In Horace’s Epistles this maxim is exposed for the first time: Ira furor brevis est. Anger is temporary madness. How long does this state of emotional urgency last? This vehement passion? For three minutes? In half-hour cycles? Or are we able, in a minute, to go from placidity to anger, to wrath, to fury? How do we build dramaturgically and emotionally a succession of these moments? What shape do they have, what shape do they take, these passions? Are they monstrous? Are we, monstrous? Sonia Baptista draws this new show from her research and reflection on classical texts, contemporary philosophical texts, expressions of popular culture, essays on society and gender, on ecofeminism and on the desire for a punk experience that challenges the status quo.
The Alkantara Festival returns in November to Lisbon with an international and experimental program of dance, theatre, performance, talks and discussions. Meeting, sharing and public discussion space, the Alkantara Festival presents in absolute premiere at teatro São Luiz the shows Tafukt, by choreographer Radouan Mriziga, The Anger! The Fury!, by choreographer and playwright Sónia Baptista, and also a set of performances, talks and discussions of the Terra Batida network, based on investigations in different regions of Portugal, around socio-environmental conflicts.
The full program of the festival will be available from September at alkantara.pt.
Co-production: Centro Cultural de Belém, Culturgest, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II and São Luiz Teatro Municipal
Alkantara is a non-profit cultural association funded by the República Portuguesa | Cultura/ Direcção-Geral das Artes e Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
