Palmira / 2021
Palmira - © José Carlos Duarte
Palmira starts from a grandmother’s story, goes through several conversations about what it is to be a man and a woman, in various places around the country and arrives at a place that is Palmira. A kind of oasis, where two women stop, feed, rest, and question themselves about this very complex subject, so fundamental to the constitution of what it is to be human.
Palmira is an altered state of consciousness, a place of thought, in the brain, and it is also a spectacle.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Artistic direction, performance and text – Anabela Almeida and Sara Duarte
Research support – Luís Godinho e Teresa Gentil
Light design and operation – Nuno Patinho
Set and costumes – Ângela Rocha
Sound creation and musical interpretation – Ricardo Freitas
Sound co-creation and musical interpretation – Ricardo Ribeiro
Executive production – Vanda Cerejo
Scene photography – José Carlos Duarte
Recording and video editing – Afonso Sousa
CO-PRODUCTION
teatro meia volta e depois à esquerda quando eu disser, Materiais Diversos Festival
SUPPORT
Government of Portugal – Ministry of Culture/Direcção-Geral das Artes
ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES
Comédias do Minho (Paredes de Coura), Lavrar o Mar (Aljezur and Monchique), Materiais Diversos (Cartaxo), Cultura em Expansão - Teatro do Frio (Porto)
PREMIERE
Outubro 2021, Materiais Diversos Festival, Cartaxo
CIRCULATION
May 2022, Cultura em Expansão, Porto