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Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Borda

Lia Rodrigues

28 > 31.05.2025
Dance

Her shows are always scores for large groups and energetically bring out the power of the collective. Bodies form masses, gather in monuments, cluster together in sweat and voluptuousness, unite before separating with a bang. Her ritual-like choreographies draw in lost souls to lead them towards the beyond and towards the sacred in sudden, irresistible trances. Between organic excess and collective rebellion.

Together with her Brazilian performers who often come from the favelas, Lia Rodrigues has been working since the early 2000s in her own studio in Rio de Janeiro. It is here that she invents art that is strongly influenced by local textures. Her work reflects as much Brazil’s colonial heritage as today’s social inequalities and ecological concerns about a damaged environment. 

Fabrics, plastics and liquids often form her only backdrop: a ballet between bodies and matter that only she knows the secret of. And all this in a plethora of colours and without worrying about getting dirty. Création 2025, whose outline as yet remains secret, is sure to take us into a singular universe.

Première
Corealisation Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles

Calendar

  • - 19:00
  • - 20:00

    Introduction · 19:30

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  • - 20:00
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  • - 19:00
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Information

Venue

Grande salle

Price

9€ > 21€

Duration

1h

Cast

Creation
Lia Rodrigues

Danced and created in collaboration with
Leonardo Nunes
Valentina Fittipaldi
Andrey da Silva
David Abreu
Raquel Alexandre
Daline Ribeiro
João Alves
Cayo Almeida
Vitor de Abreu

Creation assistant
Amalia Lima

Dramaturgy
Silvia Soter

Artistic collaboration and images
Sammi Landweer

Lighting design
Nicolas Boudier

Technical and lighting management
Magali Foubert
Baptistine Méral

Production and touring management
Colette de Turville

Production coordinator
Astrid Toledo

Production and touring Brazil
Gabi Gonçalves / Corpo Rastreado

Administration and secretary
Gloria Laureano

Teachers
Amalia Lima
Leonardo Nunes
Valentina Fittipaldi
Andrey Silva

Production
Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças

Coproduction
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Maison de la danse/Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2025, Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Wiener Festwochen, La Bâtie - Festival de Genève, Romaeuropa Festival, PACT Zollverein, One Dance Festival, Theater Freiburg, Muffatwerk, Passages Transfestival, Festival PERSPECTIVES, Le Parvis, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer

With the support of
Ammodo Foundation, Redes da Maré and Centro de Artes da Maré

Lia Rodrigues is an international associate artist at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Maison de la danse de Lyon, the European Centre for Creation, and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon

© Sammi Landweer
Le Rideau de saison, Maak & Transmettre · photo : Lucile Dizier, 2024