28 — 31.05
'Borda' in Portuguese refers to embroidery, decoration, but also to a border, the periphery, something that separates. Geographical and political borders create contradictions: hospitality and hostility, native and non-native. Who belongs and who is excluded, who has a right to exist? Metaphorically, the word 'borda' also means imagination, the ability to cross borders, to transcend.
With a new generation of dancers, choreographer Lia Rodrigues weaves a porous embroidery of liquid otherness, with edges that fray, float and dance. In her signature style, starting from the energy of the collective and using simple materials like textiles and plastic, she creates a unique ballet between bodies and matter whose recipe only Rodrigues seems to know. Bodies clump together into constellations, form masses and separate again. With great care, what was separated is brought back together. The result is a succession of powerful images and colourful tableaux.
Rodrigues, after the savoured large-venue productions Fúria and Encantado (Kunstenfestivaldesarts 2019 and 2022), once again blankets us in comfort and hope. For the first time, she premieres a new creation in Brussels to close off the 30th edition of the festival.
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
Created by: Lia Rodrigues | Danced and created in collaboration with: Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey da Silva, David Abreu, Raquel Alexandre, Daline Ribeiro, João Alves, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu | Assistant creation: Amalia Lima | Dramaturgy: Silvia Soter | Artistic collaboration and images: Sammi Landweer | Lighting design: Nicolas Boudier | Lighting and stage management: Magali Foubert, Baptistine Méral | International booking: Colette de Turville | Production coordinator: Astrid Toledo | Production and booking Brazil: Gabi Gonçalves / Corpo Rastreado | Secretary and administration: Gloria Laureano | Teachers: Amalia Lima, Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey Silva
Production: Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças | Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Maison de la danse/Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2025, Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Festival d’Automne à Paris, Wiener Festwochen, La Bâtie - Festival de Genève, Romaeuropa Festival, PACT Zollverein, One Dance Festival, Theater Freiburg, Muffatwerk, Passages Transfestival, Festival PERSPECTIVES, Le Parvis, Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer
With the support of the Ammodo Foundation, Redes da Maré and Centro de Artes da Maré
Lia Rodrigues is International Associate Artist at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Maison de la danse de Lyon, Pôle européen de création and Biennale de la danse de Lyon
