Raiz
di Polon
(Cape Verde)
About
Raiz di Polon
Raiz di Polon was founded in 1991 in Cape Verde,
as one of the many dance companies of the archipelago. In
1994, the company encountered European contemporary dance,
through the project and performance Dançar Cabo Verde,
led by Clara Andermatt and Paulo Ribeiro, and were fascinated.
From there on, the members of Raiz di Polon embarked on a
difficult, but extremely interesting journey, looking for
new grounds and possibilities for Cape Verdian dance, amongst
others through the project DANÇAR O QUE É NOSSO,
developed in collaboration with DANÇAS NA CIDADE.
About
Duas
Sem Três
Duas
Sem Três
(a colloquial pun for a woman's lost virginity) is the first
choreographic collaboration by Rosy Timas and Elisabete
Fernandes, members of Raiz di Polon. Inspired by Duas Sem
Três, a literary piece by the Cape-Verdian musician,
composer and writer Mário Lúcio Sousa, the
dancers create their own universe on the stage. Speaking,
singing, and using branches, broom, and buckets as props,
the duo allows for the multiplication of body language,
rhythms and sonorities while conjuring a fragile, yet comic,
sensual world.
Duas
Sem Três (Two without Three)
| choreography
/ performance
Elisabete Fernandes, Rosy Timas
original
music
Mário Lúcio Sousa
tex
Mário Lúcio Sousa
co-production:
Danças na Cidade, Raiz di Polon
|
voice
coach
Margarida Mestre
lighting
design
Carlos Ramos
sound
design
Raúl Ribeiro
special
thanks to DJ Burkam and Sr. Kula Pinto |
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