How far can art go? How far does it have to go? Performance artist Pippa Bacca set out in a wedding gown to hitchhike from Milan to Jerusalem in 2008 in order to take a stand for peace and trust among people. Along the way, she was raped and murdered. The first part of The Bride and Goodnight Cinderella focusses on Bacca and other female artists who have used their own bodies as a means of protest and a target. Brazilian theatre maker Carolina Bianchi reports these women’s stories on stage while knockout drops that she has taken – in Brazil, they are known as ‘Goodnight Cinderella’ – are taking their effect. Bianchi loses consciousness and the eight performers of her collective Cara de Cavalo take over. Vulnerable and defenceless, she is utterly exposed to them. Bianchi deploys her own body in a performance that has triggered debate around the globe.
Concept, Text, Dramaturgy, Direction Carolina Bianchi With Alita, Carolina Bianchi, Chico Lima, Fernanda Libman, Joana Ferraz, José Artur, Larissa Ballarotti, Marina Matheus, Rafael Limongelli Dramaturgy, Research Carolina Mendonça Production direction, Tour management Carla Estefan Production assistance, Stage management AnaCris Medina Technical direction, Sound design, Original music Miguel Caldas Set design and art Luisa Callegari Light design Jo Rios Videos and screenings Montserrat Fonseca Llach Karaoke video Thany Sanches Costumes Tomás Decina, Luisa Callegari, Carolina Bianchi Art Assistant, Artistic collaboration Tomás Decina Photos Christophe Raynaud de Lage International management, Production Metro Gestão Cultural (Brazil) Collaboration body and voice training Pat Fudyda, Yantó Dialogue on theory and dramaturgy Silvia Bottiroli
Production Metro Gestão Cultural (Brazil) Coproduction Festival d’Avignon, KVS Brussels, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, Frascati Producties (Amsterdam) Supported by Fondation Ammodo (Amsterdam), DAS Theatre (Amsterdam), 3 Package Deal of the AFK - Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, NDSM (Amsterdam), Over het IJ Festival (Amsterdam), Theater der Welt, Kaaitheater (Brüssel), Onda – Office national de diffusion artistique Residency finals La FabricA du Festival d’Avignon Residencies Frascati Theater, DAS Theatre (Amsterdam), Festival Proximamente/KVS (Brussels), Festival 21 Voltz/Central Elétrica (Porto), Pride Festival (Belgrade), Greta Galpão (São Paulo), Espaço Desterro (Rio de Janeiro)
Premiere July 2023, Festival d’Avignon
