Named after Lake Ilopango—one of  Kuskatan’s (El Salvador) most powerful volcanic calderas — Xilopango draws from six years of land-based research and personal history. Its choreography captures the intensity of eruption, implosion, and transformation, reflecting the seismic impact of war, colonization, and exile on familial relationships. The narrative traces four generations of women in Villafuerte’s lineage—her great-grandmother, grandmother, mother, and herself—each defined by resistance, survival, and migration.

Integrating personal ritual, historical memory, and ancestral connection, Xilopango is an embodied act of remembrance. It invites audiences to bear witness to the echoes of lives shaped by displacement and resilience, offering a space to honour the disappeared and reclaim fractured histories.