International Double Bill:
VIS MOTRIX by Cocoon Dance (Ger/Swi)
ATLAS da BOCA by Gaya de Medeiros (Bra/Por)
Followed by a post-show discussion moderated by Fearghus Ó Conchúir
Age: 18+
Running time: 90 minutes
Warnings: Atlas da Boca contains Nudity and sexual references in the text
VIS MOTRIX [Moving Force] by Cocoon Dance is the second part of a trilogy on the “unthought body”, exploring transhuman energies and impulses. In VIS MOTRIX, bodies move through space merging into human-machine hybrids. These other-worldly, fascinating organisms haunt us with a hypnotic power that one cannot escape. What is the driving force, the soul (Vis Motrix) behind the movements of these beings?
With this production, CocoonDance continues its research of the “unthought” body: transhumanism as a traumatic round dance that does not leave our unconsciousness untouched.
By and with: Fa-Hsuan Chen, Martina De Dominicis, Tanja Marín Friðjónsdóttir, Susanne Schneider
Choreography: Rafaële Giovanola
Composition, Sound: Franco Mento
Light, Space: Gregor Glogowski
Technical realization: Jasper Diekamp
Costumes: CocoonDance
Photography: Klaus Fröhlich
Video trailer: Michael Maurissens
Choreographic assistance: Leonardo Rodrigues
Dramaturgy, Concept: Rainald Endraß
Management: Godlive Lawani, Aurelie Martin
In collaboration with: Théâtre du Crochetan Monthey, Malévoz Quartier Culturel, Ringlokschuppen Ruhr Mülheim, Theater im Ballsaal Bonn. Funded by: Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Bundesstadt Bonnand within the frame of the residency programme: Théâtre-ProVS, Le Conseil de la Culture Etat du Valais, La Loterie Romande
Atlas da Boca [Atlas of the Mouth] examines the experience of two trans people by exploring the mouth as a place of intersection between the public and the private, between silence and the lasting word, between the sensual and the political. Dissecting the interplay between word and gesture, Gaya de Medeiros delves into the moments in which the mouth hardens to let the words come out roaring.
“I spent my adolescence very quietly. I lived countless days reading people, mainly, their ‘non-words’: a ‘gesture word’, a ‘gaze word’, a ‘breath word’. I spend my life trying to read the ways our thinking carves the body. I think the piece settles here.” – Gaya de Medeiros.
Direction and production: Gaya de Medeiros
Co-creation and Performance: Ary Zara, Gaya de Medeiros
Provocation, conception and design of ‘Brief Atlas of the Mouth’: João Emediato
Video: Ary Zara
Lighting design: André de Campos
Sound operation: Milton Estevam
Translation and subtitles: Joana Frazão
Management: Irreal
Photography: Fernando Santos / Mário Bettencourt / Rui Soares
A co-production with Alkantara and Companhia Olga Roriz.
Support: Self-Mistake.
Institutional Support: República Portuguesa - Cultura I DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes.
This performance is presented in partnership with Dance Limerick in the framework of Aerowaves, co-funded by the European Union.
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