OTHER WORKS - AUTHORED PIECES
2018 - 2021
CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
Contemporary circus duo, by Ana Jordão & Natalie Riedelsheimer
Music by Aleksandras Lempertas
Duration: 30 mins
A person has a shadow, but can a shadow have a person?
How many beings coexist inside one body?
How to give life to the different sides of our selves?
How can we describe this inner struggle? And if it was a dance?
Two inseparable bodies.
This piece creates metaphorical space that suggests that two bodies are one person. It is a physical reflection on our internal negotiations and duality, where the interaction between these seemingly contradictory sides is translated into movement, into manipulation, into dance, into a fight.
A poetic universe based on the simplicity of gesture and action, where harmonic moments,
as well as conflicts, can be born. The repetition and duration of actions contribute to dramatic tension. The story is
constantly fluctuating between unity, distance, rupture and interdependence.
RESIDENCIES AT:
Circus Next PLaTFoRM (pre-selected), Zirkusquartier Zürich (CH), InSpiral Budapest (HU), INAC (PT), Stadt Zürich Kultur (CH), Menų Spaustuvė Arts Printing House (LT), La Cascade Pôle National des Arts du Cirque (FR), Circuscentrum (BE)
CAN A SHADOW HAVE A PERSON?
Contemporary circus duo, by Ana Jordão & Natalie Riedelsheimer
Music by Aleksandras Lempertas
Duration: 30 mins
A person has a shadow, but can a shadow have a person?
How many beings coexist inside one body?
How to give life to the different sides of our selves?
How can we describe this inner struggle? And if it was a dance?
Two inseparable bodies.
This piece creates metaphorical space that suggests that two bodies are one person. It is a physical reflection on our internal negotiations and duality, where the interaction between these seemingly contradictory sides is translated into movement, into manipulation, into dance, into a fight.
A poetic universe based on the simplicity of gesture and action, where harmonic moments,
as well as conflicts, can be born. The repetition and duration of actions contribute to dramatic tension. The story is
constantly fluctuating between unity, distance, rupture and interdependence.
RESIDENCIES AT:
Circus Next PLaTFoRM (pre-selected), Zirkusquartier Zürich (CH), InSpiral Budapest (HU), INAC (PT), Stadt Zürich Kultur (CH), Menų Spaustuvė Arts Printing House (LT), La Cascade Pôle National des Arts du Cirque (FR), Circuscentrum (BE)
2019
ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS
Performance, created by Ana Jordão e Vanessa Oliveira
Duration: 15 mins
Accepting the invitation from Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua (PT) to represent Portugal in the Night of European Literature (an evening dedicated to emerging European writers), I was commissioned to create a short performance based on João Tordo's novel "A Mulher que correu Atrás do Vento". Here I was working once again alongside the multitalented Vanessa Marques Oliveira, to transform words into movement and sound, in a performance that pays tribute to the depths of the female figure.
Video of the event here.
Mentioned in TimeOut.
Mentioned in Diário de Notícias.
Mentioned in RTP Notícias.
Report in Deus Me Livro.
ASSOMBROSAS CRIATURAS
Performance, created by Ana Jordão e Vanessa Oliveira
Duration: 15 mins
Accepting the invitation from Camões Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua (PT) to represent Portugal in the Night of European Literature (an evening dedicated to emerging European writers), I was commissioned to create a short performance based on João Tordo's novel "A Mulher que correu Atrás do Vento". Here I was working once again alongside the multitalented Vanessa Marques Oliveira, to transform words into movement and sound, in a performance that pays tribute to the depths of the female figure.
Video of the event here.
Mentioned in TimeOut.
Mentioned in Diário de Notícias.
Mentioned in RTP Notícias.
Report in Deus Me Livro.
2018
CHAMA DO MAR / FLAME OF THE SEA
Contemporary circus with live music, created by Ana Jordão, André Imaginário, Vanessa Oliveira, Ariana Jordão
Duration: 60 mins.
Man subjected to the forces of nature. Alone, in the sudden fog, left to the fado and the wind, seeking sustenance. Is this his feat? The uncertain return, the impending storm, the gaze upon the horizon. Fishermen, weavers of worlds, adrift, ready-to-let moorings. Stories are not told without someone to tell them.
Chama do Mar is a contemporary circus performance, inspired by the maritime culture of Ílhavo, the tradition of cod fishing and its people. Setting sail from the core of a man to the collective memory, returning to reclaim the fisherman's essence and his inner epic of thoughts, worries and hopes.
Produced by BÚSSOLA & Leme Festival de Circo Contemporâneo, Ílhavo (PT)
Program here.
Read a review / interview here.
CHAMA DO MAR / FLAME OF THE SEA
Contemporary circus with live music, created by Ana Jordão, André Imaginário, Vanessa Oliveira, Ariana Jordão
Duration: 60 mins.
Man subjected to the forces of nature. Alone, in the sudden fog, left to the fado and the wind, seeking sustenance. Is this his feat? The uncertain return, the impending storm, the gaze upon the horizon. Fishermen, weavers of worlds, adrift, ready-to-let moorings. Stories are not told without someone to tell them.
Chama do Mar is a contemporary circus performance, inspired by the maritime culture of Ílhavo, the tradition of cod fishing and its people. Setting sail from the core of a man to the collective memory, returning to reclaim the fisherman's essence and his inner epic of thoughts, worries and hopes.
Produced by BÚSSOLA & Leme Festival de Circo Contemporâneo, Ílhavo (PT)
Program here.
Read a review / interview here.
