A WAVE FROM A DISTANCE by Rafael Alvarez

Artistic Direction, Choreography, Set and Costumes: Rafael Alvarez

Performed by: Noeli Kikuchi and Rafael Alvarez

Technical Direction and Light Design: Nuno Patinho

Production, Administration and Touring : BODYBUILDERS | Rafael Alvarez

Photos: Elisabeth Vieira Alvarez

Press: Mafalda Simões

Coproduction:

23 Milhas – Ílhavo and BODYBUILDERS | Rafael Alvarez

Creation Residencies (2018):

Le Carreau du Temple (Paris), Ryogoku Bear (Tokyo), Rimbun Dahan (Malásia), Estúdios Vitor Córdon/CNB (Lisbon), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo)

Support and Presentation venues:

Carpintarias de São Lázaro (Lisbon), Citemor Festival (Coimbra), Armazém 22/Kale (Vila Nova de Gaia), Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita (Barreiro), 23 Milhas - Teatro Vista Alegre/Câmara Municipal de Ílhavo (Ílhavo), Planalto Festival (Moimenta da Beira), CIFCET - Cairo International Festival for Contemporary Experimental Theatre (Cairo), Ryogoku Bear (Tokyo), TPAM Performing Arts Meeting (Yokohama), Wakabacho Wharf (Yokohama), FMK International Dance Festival (Vientiane/Laos), BACC - Bangkok Art and Culture Center (Bangkok), Teatro Diogo Bernardes (Ponte de Lima), Casa das Artes (Famalicão), Estúdio 13 (Ponta Delgada), Casa da Dança/Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite (Almada), Lavrar o Mar (Monchique), Maison du Portugal/Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (Paris)

Support to Internation Touring (2018 - 2022 - 2023):

Portuguese Republic - Ministry of Culture/DGArtes, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Tokyo/Embassy of Portugal in Japan, Embassy of Portugal in Thailand/Camôes - Portuguese Cultural Center in Bangkok

Creation Financial Support (2018):

Portuguese Republic - Ministry of Culture/DGArtes

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A WAVE FROM A DISTANCE by Rafael Alvarez

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A WAVE FROM
A DISTANCE

by Rafael Alvarez | BODYBUILDERS (Portugal)

In A WAVE FROM A DISTANCE, on one side and the other, two bodies navigate in silence in a fragile dance which is a wave and a tide of encounters and disagreements. From near and far, the two divers find themselves in an invisible dialogue of memories and stories that not belonging to us, invade our imagination.

An image motivates and inspires the creation of this dance piece, remaining invisible, but present throughout the creative process – “The Great Wave of Kanawaga”, an iconic work by the Japanese painter Hokusai, created in 1830 and reproduced from the mid-1870s, through a series of lithographs based on the traditional Japanese printing technique, known as ukiyo (literally “floating world”). This duo created in 2018 and since then presented in Portugal, France, Japan, Thailand, Laos and Egypt, invites the audience to dive into a journey to Japan to discover, through a silent dialogue, the simplicity and power of the main materials present throughout the piece - light and shadow, body and paper.

This double invitation to travel and stillness, guided by the wave of Hokusai, floats towards the East and the West, in a coexistence of readings and images, where less is more.

Since its creation, the piece has been presented in Portugal (Lisbon, Coimbra, Almada, Vila Nova de Gaia, Barreiro, Ilhavo, Moimenta da Beira, Famalicão, Ponte de Lima, Monchique, Ponta Delgada/Açores), Paris, Cairo, Bangkok, Vientiane/Laos, Yokohama and Tokyo.

Touring >

2023

3 Novembre, 19h30

Maison du Portugal - CIUP, Paris

24 Novembre, Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite, Almada

25 Mars, "Para o Gil", Culturgest, Lisbon

12 Novembre, Lavrar o Mar, Mochique/Algarve

1 Avril, Teatro Diogo Bernardes, Ponte de Lima

29 Avril, Casa das Artes, Vila Nova de Famalicão

27 Mai, Estúdio 13, Ponta Delgada/Açores

2022

4 et 5 Mars, BACC - Bangkok Art and Cultural Center - BANGKOK