violetas is an intimate dance piece where one exists and resists in a minimalist environment. The dancing body is proposed as unique and sufficient. What do we project and what do we assume as we allow ourselves to be carried away? violetas plays with expectation and perception. The space it inhabits becomes a reflection on itself, where the fluidity, complexity, and subjectivity of each of the five performers invites reflection on performativity, boundaries, centers, and the spaces in between.
Credits
With
Lua Aurora, Lucília Raimundo, Piny, Vânia Doutel Vaz, Wura Moraes
Direction and Choreography
Vânia Doutel Vaz
Plastic Gesture
Sara Fonseca da Graça
Light Design matéria leve*:
Creation: Bee Barros e Ska Batista
Follow-up and mentoring: Leticia Skrycky
Writing about lighting project: Priscila Altivo
Creation Support
Filipa Peraltinha
Drama Support
Zia Soares
Costumes Support
Nina Botkay
Collaboration in Residency
André Cabral, Natacha Campos, Sara Fonseca da Graça
Production
Joana Costa Santos
Administration
Agência 25
Co-production
DDD - Festival Dias da Dança, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Alkantara
Co-production in Residency
Alkantara, Casa da Dança, Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo
Support
República Portuguesa - Cultura I DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes
Acknowledgements
Josefa Pereira
*Mais informação sobre o projeto: materialeve.com
© Theo Gold
Vânia Doutel Vaz, an Angolan born in Portugal, studied with RAD, EDCN and FD. She worked with CPBC, Revista à Portuguesa Parque Mayer, Trumps, NDT II, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, PUNCHDRUNK, Tânia Carvalho, Shannon Gillen, Adam Linder, Uri Aran, etc. Since 2018 has been working as a performer and rehearsal director with Trajal Harrell. Since 2024 with Legia Lewis replacing her in the solo “A Plot | A Scandal”. In 2022, she created and performed the solo "O Elefante No Meio Da Sala.