Abasedotetodesaba
Na Esquina
Aerial Hoops, Acrobatic Lifts
Different locations
Vitrolles, , Aubagne,
Abasedotetodesaba
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Na Esquina
France
Aerial Hoops, Acrobatic Lifts
followed by
Le Fil Rouge
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Pamela Pantoja
Chile - France
hair hanging
Make a reservation 8€ to 16€
Presentation
Le Fil rouge
Show currently in progress as part of the Master's of Dramaturgy and Stage Writing program at Aix-Marseille University.
"Until dying one day ourself...maybe one day...of loneliness and rage... of tenderness... or of violent love; yes, love...without a doubt."
This performance travels through the dark years of the South American dictatorships and the clandestine resistance movements that accompanied them, with surprising detours into the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean. It is a mosaic that Pamela Pantoja created to attempt to understand her own fragmented cultural heritage. Through the writing process, she learned about the roles her mother and grandmother played in the resistance. One thing leading to another, the author's research on events in her own country, she discovered her own family's hidden and forgotten stories. Through braiding her hair and the technique of capillary suspension, Pantoja attempts to retrace and reconnect with her family's line of warriors, without ever having a full understanding of their stories. The lives of these women are woven together with the history of the country and the performer's body becomes a space where the tensions and encounters play out.
Abasedotetodesaba
ABASEDOTETODESABA is a Portuguese palindrome that reads "the bottom of the ceiling is collapsing." A house is crumbling and yet, renewal is possible… ABASEDOTETODESABA is inspired by saudade, that word that so many consider untranslatable, an expression of intense melancholy desire for a beloved person or object that we have lost and that may yet return at an unknown time.This notion of longing that is fundamentally connected to saudade is evoked by the circus techniques of aerial hoops and acrobatic lifting that lead to the question: how can you address the idea of absence in an artistic discipline that, as a starting point, can only exist with the presence of another?It is through an attachment to the body that the indefinable saudade eventually finds its unique resonance.
“Between acrobacy, singing, and aerial hoops, this Brazilian pair performs a variety of numbers that reflect the feeling of longing for their native country. But this isn't a story of suffering. It contains the hope of meeting once again. The well-considerded performance is the result of reflections that began in 2016.” Midi Libre, 3 March 2018 (review of a workshop production)
Le Fil rouge
Original idea Pamela Pantoja
Performer Pamela Pantoja
Stage assistance Chiara Bonafede
Direction Pamela Pantoja with Chiara Bonafede
Abasedotetodesaba
Liz Braga and Pedro Guerra creation and performance
Michel Cerda collaboration on the staging
Jean-Michel Guy collaboration on the theatrical performance
Lilou Magali Robert choreographic insights
Diliana Verkhoff light and sound design
Juninho Ibituruna musical composition
Production Association Asinand the Collectif Na Esquina
Coproduction Archaos, Pôle National Cirque (13), Théâtre des Franciscains (Béziers, 34)
Subsidies Ile de France Region - creation grant
Residencies Station Circus (CH), Le plus petit cirque du monde (92), Archaos Pôle National Cirque (13), Théâtre des Franciscains (34), Académie Fratellini (93), AyRoop (35), La Cascade Pole National des arts du Cirque (07), Espace Catastrophe (Bruxelles), City of Vitrolles (13)
Le Fil rouge
Pamela Pantoja is a Chilean artist who splits her time between France and Chile. She is a multidisciplinary artist and performer whose main influences include Butoh dance and techniques seen in physical theater and aerial circus disciplines. She has a Bachelor's degree in literature and a Master's in theater studies, and is currently working on her Master's degree in Dramaturgy and Stage Writing at Aix-Marseille University. In both her stage work and in her theoretical research, she explores new forms of theater and puts the notion of aerial theater at the center of her work. She founded the aerial circus company Lez'Artchimistes, with which she carries out artistic and pedagogical projects in France and in Chile. She also works with several other companies: Blauhauch project (Germany); Living Structures (England); Dies Irae, Dementia Praecox, and El Gran Circo Teatro (Chile); and Les Plasticiens Volants, Luna Collectif, Smart Cie, and Mélusine (France). She is also teaches aerial disciplines and serves as a Natha yoga instructor.
She has worked on diverse artistic creations in countries including Spain, Portugal, France, Greece, Colombia, and Palestine.
Abasedotetodesaba
The Brazilian acrobats Liz Braga and Pedro Guerra have lived in France since 2008. After graduating from the Academie Fratellini in 2011, they joined forces with several other circus artists to create Na Esquina, which they used to build a creative bridge between Brazil and Europe as a vehicle to produce shows in Brazil and Europe. Their eponymous performance Na Esquina toured in Brazil and Europe, notably at the first edition of the Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque in Marseille.
Details for each performance
Le Fil Rouge
Pamela Pantoja
hair hanging
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