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Co-Creation and Interpretation: Pepa Macua e Juan Fresina
Co-Creation and Direction: Gerardo Hochmann
Scientific Consultancy and Dramaturgical Support: Diogo Castelão
Artistic Support: Joana Pupo
Light Design: Mafalda Oliveira
Sound Design: Álvaro Presumido
Video, Directing and Editing: Leandro Valente
Production and Communication: Catarina Sobral
Graphic Design: Eduarda Lima
Video e Photography: Beth Freitas

This project had the support for Creation in Residence and Co-production of the IBERESCENA Program and support for Research and Creation from Portuguese Republic – Culture | DGArtes – Direcção-Geral das Artes and the support of Direcção de Assuntos Culturais do Ministério de Relações Externas, Comércio Internacional e Cultura, da Argentina.

ESSAY FOR DISORDER


Premiere » 7st November 2024 | Marvila Library, Lisbon

Essay for Disorder is an acrobatic theater piece that intertwines art and science to explore a concept that has revolutionized the foundations of modern physics: entropy. “This is not exactly a show. It’s an experience, a rehearsal that we’ll do together”, is heard in a notice, as the audience enters, invited to be part of this exploration.
 
During the performance, an unexpected presence guides the narrative, in which two artists, through multiple game strategies, acrobatic movements and manipulation of objects, transform the space they share with the audience and allow themselves to be affected by the constant tension between order and disorder.
 
It is an essay inspired by scientific thinking, which brings the question: is it possible to rehearse disorder or is it disorder that rehearses us?
 
An in-depth research, supported by the dramaturgy of movement and theatrical anthropology, leads us to create a language of physical and vocal actions in acrobatic bodies, capable of introducing and scenically reinventing theories and concepts of a scientific nature.
 
With a strong component of interaction with the audience, the play develops a vocabulary based on acrobatics, physical theater, dance and manipulation of objects, to reveal tensions and questions about time and human restlessness in the face of the irreversible.
 

© Beth Freitas

Highlights of the Process

Work in Progress

Second Artistic Residency

First Artistic Residency