Performance

MA-MA
Rita Vilhena | Yael Karavan
24 and 25 November 7pm
Directed to all audience
MA-MA is a performance-installation that reflects on the place where we live, on our fragility and the imminent danger to which life on earth is subjected.
Planet Earth as a woman’s fertile body, is a metaphor that unites a lot of traditions. In this site-specific version for In-Shadow, there will be 2 of the main elements of the original 60 min live performance, as we create a live intervention that leaves a trace in the space for the spectators to travel through.
The audience is invited to take their own journey through the installation and experience the effects of their/our actions.
Project supported by the Portuguese Republic - Culture | DGArtes - Directorate General of Arts
FREE ENTRANCE
Cisterna FBAUL - Largo da Academia Nacional de Belas Artes 4, 1249-058 Lisboa
CAST AND CREW
Conception, Creation and Interpretation
Yael Karavan e
Rita Vilhena
Video And Sound File
Yael Karavan e
Rita Vilhena
Musical Composition
Kino Sousa e Diogo Melo
Scenography
Yael Karavan e Rita Vilhena, Josefa Searle
Rehearsal assistance and dramaturgy support
Andresa Soares
Artist Residencies
Estúdios Victor Córdon, Companhia Olga Roriz, Circolando e Penha SCO

Rita Vilhena is a choreographer and interpreter, in her practices. The choreographer and performer work around the idea of transformation and participation on themes of ritual, feminism and anthropocene, and in parallel with Contact Improvisation, in different international communities. She is currently a researcher at the Performance and Cognition group - ICNOVA.
Yael Karavan is an award-winning Israeli/British performer, dancer and director; Butoh and visual performance specialist. Explores artistic languages combining diverse cultural influences. Throughout her
career, she has created numerous pieces for the stage, site specific, for museums / galleries in several countries.