Atopos ⎯ Beatriz Mira & Miguel Santos

Schedule
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  • Estúdios Victor Córdon
  • 12 June 2023 23 June 2023

  • Artist Residencies 2023
  • Info
The two young Portuguese choreographers come together at EVC to explore what seduces us, notions of the beautiful and the grotesque, and, central to their research, what is at stake in our relationship with the loved one, demystifying and challenging norms and assumptions visible in our behaviors.

Imperfect Note to Creation Atopos is the figure that the being in love makes of the being they love. By being considered by the being in love as unique, the loved being is not comparable to any other. Because in its uniqueness it responds so completely to the particularity of the desire of the one who is bewitched by it, atopia is the elevated state of the human being. As in love, any opinion we make of the other is always a reflection of ourselves, an extension of our beliefs and taste.

Atopos the piece is born from the encounter of two young choreographers with the desire to think about the gaze we direct at bodies and their value as part and expression of each being. Their artistic will grew once that interest intersected with the poetic perspective of focusing on the summit of our admiration (the loved one). Despite its significant value, the beloved being is more than the place created for them, it is also and always the hidden, it is always the relationship between the hidden and the enlightened space.

Credits

Direction and Choreography | Beatriz Mira, Miguel Santos
Performance | Beatriz Mira, Miguel Santos
Musical Composition | Beatriz Mira, Miguel Santos
Stage Design and Costumes | Luísa Cortez, Rafaela Santos Graça
Light Design | Ângela Bismark

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