Borda
Lia Rodrigues’ new work ›Borda‹ is all about overcoming the geographical, political, social and personal barriers that surround us, be it visibly or invisibly: not just walls of barbed wire, concrete and hedges, but also those formed of convictions, beliefs and differences. In Portuguese, the word »borda« not only means border, but is derived from the verb »bordar« - to decorate, embellish or, in a figurative sense, »to imagine something«. Imagination gives us the opportunity to overcome what separates us from one another. How can we integrate the land of our visions, wishes, memories and futures and take it with us? Perhaps by patiently and painstakingly weaving together a permeable place of flowing otherness, a piece of embroidery in which edges move, float and dance.
Creation Lia Rodrigues Danced and created in close collaboration by Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey da Silva, David Abreu, Raquel Alexandre, Daline Ribeiro, Sanguessuga, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu Choreographic Assistant Amalia Lima Dramaturgy Silvia Soter Artistic collaboration and images Sammi Landweer Light Design Nicolas Boudier Stage managers: Magali Foubert and Baptistine Méral International Booking Colette de Turville Production coordinator Astrid Toledo Production and booking Brazil Gabi Gonçalves / Corpo Rastreado Secretary, administration Gloria Laureano Teachers Amalia Lima, Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey Silva
Production Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças
Coproduction Le Kunstenfestivaldesarts - Bruxelle, Maison de la danse, Lyon, Pôle européen de création, with the support of the Biennale de la danse 2025 -Chaillot - Théâtre National de la Danse – Paris, Le CENTQUATRE - Paris, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Wiener Festwochen - Wien, Festival La Batie - Comédie de Genève – Genève, Romaeuropa-Rome, Pact Zollverein - Essen, One Dance Festival-Plovdiv, Theater Freiburg, Muffatwerk – Münich, Passages Transfestival - Metz, Festival Perspectives – Saarbrücken, Le Parvis scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Tanz im August, HAU Hebbel am Ufer – Berlin, Théâtre Garonne, scène européenne – Toulouse, Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes (in residency at La Libre Usine) with the support of Redes da Maré and Centro de Artes da Maré
Lia Rodrigues is an international associate artist of CENTQUATRE-Paris, Maison de la Danse in Lyon, Pôle européen de création and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, France