grrRoUNd by Marcela Levi & Lucia Russo / Improvável Produções, 2021. Photos © Renato Mangolin (1), Patricio Melo (2+4), Lina Sumizono (3).
grrRoUNd
In grrRoUNd, Marcela Levi and Lucía Russo explore the various possibilities offered by the “tremolo”, a vibration effect between two different notes. By means of Kraftwerk, tap-dancing, Bruno Tucunduva Ruviaro’s electronic music and the fifth movement of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, they produce minutely detailed choreographic research around vibration in the body based on this musical element. Two performers play the piano – a central element here with the vibrations it produces – and the violin. A common theme in a dramaturgy that allows a transition from one piece of music and style to the next, the tremolo catalyses the vibration in bodies and the unsteadiness at the heart of the choreography. The various rhythms and oscillations that coexist on stage develop a polyphonic practice where the aim is not to achieve harmony but rather to cultivate dissonance. On stage, six dancers create images in solos and as a group around the question of instability, reflecting the current political situation in Brazil.
CREDITS
Concept and direction
Marcela Levi & Lucia Russo
Performance and co-creation
Alexei Henriques
Ícaro Gaya
Lucas Fonseca
Martim Gueller
Aninha Araújo
Romec Walter Pinheiro do Soul
Interlocution
Ana Kiffer, Felipe Ribeiro
Assistance
Lucas Fonseca, Tamires Costa
Light design
Laura Salerno
Technical director
Daniel Uryon
Sound design
All team
Sound technical consultant
Diogo Perdigão
Costumes
Levi & Russo
Production
Improvável Produções
Co-production
Kunstenfestivaldesarts
Kaaitheater
PACT Zollverein
Julidans
Something Great
Distribution
Something Great
Support
Centro Coreográfico do Rio de Janeiro
Secretaria Municipal de Cultura - Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
Consulado da Argentina no Rio de Janeiro Espaço Cultural Sítio Canto da Sabiá
Instituto Villa-Lobos UNIRIO
Sponsors
Fomento a todas as artes - Lei Aldir Blanc / Secretaria Municipal de Cultura de Rio de Janeiro