Transatlantica
DANCE SOLO PERFORMANCE | CAROLINE ALVES
Through an autobiographical reappraisal of choreographer Caroline Alves' family history, the solo performance TRANSATLANTICA delves into the voids between Brazil and Europe, between past and present.
It is one among many family histories that are marked by settler colonialism in Brazil: Histories based on the erasure of indigenous ancestors, carrying colonial continuities into the present.
Following the traces of Senhorinha, the indigenous great-great-grandmother of whom only the colonial name remains, Caroline Alves explores the violent nexus of patriarchy and colonialism.
Premiere: June 24th | 2022 | Expo Festival at English Theater, Berlin
Further Performances: May 4th—6th | 2023 | English Theater, BerlinFunded by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Press: Spiegelungen der Auslassungen | Tanzschreiber | May 6th, 2023
About the performance
TRANSATLANTICA interweaves dance and storytelling, atmospherically oscillating between the elements of the stage set: the crystalline cold of a block of ice and the spreading, reflecting water that connects the continents.
With tenderness and rage, Caroline Alves confronts her ancestral history and present, searching in the voids of the »official narrative« for the place from which to speak with her own words and movements that may break with the vast silence.
Trailer
Direction & Choreography: Caroline Alves Choreography Assistance: Mareike Jung & Miro Wallner Dramaturgy: Nora Tormann Music: Marina Sarno Light design: Raquel Rosildete Costume design: Andreina Vieira Set design: Daniela Bevervanso Acting coach: Marcela Dias Texts: Caroline Alves Text coach: Marie Yan Video artist: Tito Casal Video documentation: Tuca Paoli Photo documentation: Sebastian Runge Translation & Subtitles: Panthea Production: MIFRUSH Production – Micaela Trigo & Urszula Heuwinkel