artistic participants and communities.

In the lead-up to the performance, Cubas will bring together 70 people from different age groups, backgrounds, communities and artistic practices. Together they devise the work’s sound, movement and energy. No two iterations of Multitud are the same, but each shows the universal power of collective action.