In 2007, Rio de Janeiro-born choreographer Alice Ripoll founded her own company, the Cia REC. To date, she has created five productions, including aCORdo, which made a lasting impression at the Wiener Festwochen in 2019. The company comprised of dancers who grew up in Rio’s favelas is now a firm fixture on Brazil’s dance scene.
For her new piece Lavagem (Washing), Ripoll lends a poetic twist to the act of cleaning, immersing the performance space in water, soap, and foam: synonyms for hygiene on the one hand, and for transformation on the other. As the bodies become slippery, lose their grip, or are unable to cling to one another, they refuse exploitative capitalist relationships and racist attributions. New opportunities arise: a sense of sliding, floating and gliding that unsettles the relationship between beholder and beheld. Who or what has to be cleaned up? And why?
Direction Alice Ripoll Idea Alan Ferreira With Alan Ferreira, Hiltinho Fantástico, Katiany Correia, Rômulo Galvão, Tony Hewerton, Tuany Nascimento Production management Natasha Corbelino | Corbelino Cultural Production and set assistance Thais Peixoto Artistic assistance Laura Samy Musical assistance Rodrigo Maré, Helena Bittencourt Set Raquel Theo Costume Paula Ströher Light design Tomas Ribas Tour planning ART HAPPENS
Coproduction Wiener Festwochen, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Kaserne Basel, Julidans (Amsterdam), Festival de la Cité Lausanne, Passages Transfestival (Metz), Romaeuropa Festival & Teatro di Roma – Teatro Nazionale, Festival d’Automne à Paris With the support of Rafael Machado Fisioterapia, Centro Coreográfico do Rio de Janeiro Thanks to Alexandre Belfort, Sulamita Costa, Juliana França, André Oliveira, Walace Ferreira, Juliete Schultz, Mauricio Lima, Pedro Bento, Thamires Candida, Dilo Paulo, Diewry Patrick, Lenna Santos de Siqueira, Camila Rocha, Centro Coreográfico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Arnoldo Pereira de Souza, Anita Tandeta, Camila Moura, Renato Linhares, Cecilia Ripoll, Casa de Mystérios e Novidades
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