Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças (Brazília): Such Stuff As We Are Made Of

“Best Choreographer” and “Best Soundtrack” awards – Rio Dança 2000 “Herald Angel” award – Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, 2002

\The body, every body, is poisoned with information ... Eight naked bodies move forward in spasms across the stage floor and pile up against the wall: the flesh that creates a meaning is displayed as pure flesh. The fragmentation of the body, its 'meat being', binds Lia Rodrigues with the great human catastrophes... The body itself in Lia Rodrigues' art becomes a manifesto.” (Roberto Pereira, Ballet International)

The definition of the word \discover\, copied from a dictionary, might well serve as a synopsis of Such Stuff As We Are Made Of, a creation of Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças. Developed by the choreographer Lia Rodrigues in collaboration with the company's dancers, Such Stuff As We Are Made Of displays bodies in beautiful and intriguing configurations, as if they were human sculptures, translating ideas, convictions and criticisms that are part of the collective imagination. In Such Stuff As We Are Made Of there is no separation between stage and audience: the public is part of the performance. The dancers appear in solos, duos or ensembles, dressed or stark naked, to the sound of music or in complete silence. Only a limited audience is allowed in each performance.

Duration: 80 minutes

Concept, Choreography and Direction: Lia Rodrigues Collaboration in the choreography: Micheline Torres, Marcele Sampaio, Amália Lima Music: Zeca Assumpção
Lighting Design: Milton Giglio Visual Design: Monica Soffiatti
Photos: Tatiana Altberg Production and Publicity: Claudia Oliveira Co-production: Compagnie Maguy Marin, Centre Chorégraphique National de Rillieux-la-Pape. Production: RODRIGUES & ASSUMPÇÃO PRODUÇÕES ARTÍSTICAS