© Filipe Cunha, Teatro Aveirense / “Barro”, de Mafalda Deville
By water, by fire, by time, by hands. They are bodies that shape and are shaped. Who question their existence, their state, their relationship with others – themselves. The solitude of eternity of stones embedded in the earth. The feast of discovery. Memories and dreams resonate, in the box of time, where the past and the future do not always follow each other in this order. By water, by fire, by hands. The body, mutable matter, from languid seduction to the catastrophe of the shard. Everything in black and red. As in roulette, bodies enter the game.
Mafalda Deville
Mother, woman, wife and artist with over 20 years of experience. Creative for as long as she can remember, leading to becoming a choreographer. Her constant curiosity for feminist issues became an ongoing research that led her to work with different community groups as part of her research process.
Now, her interest is in how her artistic work can and does result in activism. How artistic performances in the public sphere and on stage, linked to the feminist revolution, can help to understand the path that needs to continue to be taken, questioning and challenging the spaces where activist events should and can take place.
This interest is invested through collaborations and co-creations with different Dance artists and different artistic disciplines with diverse research.
Throughout her career as a performer/creator she has worked with names such as Jasmin Vardimon Company, Nuno Cardoso, Tiago Rodrigues – O Mundo Perfeito, Sadlers Wells Theatre, Companhia Insável, Hélder Seabra among others.
Masters in Choreography from Fontys University and Codarts University in the Netherlands in 2021. Graduated from the London Contemporary School of The Place in 1997. Founder and artistic director of the Oficina Zero project based in Porto.
Dance M/6 – 90 min
Next presentations:
May 5 / Casa da Criatividade de São João da Madeira
Past presentations:
Mar 5, 2023 / Teatro Ribeiro Conceição, Lamego
Nov 17 and 18, 2017 / Teatro Municipal de Vila Real
Nov 23 and 24, 2017 / Teatro Municipal de Bragança
Artistic direction: Mafalda Deville
Musical direction and sound design: Rui Rodrigues
Consultancy: Drumming GP
Artistic assistance: Ricardo Machado
Scenography and video: Israel Pimenta
Technical direction and light design: Ricardo Alves
Costumes: Mariana Morgado
Executive production: Rita Santos
Consultancy: João Ribeiro da Silva
Interpreted by (premiere): Beatriz Valentim, Inês Galrão, Duarte Valadares, Liliana Oliveira, Michael de Haan, Sabrina Gargano and interpreters from the local community
Interpreted by (tour): Beatriz Valentim, Catarina Corujeira, Ricardo Machado, Liliana Oliveira, Michael de Haan, Sabrina Gargano/Sara Santervás and interpreters from the local community
Companhia Instável is supported by República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção- Geral das Artes and by the program “Bolsas para a formação Fundação GDA”.