Stories of Gestures (Performance)

Standing – From the “CapEngar” of Bipedia
The wheels on the feet make explicit a tiring act: standing costs! In this solo, the performer and video artist Estela Lapponi investigates the numerous ways to stay stand. Creator of the decolonial concept of the “intruding body”, the artist explores the scenic discourse of the body with disabilities, the performative and relational practice, and the transit between visual and scenic languages.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Conception and performance: Estela Lapponi;
BMC Body Prep: Leticia Sekito;
Audio description script: Estela Lapponi;
Audio description consultancy: Natália Rocha;
Sound consulting: Gustavo Portela.
Accompaniment: Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira e Karine Legrand.
Support: Goethe-Institut

Falling
The performance by the choreographer, dancer and teacher Eduardo Fukushima revolves around “before the fall”: he argues that one only falls twice in life, at birth and at death – the rest is staging. A researcher of Chinese and Japanese body techniques, the artist elaborates a dance before the first step on the edge of the abyss, exploring up-down vectors, and looking for ways to dance the imbalance in thousands of micro falls in the body.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Creation and performance: Eduardo Fukushima;
Artistic collaboration: Beatriz Sano;
Light design: Hideki Matsuka, Igor Sane e Beatriz Sano;
Sound design: Eduardo Fukushima a partir de músicas de Rodolphe Alexis e captação de som de Chico Leibholz e Eduardo Magliano;
Input music: “Cai Capital”, de Flavia Goa, Pitter Rocha e Veridiana Zurita;
Costume: Irrita;
Photographs: Lucas Saccon;
Acknowledgments: Júlia Rocha, Isabel Ramos Monteiro, Rita Comparato, Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira, Instituto Goethe, Rolex Mentor & Protégé e festival Contém Dança de Curitiba;
Accompaniment: Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira e Karine Legrand.
Support: Goethe-Institut

Sitting
Sit down, take a seat, straighten up, wait, be silent, rest, watch, listen, talk. Luis Ferron’s performance questions where and with whom to sit. The dance artist has as an inspiring motto for his creations the research and the transit through the plots of a Brazilian corporeality composed of memories, beliefs, cultures and accents.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Conception, performance and soundtrack: Luis Ferron;
Accompaniment: Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira e Karine Legrand;
Support: Goethe-Institut.

Jumping
In the solo, the performer David Xavinho shares thoughts and actions about jumping, proposing paths and body solutions. The artist seeks to understand the various pieces of intelligence, and is also an interpreter-creator in the Zumb.boys Group.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Choreography and performance: David Xavinho;
Accompaniment: Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira e Karine Legrand.
Support: Goethe-Institut

Spinning
The spinning time recalls the experiences of childhood and appreciates the movements of now, without end: it is beginning, middle, and beginning again. In the performance, Silvana de Jesus weaves a spiral dance in which circle games, swings and mandingas fit. Idealizer of the creative process DançAdinkra, Silvana has been an artist and educator for 20 years, working with collectives such as Batakerê, Gumboot Dance Brasil and Protagonistas.

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Creative and interpreter: Silvana de Jesus;
Soundtrack: Dominique Vieira;
Dance Consulting: Vera Passos;
Acknowledgments: Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira, Karine Legrand, Goethe-Institut São Paulo e Sesc São Paulo;
Accompaniment: Elisabete Finger, Ana Teixeira e Karine Legrand;
Support: Goethe-Institut.