OZZZZZ / 2013
OZZZZZ - © Nuno Torres
OZZZZZ proposes a new look on the “Wizard of Oz” narrative, addressing the present mobility on the world scale and the contemporaneous concept of house.
Tickets bought in promotion at Ryanair’s website, five performers dress up for the occasion (the blue and white dress and the ruby shoes) and present themselves for the check in, at the airport. A journey is therefore initiated intending to reconstitute Dorothy’s original voyage. With no return date fixed and only with hand luggage, they wander through the unknown city, assaying their concept of home and, at last, finding the return path. Written postcards or conversations through skype, orders of chorizos “da terra” or electronic interfaces mediate the communication between Dorothy and the world and gauge the distance between herself and Home.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Artistic direction – Alfredo Martins
Developed and performed by – Alfredo Martins, Cláudia Gaiolas, Estelle Franco, Luís Godinho and Paula Diogo
Video – Masako Hattori
Set design – Fernando Ribeiro
Set design and props’ support – Rita Lopes Alves
Light design – Anaísa Guerreiro
Video support – Alexandre Coelho
Participation – Coro Menor
Executive production – Pedro Pires
CO-PRODUCTION
teatro meia volta e depois à esquerda quando eu disser, Temps d’Images Festival, Belem Cultural Centre
PREMIERE
December 2013, Belem Cultural Centre – Temps d’Images Festival
CIRCULATION
July 2014, Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães, Guimarães – Festivais Gil Vicente
March 2015, Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
March 2015, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil – Mirada Occupation