Fado, a style of Portuguese music associated with melancholy and love, also used to be danced, with feet stamping on the floor, theatrical hands and sensual bodies. BATE FADO is a performance by four dancers, four musicians and one singer. The stage design is like a gazebo open on all four sides. In this danced concert, the roles are occasionally swapped, as the musicians, dramatically brandishing their guitars, strike the floor with their feet while the dancers’ bodies become musicalised. BATE FADO is the work of the committed performers, dancers and musicians who make up the Lisbon-based duo Jonas&Lander. There was a time when fado’s highly provocative and erotic dance and music led to it being banned by Portugal’s conservative church. Dancing and singing fado is a political act once more, fighting against the standardisation of music, art and life. With its beauty and power, BATE FADO is willingly part of this movement.
Création 2021 / Direction artistique, chorégraphie : Jonas&Lander / Recherche : Jonas, Lander Patrick / Interprétation : Catarina Campos, Jonas, Lander Patrick, Lewis Seivwright, Leidymar Barbosa / Basse : Yami Aloelela / Guitare : Tiago Valentim / Guitare portugaise : Acácio Barbosa, Hélder Machado / Voix : Jonas / Composition Musicale : Jonas&Lander / Conception lumière : Rui Daniel / Direction technique, opération lumière : Jean-Pierre Legout / Opération sonore : Filipe Peres / Scénographie : Rita Torrão / Costumes : Fábio Rocha de Carvalho, Jonas / Chaussures : Gradaschi / Assistance scénographie, costumes : Fábio Rocha de Carvalho / Discographie : Valentim de Carvalho / Direction de production (2020-2022) : Patrícia Soares / Maison de production: Associação Cultural Sinistra / Direction de production, diffusion : Inês Le Gué / Administration : Gabriel Lapas / Chargée de Production: Margarida Silva
Coproduction : Centro Cultural de Belém, Cine-Teatro Avenida, Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Theater Freiburg / Résidence : O Espaço do Tempo / Soutien : République Portugaise - Culture DGARTES - Direção-Geral das Artes, Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Estúdios Victor Córdon - OPART, Mala Voadora, Pro.dança , Casa-Museu Leal da Câmara, LIPA - Laboratório de Investigação de Práticas Artísticas da Universidade de Coimbra, Museu Bordalo Pinheiro
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