Wording Dances presents a series of episodes, both in English and Portuguese, where renowned artists from the international contemporary dance scene discuss matters which make of dancing and choreographing an inexhaustible terrain of experimentation, problematization and thinking.
In a co-production between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Parasita Association, the project is curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.
In this episode of Wording Dances, Brazilian dancer and choreographer Marcelo Evelin invites Neguxa Uau, an artist, performer and influencer from Teresina, to read to us Life is life, and life is babado, a text which he wrote at our invitation.
Marcelo lives between Teresina and Amsterdam, and works in Brazil, Japan and many European countries as an independent artist. He coordinates the Demolition Incorporada Platform, based in CAMPO, a Performing Arts Residency and Resistance space in Teresina, Piauí. Marcelo began working as a choreographer in 1989 and has a body of work comprising more than 30 pieces, of which Barricada, A Invenção da Maldade [The Invention of Evilness] and ai, ai, ai are still touring. He teaches at the Amsterdam University of the Arts since 1999 and is responsible for artistic creation projects at universities and master's courses, such as ISAC (Higher School of Arts and Choreography of Brussels), the Reina Sofia Museum (Madrid), EXERCE (Montpellier) and Centre National de la Danse (Paris). In 2019, he was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Federal University of Piauí. His works are performed in theatres and festivals all over the world, such as Festival d'Automne (Paris), Kunsten Festival des Arts (Brussels), Teatro Rivoli (Porto) or Festival Alkantara (Lisbon), where this year he presented Demolition Incorporada's latest piece, UIRAPURU.
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You can also access translated episodes (PT - EN) HERE.
