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King Size examines how masculinity is constructed in order to redefine the relationships between nature, gender, and sex. Focusing on figures that embody masculine myths, as well as their parodic revisions, this creation stages a game of disidentification that resists the pressures of sexual binarism in both society and art.

This work confronts the devices of creation and dramaturgy in contemporary drag performances with the rigid codes of gender representation in traditional dance and theater. It questions these representations, blurring the lines between what is natural and what is a cultural or theatrical construct.

Credits

Direction
Sónia Baptista

Interpretation
Ana Libório, Crista Alfaiate, Joana Levi, Sónia Baptista, Vânia Doutel Vaz and other guests

Space Design
Raquel Melgue

Styling
João Caldas

Light Design
Daniel Worm d'Assumpção

Sound
Margarida Magalhães

Drawings
Bárbara Assis Pacheco

Dramaturgical Support
Francesca Rayner, Mariana Ricardo, Maribel Mendes Sobreira

Creation Support
Paloma Calle, Marcus Massalami

Head of Production
Maria João Garcia

Executive Production
Margot Silva

Communication
Helena César

Production
AADK PORTUGAL

Co-production
Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Teatro Municipal do Porto/Festival DDD, Festival Linha De Fuga

Co-Production in Residency
O Espaço do Tempo

Support
Evc, Alkantara, Devir/Capa, Citemor, Livraria Aberta, Livraria Snob, Gaivotas6

Acknowledgements
Queer Lisboa, ILGA, Miguel Freitas, Lara Torres

Project financed by República Portuguesa – Cultura / DGArtes

SÓNIA BAPTISTA holds a Contemporary Dance Performer Course from Fórum Dança and earned a Master Researcher in Choreography and Performance degree with distinction from Roehampton University in London, UK. Her training has been complemented by various workshops in dance, music, theater, and video.

As a performer and co-creator, she has collaborated with numerous artists and companies, including Laurent Goldring, Patrícia Portela, Aldara Bizarro, Vera Mantero, Thomas Lehmann, Arco Renz, Teatro Cão Solteiro, AADK, Ligia Soares, Silvia Real, and Clara Amaral. In her work, she explores and experiments with the languages of dance, music, literature, theater, and video.

She writes dramaturgical texts for other creators and choreographs for film, video, and theater, working with Miguel Clara Vasconcelos, André Godinho, Teatro Praga, Ricardo Neves-Neves, and Cão Solteiro. She has published eight books and collaborates with Fórum Dança, PED and FOR, ESD, ESTC, and the Universities of Minho and Évora. She is an Associate Artist at AADK Portugal.

Sónia Baptista (PT)

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