LIA RODRIGUES COMPANHIA DE DANÇAS

Why are we speaking? To whom are we speaking? About whom are we speaking? How are we speaking? From what place are we speaking? Clarice Lispector, Brazilian writer, in ‘The Passion According GH’, says: “The world would not only frighten me if I became the world. If I’m the world, I will not be afraid. If we are the world, we are moved by a delicate radar that guides us.” How do we become worlds? How can we be guided by a delicate radar and, on this specific and unique place that is the stage, create a world? A world overwhelmed by ghastly images, by luminous images, crossed by a multitude of unanswered questions and torn by contrasts and paradoxes. A world of fury.

Born in 1956 in Sao Paolo, where she studies classical Ballet and History à the Sao Paolo (USP) University, Lia Rodrigues is involved in the 70’s in the contemporary dance movement and was in the Maguy Marin dance Company from 1980 to 1982. When she returns, she creates the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças, in 1990, in Rio de Janeiro with activities all the year round, dance laboratories, creations, classes and rehearsals. In 1992 she creates and runs for forteen years the Panorama Festival, the most important Festival in Rio de Janeiro. Since 2004, her Company is involved in developing educational and artistic activities in the Maré Favela in Rio de Janeiro, in partnership  with the non governmental Organisation Redes de Desenvolvimento da Maré. From this collaboration was born the Centro de Artes da Maré (Arts Center of Maré) opened since 2009 and the Escola livre de Danças da Maré (Free School of Maré) that has opened in October 2011. During 40 years of professional and artistitic life, the choreographer Lia Rodrigues has dedicated herself not only to training and artistic creation with touring and commissioning from the majors capitals in the world  but also to Education with workshops and seminars all over the world.

Creation Lia Rodrigues / Assistant to the creation Amalia Lima / Danced and created in close collaboration by Leonardo Nunes, Felipe Vian, Clara Cavalcante, Carolina Repetto, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey Silva, Karoll Silva, Larissa Lima, Ricardo Xavier / Dramaturgy Silvia Soter / Artistic Collaboration and images Sammi Landweer / Lighting Design Nicolas Boudier / Music excerpts of traditional songs and dances of Kanak – New Caledonia/ Thanks to  Zeca Assumpçao, Inês Assumpçao, Alexandre Seabra, Mendel
Production Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse – – avec le soutien de la Fondation d’entreprise Hermès dans le cadre de son programme New Settings – le  Festival d’Automne –- le Centquatre Paris –  le MA scène- nationale, Pays de Montbéliard, le Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main,dans le cadre du festival “Frankfurter Position 2019” – une initiative du BHF-Bank-Stiftung”  – le  Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels)  le Teatro Municipal do Porto /Festival DDD – dias de dança , Theater Freiburg (Germany), Muffatwerk München,   Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças et le soutien de Redes da Maré e Centro de Artes da Maré. Lia Rodrigues est Artiste associée à Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse et au Centquatre Paris

 This performance is part of the LIA RODRIGUES CONSTELLATION

Saturday, April 4: Dramaturgy of Debate

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