The ATLAS of this atlas, the titan who carries the world and its maps, the ATLAS artist who collects roles. Three performers will carry all the roles a performance involves, the resistance as a breath of life, the sociopolitical manifestation through performance.
In ATLAS/DIY, we address the theme of resistance through the saturation of the task, the embodiment of systemic pressure, the imbalance resulting from the accumulation of roles relating to stage production. We propose an artistic object focused on the manipulation of technical elements, such as the light table, light projectors and sound table, and on the inherent continuous juggling.
This is the first collaboration between Duarte Valadares and Maria Antunes in an artistic creation process. Both graduated from the Escola Superior de Dança and with a background in street dancing and clubbing, the two artists have developed a career in the performing arts and collaborated, as performers, in several projects, namely BROTHER, by Marco da Silva Ferreira.
