for Almada Dance Company
"The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world." Hermann Hesse, Demian
"Riot" is based upon a poetic vision yet at the same time is violent: it's neccessary to destroy a universe for something else to be born – destroying the egg for the bird to be born, destroying the placenta for the baby to be born.
This dynamic examination of destruction and reconstruction takes as a starting point references such as, for example, the infamous black death plague which changed the world; or Cuvier's theory which theorises that catastrophes, (or revolutions, as he called them), reached certain regions of the planet, extinguished the flora and fauna, which were then repopulated by migrant organisms from unaffected areas.
Choreography, music selection and score: Bruno Duarte
Lighting design: Cláudia Rodrigues
Scenery and wardrobe: Bruno Duarte
Performers: Bruno Duarte, Luís Malaquias and Beatriz Rousseau/ Joana Puntel