premiere
Chissangue Afonso [Portugal]
QUE.MIM.ERA
Sementeira, Bolsa de Novas Criações para o Alentejo
MAY 31ST, 09:30PM
Alma Box
Age Rating: M/16
Duration: 50 min
Price: 4.00€
“I sow… Naked. Raw. Without shame. Without remorse. How many bodies inhabit mine? Am I just me, or pieces of others that create me and blend with one another? What stranger inhabits me? A solo. A woman. Many women. Women united by choice.
What I was, That.was.me, and what I am now, built on experiences and utopian horizons. Silenced, ostracised voices demanding empowerment of the Self. A story that showcases the urgency of enshrining the rights and freedoms of the body and of women. We are our own territory. Fertile land, interrupted by the world and others.”
Creation and performance Chissangue Afonso
Creative support and direction Rúben Jaulino
Lighting design Chissangue Afonso and Rúben Jaulino
Video art and soundscape Rogério Almeida
Set design Chissangue Afonso
Graphic design Rúben Jaulino
Executive Producer Damaris Lima
Clinical Curator Patrícia Correia Rico
Financing: SEMENTEIRA-Bolsa de Novas Criações para o Alentejo da Antípoda A.C. em Co-produção d’O Espaço do Tempo.
Partnerships: Alma d’Arame, Pó de Vir a Ser, Pé de Xumbo e FUTURAMA.
Support: C.M.Évora, C.M.Viana do Alentejo,C.M. Estremoz, C.M.Mértola e C.M.Serpa C.M.Évora e Governo de Portugal / DGArtes
Chissangue Afonso, Mozambique, 1979 (Creator)
Artistic training at Escola António Arroio (1995 and 1998), Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts (2003), Master’s degree in Theatre, Acting and Directing from the University of Évora (2020).
She created the performances Ninhos, Jacarandás and A Barragem, the latter set to debut in documentary and concert-film format later this year. She works with Malvada Associação Artística and the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation in the areas of cultural mediation, acting, playwriting support and stage design.
Rúben Jaulino, Lisbon, 1992. (Creative Assistant and Director) Degree in Theatre from the University of Évora (2017). He created the performances Diagram, inspired by texts by Gilles Deleuze, and Ignoto, about identity through voice.
In partnership with the Eugénio de Almeida Foundation (Évora), he co-created the show Is anyone there? as part of the project of staged visits to Páteo de S. Miguel. Together with Tiago Carrasco, he created Stand By and Panorama Alterno as part of Uma Espécie de Coletivo.
© Rúben Jaulino
