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Borda, the new piece by choreographer Lia Rodrigues, is a celebration of imagination beyond all boundaries.
To mark the 35th anniversary of the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças, the Brazilian choreographer opens her suitcases full of fabrics with which she has traveled to theaters around the world. Together with a new generation of dancers and the Centro de Artes da Maré, the art and training center that Rodrigues runs in one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favelas, the epic evening Borda was created.
In Portuguese, the word “borda” means embroidery, decoration, but also a border, something that separates. Borders create contradictions: hospitality and hostility, locals and non-locals. Who belongs and who doesn't? Who has a right to exist? Metaphorically speaking, the word “borda” also means imagination, the ability to overcome boundaries. And that is exactly what Borda is: a celebration of imagination, an embroidery of otherness. Drawing on the energy of the collective and using simple materials such as fabric and plastic, Rodrigues creates a unique visual world. With great care, what has been separated is brought back together again.
Duration: approx. 80 minutes
Credits
Artistic Team
Creation Lia Rodrigues Danced and created in close collaboration by Leonardo Nunes, Valentina Fittipaldi, Andrey da Silva, David Abreu, Raquel Alexandre, Daline Ribeiro, Sanguessuga, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu, João Alves, Cayo Almeida, Vitor de Abreu Choreographic assistance Amalia Lima Dramaturgy Silvia Soter Artistic collaboration, Images Sammi Landweer Light design Nicolas Boudier Stage management Magali Foubert, Baptistine Méral International Booking Colette de Turville Production coordinator Astrid Toledo Production Brazil Gabi Gonçalves/ Corpo Rastreado
Production
Production Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças Coproduction Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Maison de la danse/Pôle européen de création (Lyon) with the support of Biennale de la danse 2025, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse (Paris), Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Festival d’Automne à Paris, La Bâtie – Festival de Genève (Geneva), Romaeuropa (Rome), PACT Zollverein (Essen), One Dance Festival (Plovdiv), Theater Freiburg, , Muffatwerk (Munich), Passages Transfestival (Metz), Festival Perspectives (Saarbrücken), Le Parvis, scène nationale Tarbes Pyrénées, Tanz im August – HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), théâtre Garonne – Scène européenne (Toulouse) / Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes (in residency at La Libre Usine) Supported by Redes da Maré and Centro de Artes da Maré (Rio de Janeiro) Lia Rodrigues is an international associate artist of CENTQUATRE-Paris, Maison de la Danse in Lyon, Pôle européen de création and the Biennale de la danse de Lyon, France
Biography
Lia Rodrigues, born in São Paulo in 1956, studied classical ballet and history at the University of São Paulo (USP). In the 1970s, she became involved in the contemporary dance movement and was a member of the Maguy Marin Dance Company from 1980 to 1982. After returning to Brazil, she founded the Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças in Rio de Janeiro in 1990, offering year-round activities, dance laboratories, creations, courses, and rehearsals. In 1992, she founded the Panorama Festival, the most important dance festival in Rio de Janeiro, and directed it for fourteen years.