Dança em Diálogos
Requiem – The only censorship that should exist is censoring censorship
To celebrate half a century of a unique revolution that definitively established full democratic rule is to share in the courage and determination of all those who fought for freedom and democracy. The meaning of Requiem cries out for a just repose for those who are, and those who can be, permanently remembered. The mature Freedom, on the other hand, is tireless in its defence of the only censorship that should exist, which is to censor censorship. By appropriating Julião Sarmento's thoughts and also his disturbing imagery, and based on Lopes-Graça's Requiem and unpublished texts by Cláudia Lucas Chéu, Ondjaki and Elmano Sancho, bodies, movements, images and narrative clippings are visualized that reflect memories crossed in time and in the experiences of a past that finds echoes in the present and the future. Defending Freedom is also about telling stories that cross the boundaries between reality and fiction and where dance and video are positioned as vehicles for total free expression.
Artists
Solange Melo and Fernando Duarte, artistic direction
Fernando Duarte, choreography
Sound design based on Fernando Lopes-Graça's Requiem for the Victims of Fascism in Portugal and works by José Afonso, Pedro Emanuel Pereira, Max Richter, Dryeyes, G. Ligeti, G. Verdi, J. P. Rameau and Chico Buarque, music
Fernando Duarte, sound design
Original texts
Olhar pelo retrovisor, manter os olhos na estrada by Cláudia Lucas Chéu
Dois braços à minha espera by Elmano Sancho
corpo adentro (ou: onde me nascem as lágrimas) by Ondjaki
José António Tenente, costumes
Pedro Castanheira, cinematography
VJ, lighting design
Carlota Rodrigues, Margarida Trigueiro, Maria Santos, João Reis and José Borges, cast
Alberto Baláz, image capture
João Tenente, sound design for the texts Dois braços à minha espera
Au Viés, costume workshop
Maria Santos, production and rehearsal support
Support
Centro de Dança de Oeiras, support for creation through artistic residency
Artefirme, logistical support
Antena 1, RHI and Arte Institute, communication support
Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Cineteatro Louletano/Município de Loulé, Casa das Artes de Vila Nova de Famalicão, Teatro Virgínia, Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Cine-Teatro de S. Pedro and Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, co-production
Information
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