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Only the body is capable of jumping over the difference while preserving the difference. ⎯ José Gil

Multiplicity, Counterforce, Dual Citizenship, Junction of Opposites, Incandescence, Enchantment, Symbol: words that are now almost mantras, notions that have been pulsating through the processes undertaken by Vera Mantero and her guests since 2021, from the piece The Fright is a Whole World, through A small composition exercise (2023) and more recently __ groundsky | (2024). These works create friction between different categories, oscillations between different spheres, and incandescences at the crossroads of different domains, and place us on the threshold of the unconscious, allowing us to almost enter the world of dreams. Abstract figures and symbols cross paths with common everyday actions, bodies transmute at the intersection with objects and the poetic word. It is in these intersections and counterforces that our capacity for change is rehearsed, the translation of a destructive energy into an energy of openness and stripping away.

11 April, 19h30

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[OPEN REHEARSAL]

Free entry upon reservation via text to [+351] 913 699 891 or to info[a]oespacodotempo.pt.

Credits

Artistic direction, co-creation and interpretation
Vera Mantero

Directon assistance
David Marques

Co-creation and interpretation
Henrique Furtado Vieira, Joana Manaças, Paulo Quedas, Teresa Silva

Music and Sound design
João Bento

Set design
João Ferro Martins

Costumes
Marisa Escaleira

Light design
Joana Mário

Production
O Rumo do Fumo

Executive Production and Distribution
Carlota Borges Lloret, João Albano / O Rumo do Fumo

Co-production
DDD - Festival Dias da Dança, Culturgest, Cineteatro Louletano, Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente

Co-production in Residency
O Espaço do Tempo

O Rumo do Fumo is a structure financed by República Portuguesa | Cultura/ Direcção Geral das Artes

© João Tuna

Vera Mantero studied classical dance with Anna Mascolo and was a member of the Gulbenkian Ballet between 1984 and 1989. She became one of the centrepieces of Portuguese New Dance, starting her choreographic career in 1987 and showing her work all over the world. He has been awarded several prizes and honours for his artistic work. She regularly teaches composition and improvisation in Portugal and abroad. In 2024, Vera donates her archive to the Serralves Foundation.

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