Performance “Etéreo"
and conversation between René Loui, Henrique Amoedo and the audience (at the end of the performance), by René Loui (Br) in partnership with the group Dançando com a Diferença.
Performance "ethereal" followed by a conversation open to the public. Conceived and performed by René Loui, art and movement researcher from the city of Juiz de Fora and resident in Natal (Brazil), it results from the research and composition work in contemporary dance in the scope of the artistic residency "Corpos Diferenciados - Dançando com as Diferenças" developed between the months of December 2014 and January and February 2015, in RAM - Região Autónoma da Madeira in the group Dançando com a Diferença, considered by the artist as a propellant of restlessness. The residency is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil, being an artist selected through the Edital Conexão Cultura Brasil Intercâmbios 2014.
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There was a work in process.The work was interrupted by absence.The absence makes itself present.The work is concluded in the absence.
Public experimentation of the sensations caused by loss. Ethereal dialogues from the artist's experiences with his fears and pains. An experiential displacement in his relationship with the city, which goes beyond his mere physical presence. At the level of the dramaturgical component, elements of research prevail, such as: limits, exhaustion, and resistance, inserting itself in the artist's general work.
(René Loui)
Conversation between René Loui and Henrique Amoedo open to the public.
Throughout the research process, the artist dives into the key-concepts of body, contemporary dance, difference and disability, bringing out a critical analysis of the theme. The languages of contemporary dance and performance dialogue through the blurring of boundaries.
The question is posed in open conversation with the audience: What is meant by "differentiated bodies"? The artist's perspective and the audience's opinions are shared. Then the trajectory of the artist and his contact with the dance companies Ekilíbrio, Giradança, where he has already performed, and the group Dançando com a Diferença, represented by its founder and artistic director Henrique Amoedo participating in the conversation, and their contributions to the conceptualization of "differentiated bodies" are summarized.
The session closed after a brief critical reflection on the concept of differentiated body and its creative power in contemporary art.
Date: Saturday February 7, 2015
Time:19h00
Place: Armazéns do Mercado Approximate duration: 1h
