© José Caldeira/TMP / “Krakatoa”, by Sara Santervás / Palcos Instáveis

Krakatoa
Sara Santervás
Palcos Instáveis Segunda Casa / Coproduction with Teatro Municipal do Porto

A body wanted to hit the ground, hard and loudly. From this action, the landscape becomes similar to that of a volcanic catastrophe. Agitation, explosion, scream, disappearance. Krakatoa, emerges as the political need to scenically address a social occupation: breaking the public silence around suicide.

 

Sara Santervás is a performer and emerging creator of contemporary dance in Porto, Portugal. She began her dance journey studying Flamenco, Escuela Bolera, and Spanish Dance. She formalized her training in contemporary dance at the Conservatory of Dance in Granada. In 2018, she arrived in Porto and completed the Oficina ZERO program, where she currently works as a production assistant. Sara has worked as a featured performer for Hélder Seabra in the creation LOWLANDS, which premiered at the 90th anniversary of Teatro Municipal do Porto; visual artist Joan Jonas (Fundação Serralves, Mirror Piece II), Tommy Luther (Acts of Cod), Horácio Macuacua, Elisabeth Lambeck, and her mentor Mafalda Deville. She has also collaborated with emerging creators from Porto, including Lea Schiebrecht, Mercedes Rama, and Sara Bernardo. As a creator, she developed her first solo dance piece, KRAKATOA, as part of the Palcos Instáveis cycle, co-created Entre la Pluma y la Pared with Mercedes Quijada at the Súbito festival, as well as A MATRIZ by Lea Schiebrecht.

 

Dance, 30-40 min

 

Previous presentations:

Feb 8 2024 / Teatro Aveirense

Idea, created and interpreted by: Sara Santervás

Light design: Marta Coutinho

Dramaturgic support: Elisabeth Lambeck and Mercedes Quijada

Costume: Sara Santervás

Music: Geordie Little, The Weather Girls

Scenography: Albino Cardoso and Sara Santervás

Coproduction: Instável – Centro Coreográfico, Teatro Municipal do Porto