6 to 11 apr 2025
creative residency
Performing Arts Centre of the Algarve CAPa
azul ou a força do emaranhado
AORCA
Portugal
artistic director Maria Ferreira Silva
co-creation and performance Sofia Brito, Sara Martins, Susana Vilar
sound design Gasper Piano
light design Filipe Pereira
production Alicja Gladysz
co-production AORCA and Lagos City Council
support DGARTES, Junta de Freguesia São Gonçalo de Lagos, OPART, E.P.E/Estúdios Victor Córdon, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Pólo Cultural Gaivotas Boavista and Antena 2
AORCA is a structure funded by the Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts
© Kameraescura (Pedro Noel)
How are these bodies united?
What nourishes, challenges and jeopardises their union?
How far is it possible to choose this union?
These are questions that inhabit this work where the collective emerges from the strength of the singular. Azul ou sobre a força do emaranhado is a dance piece for three performers and a light designer that aims to address ontological questions about the relationship between beings and matter through body practices. Centred on listening and sensory methodologies, the piece invites the formation of a dialogue between performers, space and audience, through a dance that opens up questions about forms of cooperation, interdependence, resistance and rupture, valuing the voice of the singular and of difference as a tool for the integrity of the group.