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. Together with a new generation of dancers and the Centro de Artes da Maré, the centre for art and education that Rodrigues has been running in one of the largest favelas of Rio de Janeiro, she is now showing Borda.'Borda' in Portuguese refers to embroidery, decoration, but also to a border, something that separates. Borders create contradictions: hospitality and hostility, native and non-native. Who belongs and who is excluded, who has a right to exist? Metaphorically, the word 'borda' also means imagination, the ability to cross borders. And that is Borda: a celebration of the imagination, an embroidery of otherness. Starting from the energy of the collective and using simple materials like textiles and plastic, Rodrigues creates a unique world of images. With great care that which has been separated is brought back together.
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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