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Volta para a tua Terra

KELI FREITAS
Alkantara Festival
©Inês Sambas
Dates and Schedules

21 to 23 November
Thursday to Friday, 7:30 pm; Saturday, 4 pm

Venue

Sala Mário Viegas

Price

€12, reduced prices available | Covered by Passe Cultura - available only at the Theater ticket office

Age Restriction

To be defined by CCE

Description

What does it mean to be a citizen? To belong to a place and to only be allowed to exercise your citizenship there? Where do I “come from”? And where do you “come from”? Who or what has the power to decide where someone comes from? Is it possible to trace the beginning of any story? Volta para a tua Terra is a project developed by Keli Freitas, a Brazilian living in Portugal, in which, through her search for her Portuguese great-grandmother, she challenges the notions of immigration and belonging.

Between 15 and 30 November, Alkantara Festival invites artists and audiences to attend an international programme of dance, theatre, performance and meetings in the city of Lisbon. Alkantara Festival is a space for experimentation and for building bridges, introducing artistic projects that stem from aesthetic, political, cultural and social examinations. At São Luiz, two creators – South African choreographer Mamela Nyamza, working in Portugal for the first time, and Keli Freitas, Brazilian dramaturg and actress living here – stage shows that defy the ideas of belonging, both in art and society.

Cast and Creative

Script written and performance directed by Keli Freitas Performance by Ana Gigi and Keli Freitas   Creative assistant Atena Barbosa Dramaturgy and Musical director Mariana Ricardo Set design and Costumes by Elsa Romero and Manu Curtiss Lighting design by Ariene Godoy Production design by Sofia Estriga Production by Alem Mundus – Associação Cultural Co-production residency O Espaço do Tempo and A Oficina Co-production by O Espaço do Tempo, A Oficina and Cineteatro Louletano, within Projeto CASA /// Alkantara Festival 2024 is funded by República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes and by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, and is co-produced by Centro Cultural de Belém, Centro de Arte Moderna – Gulbenkian, Culturgest, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, EGEAC, Teatro do Bairro Alto and São Luiz Teatro Municipal

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