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Is it possible for a single body to represent a collective? How does a march turn into a movement?
“UM [unimal]” is a solo that explores the binomial dances of resistance/resistance in dance. Through live commands and instructions, transmitted to the performer throughout the piece using an in-ear system, one questions notions such as authorship, freedom and leadership. The pivotal theme — SURVIVAL — unfolds in two sub-topics: SUBSISTENCE after someone disappears, and CONTINUITY of traditions from past times, of political and social movements, and of the way they impact on and can be seen in today’s bodies. One explores MARCHING, which historically emerges both in contexts of oppression and liberation. This piece intends to investigate a continuous physicality in the virtuosity of its limits, making use of a body struggling to remain on stage and whose perseverance and exhaustion are contaminating and appealing, just like a gladiator in the arena, a marathon runner competing, or a lonely mountain climber in action.
14YRS+
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Credits
Artistic direction and choreography Cristina Planas Leitão • Performers Daniela Cruz • Light and Technical direction Cárin Geada • Sound Flávio Rodrigues • Sonic space design Pedro Lima • Dramaturgical support Catarina Miranda, Victor Hugo Pontes • Figurino Micaela Larisch, Cristina Planas Leitão • Social and urban dance consultants Anaísa Lopes, Vítor Fontes • March consultants Rui Collaço, Luís Jorge • Communication advisement and support Joana Ferreira • Executive production Célia Machado, Cristina Planas Leitão • Diffusion Teresa Camarinha • Co-produced by Culturgest, Festival DDD – Dias da Dança, Teatro Aveirense Coapresentadores Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Teatro Municipal de Faro • Residences and creative support 2017/2018 MD Kollektiv, Koln (DE), Dance Ireland, Dublin (IR), Teatro Nacional S. João Centro Danza Canal, Madrid (ES), Materiais Diversos/ Grand Studio Brussels (PT/BE), O Espaço do Tempo, Bora Bora, Aarhus (DK), Companhia Instável, NAVE, Santiago (CL), 23Milhas/ CM Ílhavo • Financial support Direção Geral das Artes/ Ministério da Cultura, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian • Apoio Institucional MC / Direção Regional de Cultural do Norte / Casa das Artes • Approximate lenght 1h
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