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Agenda Municipal / Dance Lowlands

Lowlands
Fri 12 Apr
Casa das Artes programme

Casa das Artes | Grand auditorium – 21h30

Admission: 6 euros. Students, Cultural Quadrilateral Card and Seniors (aged 65 and over): 3 euros | Rating: M/12 | Running time: 90 min

An area where the land is close to or below sea level is called a lowland. Lowlands also refers to Freud's theory, which compares the mind to an iceberg - it floats with one seventh of its volume above the water, the only visible part.
In this piece for eight performers, the creator dives below sea level, into the "unconscious mind", and guides the performers and the audience on a journey through the "mental waiting room", where thoughts remain until they can attract the gaze of the conscious. Primitive instincts resurface (desires, fears, desires, beliefs, anxieties, among others) and impulses kept at bay, undisguised by the mannerisms of adult etiquette. The physicality linked to the unconscious becomes the main character; the body its resource. In an encounter between people in an "empty space", the search for a common essence can facilitate a deeper vision of our daily lives and our personal and collective identity.
Through an aesthetic of dance and theatre of a high physical and experimental level, we visit the shadow world of existence, of internal stories that unfold beyond language and words. - Hélder Seabra

After the show, there will be a discussion with the directors of Companhia Instável, and a workshop is planned for a date to be announced.

Artistic Record
Concept, direction and choreography: Hélder Seabra
Creative assistant and rehearser: Mafalda Deville
Created and performed by: Afonso Cunha, Dinis Duarte, Joana Couto, Mário Araújo, Mercedes Quijada/Lea Siebrecht, Pedro Matias and Sara Santervás
Performance trainees: Gustavo Magalhães, Marta Cardoso
Musical composition and interpretation: Stijn Vanmarsenille
Technical direction and lighting design: Joaquim Madaíl
Set design: Israel Pimenta
Costume design: Pedro Ribeiro
Costume assistant: Maria Afonso Coelho
Production: Instável - Centro Coreográfico
Production director: Rita Santos
Stage manager: Rita Tavares
Co-production: Teatro Municipal do Porto
Support: Erva Daninha, Lupralnorte, Azeite Tojeira and Plastiborracha Lda
Instável, a structure in residence at the Campo Alegre Theatre in Porto as part of the Teatro em Campo Aberto programme, is supported by the Portuguese Republic - Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts and the "GDA Foundation Training Grants" programme.

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