VADO: solo sobre as coisas vazias | 2018
photos by Diana Nobre
My mother says I talked to myself. His mother not.
The idea of a performance-concert about empty things arises from the fear of loneliness, weakness and its monotony, where movements and sounds are explored without identity. The research is based on photographed bodies, freezing bodies, faceless bodies, lonely bodies. Away from social relationships.
The repetition and the limit are constant bases in this work, where the body is influenced by the constraint of the empty space. Everything is built based on the courses of thought, on the simplicity of being and on the empty movement.
The idea of a performance-concert about empty things arises from the fear of loneliness, weakness and its monotony, where movements and sounds are explored without identity. The research is based on photographed bodies, freezing bodies, faceless bodies, lonely bodies. Away from social relationships.
The repetition and the limit are constant bases in this work, where the body is influenced by the constraint of the empty space. Everything is built based on the courses of thought, on the simplicity of being and on the empty movement.
Concept and direction | Beatriz Valentim, Pedro Souza
Choreography | Beatriz Valentim
Musical composition | Pedro Souza
Light design | João Abreu
Sound operation | Martinho Cardoso
Costumes | Beatriz Valentim, Catarina Casais
Artistic residencies | Companhia Instável, Estúdios Victor Córdon
Acknowledgements | Cine-Teatro Garrett, Francisco Camacho, Joana Von Mayer Trindade, Mafalda Deville, EIRA (under the Dance Study Project)
Presentation dates
18 September 2022 | Ciclo Dança Invisível / Palácio do Sobralinho, Vila Franca de Xira
18 May 2019 | Casa da Cultura de Setúbal, Setúbal
22 February 2019 | Armazém 22, Vila Nova de Gaia
17 February 2019 | Festival Entrelaçados, Portimão
6 October 2018 | Festival Guimarães noc noc, Guimarães
8 September 2018 | XX Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira, V. N. de Cerveira
Choreography | Beatriz Valentim
Musical composition | Pedro Souza
Light design | João Abreu
Sound operation | Martinho Cardoso
Costumes | Beatriz Valentim, Catarina Casais
Artistic residencies | Companhia Instável, Estúdios Victor Córdon
Acknowledgements | Cine-Teatro Garrett, Francisco Camacho, Joana Von Mayer Trindade, Mafalda Deville, EIRA (under the Dance Study Project)
Presentation dates
18 September 2022 | Ciclo Dança Invisível / Palácio do Sobralinho, Vila Franca de Xira
18 May 2019 | Casa da Cultura de Setúbal, Setúbal
22 February 2019 | Armazém 22, Vila Nova de Gaia
17 February 2019 | Festival Entrelaçados, Portimão
6 October 2018 | Festival Guimarães noc noc, Guimarães
8 September 2018 | XX Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira, V. N. de Cerveira