for Almada Dance Company
Choreography by Bruno Duarte and Luís Malaquias
Premiered on March 27th, 2018, at Casa da Cerca - Contemporary Art Center, Almada
Beginning with the notion that all architectural spaces are life “bubles”, we can assume that the importance of vacuum arises in the face of the inevitability of their occupation - the potential of emptiness.Life arises when this potential is realized, destroying the vacuum in the process. Life arises in the occupation of an empty space, a blank sheet of paper, a silence, a still body.
“A Invenção da Resposta" (The Invention of the Answer) is a site specific project created by Bruno Duarte and Luís Malaquias, which came about following an invitation from Festival de Música Cidade de Almada to present a show during its 4th edition. In the year when Casa da Cerca celebrated the 25th anniversary of its opening as a Center of Contemporary Art and in continuing its established cooperative relationship with Ca.DA over the last few years, it seemed to be the ideal location in which to debut a creation that spans the universes of dance and music placing them in dialogue with the architecture of space and contemporary art, close intimate relationships, in which we look for new readings and perspectives.
Artistic overview
Choreography: Bruno Duarte and Luís Malaquias
Music: Takashi Yoshimatsu, Astor Piazzolla, John Thomas, Gabriel Fauré (in order of presentation)
Performers, (original cast): Beatriz Rousseau, Bruno Duarte, Francisco Ferreira, Joana Puntel, Luís Malaquias, Mariana Romão, Raquel Tavares and apprentice Beatriz Coutinho
Live musicians (original cast): David Costa, (oboe), Eduardo Reis, (guitar), Rita Silva, (piano), Rui Cristão (violin), Salomé Matos, (harp).
Répétiteur and choreographers assistant: Maria João Lopes