On 14 and 15 June, the Conde Duque Cultural Centre will host the performance of a modern dance piece choreographed and performed by the Brazilian choreographer, dancer and teacher who resides in Madrid, Poliana Lima. The choreographer continues unleashing her monsters in it. Those monsters that arose during the making of Black Gold continue in this latest show, The Common Ground, and will end when the trilogy draws to a close with Carnival.
With witch's teeth, diabolical black eyes and lascivious movements, Poliana Lima strode onto the stage in Black Gold. She didn’t want to make people’s hearts race, which is what horror films are all about. Her intention was to challenge the audience, making them question their fears. She searched, self-explored and experienced the ideas in her own body first, before expanding them
What is scary? Language, anyone or anything that is black, asses, women, the sexual? The choreographer acted as a mirror to embody what has been demonised. In actual fact, she wanted to talk to us about the phantasmagorical in others, about the monstrous perception we sometimes have of others, about the distortion we see when we do not like our own bodies. I learned a lot about what the audience sees or wants to see in me in this show.
Her work focuses on long-standing artistic concerns about identity, one of her favourite themes, which is present in practically her entire choreographic repertoire. Woman, artist, Latin American, immigrant... these are realities that have nourished the fiction of the Brazilian choreographer, who is making progress in her imaginary.
The Common Ground, which is neither a continuation nor a sequel, disseminates these ideas that have already been understood in the bodies of the dancers: Almudena Pérez, Darío Barreto, Darío Sigco, Malvin Montero, Natalia Fernandes and Poliana herself. Quite deliberately, they are artistic personalities of very varied origins, bearers of other cultures, with very different bodies and owners of very different monsters.
She has also relied on regular collaborators, such as Javier Cuevas for the dramaturgy, or new ones, such as Cube.bz for the lighting. This has something to do with roots and the legitimate need to affirm herself as an artist in the context of creation in Madrid, with being an artist from here and not some choreographer or other who has arrived from Brazil.
Artistic File:
- Director and Choreographer: Poliana Lima
- Dramaturgy: Javier Cuevas
- Choreography Assistant: Lucas Condró
- Cast: Almudena Pérez, Darío Barreto, Darío Sigco, Malvin Montero, Natalia Fernandes and Poliana Lima
- Musical Composition: Pablo Sánchez
- Lighting Design and Space: Cube.bz
- Sound Design: Óscar Villegas
- Costume Design: Carlos Carvento
- Photography: Álvaro Gómez Pidal
- Audiovisuals: Álvaro Gómez Pidal and Nela Quino
- Press: Cultproyect
- Graphic Design: Cintia Ramírez
- Production: Isabella Lima
- Distribution: Coro Bonson
- In collaboration with: La Briqueterie and Lav Tenerife
- Co-production: Tenerife Auditorium| Danza Metropolitana
Approximate Duration: 70 minutes
Recommended Age: Over the age of 16 (this recommendation does not rule out entrance to the hall)
