Borda
LIA RODRIGUES COMPANHIA DE DANÇAS
Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Saal
Di. 10.11. | 20:00 Uhr, followed by Meet the Artists Mi. 11.11. | 20:00 Uhr, 19:30 h Warm-up
Duration: approx. 80 Minuten
Language: No language skills required
Tickets: 25 € / 12 €
Inhalt
Where does a border lie? Between countries and people, belonging and exclusion, memory and the future? These questions are considered by Tanzfestival Rhein-Main’s Spotlight Artist for 2026, Lia Rodrigues, in her piece BORDA. This Portuguese word can mean border or threshold, but it can also mean seam or embroidery. It is used to refer to what separates things, but also to what can create connections. Together with nine dancers, Rodrigues devises a choreography about the ambiguity of these liminal spaces. Bodies, material and movements turn into fleeting landscapes in which intimacy and distance, community and alienation are constantly being reclassified.
For over three decades Lia Rodrigues has combined her artistic work with social engagement in the Centro de Artes da Maré in Rio de Janeiro. For her, dance is a tool for questioning the reality of society and for inventing new ways of living together. BORDA is a powerful work about what separates and connects us, about the imagination to cross borders and creating spaces for people to meet.
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Credits
Created by Lia Rodrigues
Danced and created in collaboration with: Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey da Silva, David Abreu, Raquel Alexandre, Daline Ribeiro, João Alves, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu
Creation assistant: Amalia Lima
Dramaturgy: Silvia Soter
Artistic collaboration and images: Sammi Landweer
Lighting design: Nicolas Boudier
Stage management and lighting: Magali Foubert
Soundtrack: Miguel Bevilacqua (from excerpts of a recording made in 1938 in northern Brazil by the Folklore Research Mission conceived by writer and intellectual Mario de Andrade and excerpts from the public domain music “Amor Amor Amor”, part of the repertoire of “Cavalo Marinho”, a Brazilian dance performed by Luiz Paixão.)
Mixing and mastering: Ronaldo Gonçalves
Production / manager: Colette de Turville
Assistant production: Astrid Toledo
Production and manager Brazil: Gabi Gonçalves / Corpo Rastreado
Secretary / administration: Gloria Laureano
Logistical support Centro de Artes da Maré: Sendy Silva
Teachers: Amalia Lima, Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey Silva
Costumes: Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças
Seamstress: Antonia Jardilino De Paiva
Acknowledgements: Thérèse Barbanel, Corpo Rastreado, Inês Assumpção, Luiz Assumpção, Diana Nassif, Centro de Artes da Maré team, Jacques Segueilla
Dedicated to Max Nassif Earp
Photos: Sammi Landweer