Lia Rodrigues

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.

As part of ›Green Cycles‹

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 Soundtrack Miguel Bevilacqua International Booking Colette de Turville Production coordinator Astrid Toledo Production and booking Brazil Gabi Gonçalves / Corpo Rastreado Secretary, administration Gloria Laureano Logistical Support Centro de Artes da Maré Sendy Silva Teachers Amalia Lima, Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey Silva Costume Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças Seamstress Antonia Jardilino de Paiva Acknowledgments Thérèse Barbanel, Corpo Rastreado, Inês Assumpção, Luiz Assumpção, Diana Nassif, Centro de Artes da Maré team, Jacques Segueilla Dedicated to Max Nassif Earp

The soundtrack is from excerpts of a recording made in 1938 in northern Brazil by the Folklore Research Mission conceived by writer and intellectual Mario de Andrade and excerpts from the public domain music ›Amor Amor Amor‹, part of the repertoire of ›Cavalo Marinho‹, a Brazilian dance performed by Luiz Paixão.

Production Lia Rodrigues Companhia de DançasCoproduction 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 Fondation Ammodo, 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.