Dobra is a lecture-performance in which the lecturer begins by recounting a trip where he felt like he was being stalked by his evil double, his doppelgänger. While watching French films dubbed in Japanese, he fell in love with an unemployed furniture designer who earned a living working in action films, as a stunt double for a famous actor. At this point, the lecturer becomes duplicated. His words unfold. The story being told turns into a dance, the stories transform into gestures in space. Dobra is a play that subtly confronts the possibility of manipulation, from translation to duplication, highlighting the possibility of faking all reality. “The method of dubbing appeals to me as a translation technique, but also as a plastic object. I consider dubbing a voice to be a political act. Unlike subtitles, which enable us to return to the original and come up with our own interpretation, dubbing erases or blurs the original. The new voice replaces the first one, seizing power. Dubbing creates a new identity. In Dobra, I wish to work at two different levels, which influence each other: the text and the performative situation”, writes Romain Beltrão Teule.
Dobra
ROMAIN BELTRÃO TEULE![](https://www.teatrosaoluiz.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/g7a2406alipio-padilha-peq-2000x1333.jpg)
28 November to 7 December
Thursday to Saturday, 7:30 pm
Sala Mário Viegas
45 min.
€12, reduced prices available | Covered by the Culture Pass - available only at the Theater ticket office
6+
Description
Cast and Creative
Creation, Performance Romain Beltrão Teule Light, Sound, Space Santiago Rodriguez Tricot Artistic advisor Miguel Pereira Choreography assistant Bruno Brandolino Scenography assistant Sara Vieira Marques Production Le Vertige Broadcasting and executive production O Rumo do Fumo Artistic residencies Conservatório de Coimbra – Linha de Fuga; Forum Dança; Honolulu (Nantes, Fr); L’Armorica (Plouguerneau, Fr); L’échangeur CDCN (Château Thierry, Fr); RAMDAM, un centre d’art (Sainte-Foy-lès-lyons, Fr); Le PAD (Angers, Fr) ; Bonifrates (Coimbra); CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva (Teatro Municipal do Porto) Supported by DRAC Bretagne (Fr); Festival Temps d’Image Lisboa; Fundação GDA; Fundação Gulbenkian; Mala Voadora Thanks to Catarina Saraiva, Claire Buisson, Flora Detraz