Developed through the perspective of two white, queer and non-binary bodies, of Portuguese and American origin, this interdisciplinary performance Flóbér explores the concept of "internalized oppression", addressing the proliferation of dictatorial and colonial beliefs in contemporary society. Flóbér asks: When do we become our own oppressor and the oppressor of others?
There is an "eternal return" of populist sentiment and colonial nostalgia, which exposes systematically neglected social traumas and fissures. Flóbér exposes and reflects some of the historical traumas and fissures that drive people to reproduce and practice oppression, marginalization and prejudice.
During the residency we will work on the concepts of the militarized body, the repressed body and the imprisoned body. We will study different military choreographies, religious and family rituals and other forms of choreographic socialization dating from imperial and dictatorial periods. These choreographies will be used to explore the concept of "internalized oppression" as a set of unconsciously repressive habits, ways of being and relating, transmitted and normalized from generation to generation. ⏤ Telmo Branco