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CADELA FORÇA TRILOGY - Chapter I: The Bride and The Goodnight Cinderella
The Bride and The Goodnight Cinderella is an odyssey full of dark poetry and wicked humor, magnificently composed, excessive, and unpredictable. At the same time, it is an artistic work that has caused more of a stir in the international theater world over the past two years than any other.
On stage, director Carolina Bianchi tells the story of performance artist Pippa Bacca. In 2008, Bacca set out on a journey from Milan to Jerusalem in a wedding dress, hitchhiking to send a message of peace between people. The venture ended in tragedy: she was raped and murdered along the way. Was her action courageous? Or was it simply reckless and ignorant?
Based on Bacca's story and the work of other artists who use their own bodies as a means of protest and as a target, Bianchi delves deeper and deeper into the world between art and violence. And she goes one step further. Slowly, the knockout drops—known in Brazil as “Goodnight Cinderella”—that Bianchi has taken on stage begin to take effect. She loses consciousness and the eight performers of the collective take over. An artistic monument between Marina Abramovic and Richard Wagner begins to unfold.
With this globally discussed performance, Bianchi puts her own body on the line.
“This performance shook up Avignon during the first week of the festival and made Bianchi a sensation.” The New York Times
Awarded the Prix du Syndicat de la Critique for best international premiere of the 2023/24 season.
Duration: ca. 150 min. (no intermission)
Brazilian Portuguese with English and German surtitles
Sensory Warnings: Loud music, strobe lights, smoke
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Biography
Carolina Bianchi is a Brazilian theater maker, author, and performer who currently lives and works in Europe. Her works take crisis as their starting point and produce objectively false memories relating to sexual violence and the history of art. Her productions combine references from literature and visual arts, focusing on violence through the medium of text and bodies that produce sensory and performative gestures. She is the director of the Cara de Cavalo (translated as “Horse Face”) collective in São Paulo, with which she is developing the Cadela Força trilogy (2022–2025).
Since the premiere of Chapter I: The Bride and Goodnight Cinderella at the Festival d'Avignon in 2023, the production has been touring Europe and Australia. The play was awarded Le Prix du Syndicat de la Critique in France as the best international premiere of the 2023/24 season.
Credits
Conception, text and direction: Carolina Bianchi
Translation of texts into English and revision: Larissa Ballarotti, Luisa Dalgalarrondo, Joana Ferraz, Marina Matheus
Dramaturgist and partnership in continuous research process: Carolina Mendonça
Cast: Bruta, Carolina Bianchi, Chico Lima, Fernanda Libman, Joana Ferraz, José Artur, Larissa Ballarotti, Marina Matheus and Rafael Limongelli
Technical direction, Sound design and Original music: Miguel Caldas
Set design, Art: Luisa Callegari
Light design: Jo Rios
Light operation: Henrique Andrade
Videos and Screenings: Montserrat Fonseca Llach
Karaoke video: Thany Sanches
Costumes: Tomás Decina, Luisa Callegari, Carolina Bianchi
Art Assistant and General artistic collaboration: Tomás Decina
Collaboration in body and voice training: Pat Fudyda, Yantó
Dialogue on theory and dramaturgy: Silvia Bottiroli
Photos: Christophe Raynaud de Lage
Stage manager and production assistant: AnaCris Medina
Production direction, Tour manager and Communication: Carla Estefan
International relations, Production and Diffusion: Metro Gestão Cultural (Brasil).
A Production by: Metro Gestão Cultural (Brasil), Carolina Bianchi Y Cara de Cavalo
In Coproduction with: Festival d’Avignon, KVS Brussels, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, Frascati Amsterdam.
Residency to finish the play and set construction: La FabricA du Festival d’Avignon
Residencies: Frascati Theater, DAS Theatre (Amsterdam), Festival Proximamente/KVS (Brussels), Festival 21 Voltz/Central Elétrica (Porto), Pride Festival (Belgrade), Greta Galpão (São Paulo) e Espaço Desterro (Rio de Janeiro).
With the Support of: Theater Der Welt, The Ammodo Foundation, DAS Theatre Master Program, 3 Package Deal of the AFK - Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Kaaitheater.
International relations, Production and Diffusion: Metro Gestão Cultural (Brasil).
Content Notes
The performance addresses rape and gender-based violence.
