Michelle Moura: BOCA COVA | Aug 20, 21, 23, 24 | Festsaal, Sophiensæle – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Michelle Moura:
BOCA COVA
BOCA COVA
17€/22€
Premiere presented by Tanz im August in cooperation with Sophiensæle
21.8. Beyond the Stage
22.8. Audio description (German)
How can we be in the world and coexist in ways that are not rooted in extractivism and exploitation? Inspired by non-Eurocentric cosmologies on climate change and deriving from her experience of motherhood, Michelle Moura advocates for ways of relating that are built upon reciprocity. In an ecstatic ritual of circle dances, twirls, and songs, beings with fantastical bodies explore the potential for transformation. "BOCA COVA“ investigates the insatiability of our mouths, our bodies, and the unreal logics of capitalism – and attempts to re-direct this hunger towards the creation of a more sustainable relation with life.
More information at www.tanzimaugust.de
Duration
- 75 minutes without break
Language
- Portuguese and English
Light
- Strongly flickering light is used in places.
Audio description
- The performance on 22.8. will take place with German audio description.
- The preceding tactile tour will take place at 5 pm.
- If required, we offer a pick-up service for blind and visually impaired people from the nearby S-Bahn and streetcar stations before the tactile tours. These are S-Bahn Hackescher Markt, U-Bahn Weinmeisterstraße or the streetcar station Weinmeisterstraße/Gipsstraße.
- Registration for audio description and pick-up service via Tanz im August at info@tanzimaugust.de
Other effects
- Loud choking noises at times
Early boarding
The door to the auditorium will open for the entire audience ten minutes before the performance. There is therefore no separate early boarding.
Tickets
- Tickets via Tanz im August
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You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Artistic direction, choreography: Michelle Moura
With Clarissa Rêgo, Isabela Fernandes Santana, Ixchel Mendoza Hernández, Rocío Marano
Music, sound design: Kaj Duncan David
Light, space design: Annegret Schalke, Hanna Kritten Tangsoo
Dramaturgy, choreographic assistance: Maikon K
Costume design: Thelma Bonavita
International distribution: Something Great
Production management: ehrliche arbeit - freies Kulturbüro
A production by Michelle Moura in co-production with Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer (in cooperation with Sophiensaele) and PACT Zollverein. Funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. The premiere is presented in co-operation with Sophiensæle. Co-production and residency supported by FELD/LAB, a project by O Espaço do Tempo and the Goethe Institut Portugal. With the kind support of the Danish Arts Foundation and Diorama Berlin. Thanks to Elisabete Finger, Mateusz Szymanowka, Sophie Spiral Schultze-Allen.
Michelle Moura is Brazilian by birth, currently living in Berlin. For several years she had explored strategies to generate psychological and physical changes in minimal pieces. Nowadays, she adds new layers to her work, interested in artificiality and dissociation of elements, she manipulates movement, expression, sound and speech. Her creations have been presented in international dance and performing arts festivals including Impulstanz (AU), Panorama (BR), HAU – Hebbel am Ufer (DE) and La Biennale di Venezia (IT). As dancer, she has worked with Lea Moro (CH/DE), Wilhelm Groener (DE), Vincent Dupont (FR) among others. She was a co-founder and member of Caulifower Miniglobal Artistic Community (2005 – 2012) together with 7 other Brazilian artists. Her performance Overtongue, which was created as part of Tanztage Berlin 2021, was invited as one of 13 productions to the Tanzplattform Deutschland 2022.
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