UMBILICAL WAS FIRST SHOWCASED AS AN OPEN REHEARSAL AT TEATRO THALIA. SET WITHIN A GALLERY SPACE AND CONNECTED BY ROPES, THESE SOCIAL GROUPS ACT AND REACT ACCORDING TO THE OCCUPYING FORCES OF A CENTRAL AREA, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT WHAT UNITES THEM IS STRONGER THAN WHAT SEPARATES THEM — IN A PROJECT WHERE THE AUDIENCE SURROUNDS THE PERFORMERS AND CAN INTERACT WITH THE MOVEMENTS OF THIS WEB OF CONFLICT.
UMBILICAL
And Our Collective Ego
“TWO BODIES CANNOT OCCUPY THE SAME SPACE AT THE SAME TIME”: IT IS THIS PRINCIPLE OF IMPENETRABILITY THAT DRIVES UMBILICAL, A TWO-YEAR INTERNATIONAL PROJECT WHICH USES THE BODY, DANCE, AND THE AUDIENCE AS INSTRUMENTS TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS THAT SHAPE WAR.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION
TIAGO BASTOS NUNES, ANTÓNIO BERNARDES DE SÁ, MAGNA ARAÚJO AMORIM
CHOREOGRAPHIC DIRECTION
AMÉLIA CALDAS
FEATURING
ADRIAN-NICLAS HEIDRICH, AMÉLIA CALDAS, BEATRIZ PEREIRA, CAIO ALMEIDA, CATARINA GONÇALVES, CLÁUDIO COSTA, EVE ARTAK ZANDI, JULIA SÁNCHEZ-LANUZA, RAQUEL AMARAL
WITH THE COLLECTION OF
IHANNY LUQUESSA
AT
TEATRO THALIA
GALLERY
UMBILICAL
