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Musseque before being a piece for four dancers, is home, it is an encounter, it is a way of being.

It is where they left a long time ago and where they return in memory and in body through Kuduro. The bodies are asked for rhythm, precision, and resistance so that a piece of freedom can be found in the turbulence of war. During the Angolan Civil War, Kuduro was a style of music and dance marginalized by many but loved by the people. The four performers on stage are now being asked to continue what was lived and felt by creating a dance of the present through the experiences from the past – that are notforgotten.On stage, the peripheries of Luanda that are home, the speeches that are revolution, and the bodies that are resistance are revisited in a hallucinating rhythm of movements that are resilient to those who continue beyond the war.

6 - 7 September

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[PREVIEW]

› September 6th - 7:30pm
› September 7th - 9:30pm

6+

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

Credits

Artistic Direction and Creation
Fábio (Krayze) Januário

Interpretation and Co-Creation
Fábio (Krayze) Januário, Selma Mylene, Xenos Palma and Elvis Carvalho (Grelha)

Artistic Support 
Marco da Silva Ferreira and Piny

Sound Design
DJ Poco

Light Design
Pedro Guimarães

Light and Sound Operation
Afonso Lemos

Scenography 
Filipe Tootill

Costumes
Susana Santos - Mana Terra

Production
Rita Pessoa

Production and Support
Pensamento Avulso

Co-production
O Espaço do Tempo, Cineteatro Louletano and Centro Cultural Vila Flor, within the Projecto Casa program

Thanks to
Mélanie Ferreira, Marco da Silva Ferreira, all team at sProjeto Ou.kupa

© Mariana Vicente

Fábio Jorge Januário was born in Luanda. He developed his knowledge of urban dance. He frequently teaches Kuduro workshops in Portugal and abroad. Since 2022 he has been a performer in Marco da Silva Ferreira's play ‘CARCAÇA’, which premiered in 2021 and is currently on an international tour. His research is always in the area of Kuduro and in 2023, through the Ou.kupa festival, he created Musseque, which premiered at Teatro do Bairro Alto in Lisbon.

Fábio "Krayze" Januário

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