Borda, the new piece by Lia Rodrigues, is a celebration of the imagination beyond all limits. It was created at a centre for art and education that the Brazilian choreographer has been running for over 20 years in one of the largest favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
For the 35th anniversary of Lia Rodrigues' Companhia de Danças, the Brazilian choreographer is opening up her case of fabrics with which she has travelled the theatres of the world, riveting audiences of tens of thousands with her shows. Together with nine dancers, she is now showing the epical piece Borda, created together with the Centro de Artes da Maré, the centre for art and education that Rodrigues has been running for more than two decades in one of the largest favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The Portuguese word 'borda' comes from the verb 'bordar' ('to embroider') and implies an 'embellishment', 'decoration', 'enhancement', 'elaboration'. Borda is a celebration of the imagination beyond all limits. How can we take the visions, longings and memories that we all bear within our bodies along into the future? Maybe by weaving them together like a fabric: a magnificent piece of embroidery with borders that are in movement, hovering and dancing.
Creation Lia Rodrigues Danced and created in close collaboration by Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey da Silva, David Abreu, Raquel Alexandre, Daline Ribeiro, Sanguessuga, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu, João Alves, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu Choreographic assistance Amalia Lima Dramaturgy Silvia Soter Artistic collaboration, Images Sammi Landweer Light design Nicolas Boudier Stage management Magali Foubert, Baptistine Méral International Booking Colette de Turville Production coordinator Astrid Toledo Production Brazil Gabi Gonçalves/ Corpo Rastreado
Production Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças Coproduction Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Maison de la danse/Pôle européen de création (Lyon) with the support of Biennale de la danse 2025, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris), Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Festival d’Automne à Paris, La Bâtie – Festival de Genève (Geneva), Romaeuropa (Rome), PACT Zollverein (Essen), One Dance Festival (Plovdiv), Theater Freiburg, , Muffatwerk (Munich), Passages Transfestival (Metz), Festival Perspectives (Saarbrücken), Le Parvis, scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Tanz im August – HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne (Toulouse) / Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes (in residency at La Libre Usine) Supported by Redes da Maré and Centro de Artes da Maré (Rio de Janeiro) Lia Rodrigues is an international associate artist of CENTQUATRE-Paris, Maison de la Danse in Lyon, Pôle européen de création and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, France
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