Ce dont nous sommes faits [Marques, slogans, pays]
2001 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Rodrigues, Lia (Brazil)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Ce dont nous sommes faits [Marques, slogans, pays]
2001 - Director : Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Choreographer(s) : Rodrigues, Lia (Brazil)
Present in collection(s): Centre national de la danse , CN D - Spectacles et performances
Video producer : Centre national de la danse
Integral video available at CND de Pantin
Ce dont nous sommes faits
[Such Stuff As We Are Made Of]
In her work “Ce dont nous sommes faits”, with a passion bound up with heart and body, Lia Rodrigues considers the meaning of the word “discover”: to take off or withdraw that which covers, to bring to light, reveal, invent… and the diktat of beauty. Nude, the dancers deal in turn with the issues of discovering the other, one's convictions and the place that the body holds in our society. Next the bodies drape themselves in slogans, advertising phrases and other quotations… With Lia Rodrigues, the body is never pure, but poisoned by too much information.
“Ce dont nous sommes faits”, created to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the discovery of Brazil, was awarded the Rio Dança Prize 2000 (choreography and music).
Rodrigues, Lia
Born in Brazil, Lia Rodrigues, after training as a classical ballet dancer in São Paulo, founded the Groupo Andança in 1977. Between 1980 and 1982 she resided in France where she joined the Maguy Marin company. On her return to Brazil, she founded her own company, the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças.
In addition to producing all her shows, in 1992 Lia Rodrigues created the contemporary dance Festival, Panorama da Dança, which she directed until 2005. Since 2004 she has developed artistic and didactic actions in the Maré favela, where she created, in partnership with Redes da Maré, the Centro de Artes da Maré in 2009, and in 2012 the Escola livre de Danças da Maré.
She was awarded by the French government the medal of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2014, she was awarded the Prize of the Prince Claus Fund followed, in 2016, by the SACD choreographic prize / France.
Her recent creations include Pororoca (2009), Piracema (2011), Pindorama (2013) and Para que o céu não caia (To prevent the sky from falling) (2016).
Centre national de la danse, Réalisation
Since 2001, the National Center for Dance (CND) has been making recordings of its shows and educational programming and has created resources from these filmed performances (interviews, danced conferences, meetings with artists, demonstrations, major lessons, symposia specialized, thematic arrangements, etc.).
Ce dont nous sommes faits
Choreography : Lia Rodrigues
Choreography assistance : Marcele Sapaio, Marcela Levi, Micheline Torres, Rodrigo Maia, Denise Stutz
Interpretation : Marcela Levi, Micheline Torres, Marcele Sampaio, Rodrigo Maia, Amalia Lima, Jamil Cardoso, Ana Carolina Rodrigues, Renata Brandao
Stage direction : Keller Veiga
Original music : Zeca Assumpçao
Lights : Milton Giglio
Costumes : Cica Modesto
Other collaborations : Photo Tatania Altberg
Duration : 68 minutes
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