THRESHOLD – Mariana Tengner Barros

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In Mariana Tengner Barros’ new group piece, THRESHOLD, three performers dance the enigma of the Almendres Cromlech. They dance as the creatures they are, in the fluidity of the matter of their bodies. An instant legend of 3 cosmic fires. The dance draws the unspeakable, what can only be experienced, and only survives in the memory of those who witness it.

THRESHOLD celebrates completely hybrid and androgynous bodies, which operate in different times, mixing rhythms and emotions, different entities and beings, various peculiarities of the body in movement. The show explores the ideas of processing and sharing information around the Almendres Cromlech, one of the oldest known cromlechs in the world, older than the famous Stonehenge in the UK. It is therefore a place of threshold, where you feel the presence of another world, and where you can imagine what was done and by whom. The team set out to discover what this place has to say to the vehicles – dancers, musicians, performers: those who move the invisible. They went to Almendres to feel the information contained in the ancient pen drives: the stones. They challenged themselves to decode their secrets by awakening their cosmic memory. 

Artistic Direction, Choreography and Interpretation Mariana Tengner Barros 
Interpretation Luís Guerra, Márcio K. Canabarro and Mariana Tengner Barros 
Costumes/Sculptures António MV 
Sound Design and Music OAK Witch (Jonny Kadaver & Mee_K) 
Artistic Consultancy Francisco Camacho 
Creation Assistance Ana Rocha 
Technical Direction, Light Design and Operation Nuno Patinho 
Executive Producer Paula Moraes 
Production A Bela Associação 
 
Duration 60′