Fotografia de José Caldeira/TMP / “It’s a long yesterday”, by Carminda Soares and Maria R. Soares, Palcos Instáveis
One or two bodies, six at most. It’s a long yesterday is an exercise in desire, fracture and multiplication.
For this project – as creators and interpreters of it – we are driven by the personal and intimate purpose of working on our condition as twin sisters – and what this represents for us – as a research tool to reflect on the potential of an imprecise body because multiple. Therefore, we start from a concept that is always present in our biographical universe – similarity. A dubious concept in itself, since what is similar is neither the same nor different, but is placed in an intermediate space between the two opposites. Similarity is nothing more than a space of indefiniteness, of anonymity, and therefore, a place of openness to multiple meanings and meanings. “It’s a long yesterday” is located in that intermediate place: between the same and the different, between the one and the multiple, between a gesture of love and a gesture of hate.
Carminda Soares is a dancer and creator. She has worked with Victor Hugo Pontes, Eduardo Torroja, Sarah Friedland, Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte, Catarina Miranda, Marianela Boán, Gonçalo Lamas, among others. As a creator she highlights “It’s a long yesterday,” created in partnership with Maria R. Soares; her solo project “Light on Light”; and “Simulacro” in partnership with Margarita Montenÿ.
Maria R. Soares is a dancer and creator. She has collaborated with Victor Hugo Pontes, Lara Russo, Sarah Friedland, Catarina Miranda, Marianela Boán, Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte among others. As a creator she has presented “It’s a long yesterday,” in collaboration with Carminda Soares; “O meu velho diz que morre”, a project inspired by Portuguese folklore with the participation of Grupo Folclórico da Corredoura and Sociedade Musical de Guimarães; and “VOID VOID VOID,” a choreographic and sound performance in collaboration with Antonio Marotta.
Dance / M6 – 50 minutos
Next presentations:
(postponed) / Casa da Cultura Teatro Stephens, Marinha Grande
Past presentations:
Dec 9 2023 / Teatro Ribeiro Conceição, Lamego
Apr 27 2023 / A Cidade Dança: Ciclo “Alternativa à 5inta”, Paços da Cultura, São João da Madeira
Oct 29 2022 / Favo das Artes, Mondim de Basto
25 jun 2022 / Vale D’artes, Vale de Cambra
Jun 22 2022 / Theatro Circo, Braga
Apr 21 2022 / Cineteatro Alba, Albergaria-a-Velha
Apr 1 2022 / Teatrocine de Torres Vedras
Mar 31 2021 / Teatro Campo Alegre
Created and interpreted by: Carminda Soares e Maria R. Soares
Original music by: Antonio Marotta
Stage video by: Alberto Seixas
External look: Cristina Planas Leitão, Lara Russo, Rogério Nuno Costa, Susana Otero
Coproduction: Instável – Centro Coreográfico e Teatro Municipal do Porto
Financial support: República Portuguesa – Cultura | DGARTES – Direção Geral das Artes
Residency support: Instável – Centro Coreográfico (PT); Visões Úteis (PT); TUP – Teatro Universitário do Porto (PT); CRL – Central Elétrica (PT); Associazione Culturale Alchemilla (IT)
Instável is supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture/Direction-General of the Arts.