As Portugal celebrates in 2024 the 50th anniversary of the April 25 Revolution, the latest creation by Victor Hugo Pontes will be staged at Teatro Nacional de São Carlos. At the origin of Bantu, there was an invitation addressed to Victor Hugo Pontes by Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, and the dance piece features both Portuguese and Mozambican performers.
Having had its absolute premiere at Teatro Nacional São João in Porto last October, the piece is now touring the country, having already been performed in Famalicão, Viseu and Aveiro. After traveling to Mozambique, where it was presented at KIKANI, Bantu will arrive in the Portuguese capital next January.
"From the language we speak, we see the world that is ours. However, from the different geographies to which we belong - whether in a country or a theater - we have different perspectives of the same world, so we can't speak the same language, see the same things or get to the same places. Bantu takes the opposite route and goes in search of a language stripped of words, a language transformed into sharing and identification: it's not a universal language, it's a possible language. Bantu is a path yet to be traced, and the route is taken between two countries with complex affinities and profound memories of each other." ⎯ Victor Hugo Pontes, 2023
Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo are partners in a programme that spans over three seasons and that aims to build bridges between the two countries and enable the circulation and internationalization of dance projects.
The performance is part of the program to celebrate the 50th anniversary of April 25th. See the full program [HERE].
CREDITS
Artistic direction | Victor Hugo Pontes
Cast | Dinis Abudo Quilavei, Dinis Duarte, João Costa, José Jalane, Maria Emília Ferreira, Marta Cardoso, Osvaldo Passirivo
Set design | F. Ribeiro
Music | Throes & The Shine
Technical direction and lighting design | Wilma Moutinho
Sound design and technician | João Monteiro
Costumes | Cristina Cunha and Victor Hugo Pontes
Assistant director | Cátia Esteves
Artistic consultancy | Madalena Alfaia
Production manager | Joana Ventura
Executive producer | Mariana Lourenço
Production assistant | Inês Guedes Pereira
Trainee as a creative performer | Francisco Freire
A program by | OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo
Institutional partner of Estúdios Victor Córdon | Camões, I.P.
Production | Nome Próprio
Co-production | A Oficina / Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Camões - Centro Cultural Português em Maputo, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Nome Próprio, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Teatro Nacional São João
Support for Artistic Residency | A Oficina, CRL - Central Elétrica, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Municipal do Porto
online ticketing HERE
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Number for reservations
[+351] 213253045/46
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Price
15€
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