Versa-vice
Kaleidoscopic statement of life
Tânia Carvalho draws on a wonderfully flamboyant range of styles from the history of dance, film and art to evoke an alienating but always deeply emotional universe. In Versa-vice, the choreographer sees hope for the future, by looking the monster of polarisation in the mouth.
Julidans
Main programme
Run time 60 minutes
Location Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Venue Grote Zaal
Tânia Carvalho's penchant for experimenting with styles and techniques comes to a tentative climax in Versa-vice, according to the choreographer herself, a celebration of emotions in turbulent times. Carvalho's mix of commedia dell'arte, romanticism, expressionism, silent film, mime and contemporary dance leads to a dream state that takes you into enigmatic, mystical territory.
We see dancers with painted faces work towards their catharsis: at first wandering lonely, later seeking support and comfort from each other. Finally, uplifting energy brings about relief, a tilt – something that may lead to a hopeful future with and for each other? -|-Versa-vice is about death and life, fantasy and reality, waking and sleeping, the mystical and the poetic. In a theatrical worship service full of poignant, often chilling tableaux, the choreographer evokes polarisations and contradictions that are in fact each other's mirror image. With the invitation to look into the full depth of the mirror. Carvalho: "We are all little pieces of the same puzzle. We are meant to be different from each other so that we can hold each other."
CREDITS
choreography & artistic directionTânia Carvalho
interpretationAndriucha, Beatriz Marques Dias, Bruno Senune, Catarina Carvalho, Cláudio Vieira, Filipe Baracho, Luís Guerra, Matthieu Ehrlacher, Nina Botkay
voiceTânia Carvalho
poemFernando Pessoa
light design & technical directionAnatol Waschke
sound production & sound design Juan Mesquita
musicTânia Carvalho
costumes designCláudio Vieira e Tânia Carvalho
master seamstressRosário Balbi
executive directionVítor Alves Brotas
administration & financeJanine Lages
communication & press advisory Maria João Bilro
photoRui Palma
videoChristo Roussev
bookingColette de Turville
logisticsLeonardo Garibaldi
productionAgência 25 -|-
co-productionFundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos - Culturgest (Portugal), Estúdio 25 (Portugal), Julidans
Amsterdam (Netherlands), La Briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne / Biennale de Danse du Val-de-Marne
(France), Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France dans le cadre du dispositif Accueil-Studio (France),
Teatro Municipal do Porto – Rivoli e Campo Alegre / DDD – Festival Dias da Dança (Portugal), Théâtre Jacques
Carat Cachan (France), Theatro Circo (Portugal), Teatro Viriato (Portugal).
partnershipsTeatro Académico de Gil Vicente / Convento de São Francisco / Abril Dança em Coimbra (Portugal)
co-production residenciesCulturgest (Portugal), Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix – Hauts-de-France dans le cadre du dispositif Accueil-Studio (France), O Espaço do Tempo (Portugal).
supportRepública Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES 2021-22 (via Estúdio 25), Câmara Municipal de Lisboa - Polo Cultural Gaivotas | Boavista, Casa-Atelier - Fundação Arpad Szenes - Vieira da Silva, Forum Dança, Loja das Maquetas.
acknowledgementsChá de Agulhas - Susana Oliveira, Maria Manuela da Silva Alves.