Marga Alfeirão: no c o r a ç ã o dela – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Marga Alfeirão:
no c o r a ç ã o dela
no c o r a ç ã o dela
10€/15€
Premiere
06.12.: Artist Talk after the performance
Host: Mateusz Szymanówka
06.12., from 11pm: After party, SLIC Unit, Chauseestraße 131 (5 Euro discount with a ticket for no c o r a ç ã o dela)
When our heart breaks, how many parts does it split into? Do we then share the pieces of our hearts with others without realizing it? Are love, sharing, and heartbreak separated from each other, or are they linked together?
no c o r a ç ã o dela explores heartbreak, romance and its cheesiness, and the process of mending a broken heart. The project delves into how these individual feelings are profoundly collective experiences that defy quantification. Rather than isolating heartache as a private, internalised experience, no c o r a ç ã o dela investigates how these emotions connect us: how we impact those around us and how they influence us. How do our hearts transform through love and loss? How do emotional fractures create new connections, forming a collective map of our experiences?
The artistic team uses dance, music, and storytelling to convey this collective journey of the heart. This goes from call and response, a freestyle dance floor practice brought in by Myriam Lucas and DJs Vanyfox and Shaka Lion, through okcandice’s writing on grief and Filipa Rocha Nunes’ field research on public policies and poetics, to the visual archive of the project by Rafaela Nato. The musicians, writers, and dancers merge their individual experiences of heartbreak with their artistic practices, creating a shared narrative of romance and loss. It abandons a vision of romance only meant for two, looking for a collective one, ready to embrace and address feelings of heartbreak and longing.
After Lounge (awarded with ImPulsTanz – Young Choreographers’ Award 2023 and selected for Tanzplattform Deutschland 2024 and Impulse Theater Festival 2024), no c o r a ç ã o dela is the second co-production of Marga Alfeirão with Sophiensæle.
If you have any questions from the following information, please contact Stefanie Hauser at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35.
Duration
- 60 minutes without break
Language
- English spoken language
Light
- The lighting mood is rather bright
- There are colorful lighting effects
- There are no sudden light changes
- At one moment in the play there is backlighting into the audience
Sound
- There is continuous music. The music is sometimes loud
- There is very intense bass. Some of the subwoofers are located under the seats of the audience.
Other
- Some of the performers dance in the audience area and come very close to it.
- Stage fog is used
Audience
- Grandstand with seat cushions (without backrest
- The last row of the grandstand is seated.
- 2 beanbag seats bookable subject to availability
- 2 wheelchair spaces bookable subject to availability
Early boarding
- There will be a long admission.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, choreography, performance: Marga Alfeirão
Dance: Myriam Lucas, Marga Alfeirão
Choreography, dance development: Mariana Benenge, Myriam Lucas, Marga Alfeirão
Text, Spoken word: okcandice, Filipa da Rocha Nunes, Duygu Agal
Music production, mixing: Vanyfox, Shaka Lion, Nidia
Costumes: Isabelle Edi
Scenography: Francisca Spuzi
Light design: Thais Nepomuceno Veiga
Documentation, visual communication: Rafaela Neto
Production advisor, support: Tiphaine Carrère, Tammo Walter & neon lobster
Distribution, accompaniment: neon lobster - Giulia Messia & Katharina Wallisch
Thanks to: Mateusz Szymanówka and SLIC unit
A production by Marga Alfeirão in co-production with Sophiensæle and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by Teatro Municipal do Porto – Festival DDD, Impulstanz. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Dedicated to Cristina, my grandma
Marga Alfeirão (Lisbon,1994) uses media to carve safe spaces for the exploration of intimacy and sexuality through dance and performance. Heavily influenced by dance-genres and sound textures from the african diaspora disseminated through Lisbon’s social tissue, she delves into secrecy and disclosure of the feminine. Her first work Lounge – a lesbian lap dance duet – was awarded with the ImPulsTanz – Young Choreographers' Award 2023.
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