The show Cratera is scheduled to premiere in June 2023, but in the meantime CiRcoLando shares a 1st movement, in the form of a staged reading. The project is based on the idea of anthropologist Michael Taussig who, discussing the problem of climate change, defends the need for a new kind of language and thinking. Without a radical revolution at this level, we will no longer be able to debate the issue in all its depth. He suggests that we should draw inspiration from our own experience of extreme climate situations and move the debate to a border zone where the outside and inside appear much more confused. We are left with this idea of borderline experiences of connection with the earth and nature that enhance other forms of lucidity; experiences that enhance the approach to an archaic background, a ground body of the earth where everything is much more amalgamated. The volcanic landscape seemed to CiRcoLando the ideal place for this kind of laboratory, having decided to focus the research and part of the creation process in Cape Verde.
Cratera: 1º Andamento (Crater: 1st tempo)
ANDRÉ BRAGA AND CLÁUDIA FIGUEIREDO / CIRCOLANDO – CENTRAL ELÉTRICA6 and 7 December
Tuesday and Wednesday, 19h
Sala Bernardo Sassetti
40 min (approx.)
€7
12+
Description
Cast and Creative
Artistic direction André Braga and Cláudia Figueiredo direction André Braga Dramaturgy Cláudia Figueiredo and Gonçalo Mota Co-creation and interpretation Ana Rita Xavier, Gil Mac, Lucília Raimundo, Nuno Barreto, Ramon Lima sound design João Sarnadas scenic space André Braga and Pedro Azevedo Video Gonçalo Mota costumes Pedro Azevedo Production direction Ana Carvalhosa Executive production Cláudia Santos technical coordination Pedro Coutinho Co-production CiRcoLando – Central Elétrica, Teatro Nacional São João, Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Cineteatro Louletano, Teatro Aveirense and São Luiz Teatro Municipal Funding Município do Porto and IEFP / Cace Cultural do Porto /// CiRcoLando – Central Elétrica is a structure funded by Ministério da Cultura / Direção Geral da Artes