29. - 30. October 2026
Borda
Duration:
70 min
Stage:
Main stage
Price:
165 - 395 kr
Thu 29. Oct19:00
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Fluid borders – geographic, political, social and personal.
Borders separate us from them, the known from the unknown, me from you – and while they do, by force or imperceptibly, they shift, move and even dance. Borda is a production about transcending the barriers that – visibly or invisibly – extend and surround us. All these barriers of barbed wire, concrete and hedges, but also of beliefs, viewpoints and differences.
The Brazilian Lia Rodrigues, one of the most influential voices in contemporary dance, returns to Dansens Hus with her latest production, Borda, a powerful exploration of what separates us and what brings us together.
In Portuguese, “borda” can mean both “boundary” and “decoration”, a play on words that reflects the core of the production: Boundaries are not only walls or fences. They are also fluid, alive and full of opportunities. Using raw, poetic choreography and the intense presence of nine dancers, Rodrigues transforms no-man’s land into meeting places, where opposites touch and perhaps give rise to something new.
Soundtrack: Miguel Bevilacqua (from excerpts of a recording made in 1938 in northern Brazil by the Folklore Research Mission conceived by writer and intellectual Mario de Andrade and excerpts from the public domain music “Amor Amor Amor”, part of the repertoire of “Cavalo Marinho”, a Brazilian dance performed by Luiz Paixão. )
Created by
Lia Rodrigues
Danced and created in collaboration with
Leonardo Nunes
Valentina Fittipaldi
Andrey da Silva
David Abreu
Raquel Alexandre
Daline Ribeiro
João Alves
Cayo Almeida
Vitor de Abreu
Creation assistant
Amalia Lima
Dramaturgy
Silvia Soter
Artistic collaboration and images
Sammi Landweer
Lighting design
Nicolas Boudier
Stage manager and lighting
Magali Foubert
Soundtrack
Miguel Bevilacqua * For more information click practical information
Mixing og mastering
Ronaldo Gonçalves
Production / manager
Colette de Turville
Assistant production
Astrid Toledo
Production and manager Brazil
Gabi Gonçalves/ Corpo Rastreado
Secretary / administration
Gloria Laureano
Logistic support Centro de Artes da Maré
Sendy Silva
Teachers
Amalia Lima
Leonardo Nunes
Valentina Fittipaldi
Andrey Silva
Costumes
Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças
Seamstress
Antonia Jardilino De Paiva
Acknowledgements
Thérèse Barbanel, Corpo Rastreado, Inês Assumpção, Luiz Assumpção, Diana Nassif, Centro de Artes da Maré team, Jacques Segueilla.
Dedicated to
Max Nassif Earp
Production : Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças
Co-production : Kunstenfestivaldesarts - Bruxelles/ Maison de la danse/Pôle européen de création, en soutien à la Biennale de Lyon/ Chaillot - Théâtre National de la Danse – Paris / Le CENTQUATRE - Paris/ Festival d’Automne à Paris / Wiener Festwochen - Wien / La Bâtie - Festival de Genève - Comédie de Genève / Romaeuropa-Rome/ PACT Zollverein - Essen/ One Dance Festival-Plovdiv /Theater Freiburg/ Muffatwerk- Münich / Passages Transfestival - Metz / Festival Perspectives – Saarbrücken / Le Parvis scène nationale Tarbes-Pyrénées / Tanz im August /HAU Hebbel am Ufer – Berlin/ Théâtre Garonne, scène européenne – Toulouse Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes (resency at La Libre Usine)
With the support of Fondation Ammodo, Redes da Maré et Centro de Artes da Maré
Lia Rodrigues is an international artist associated with CENTQUATRE-PARIS and the Maison de la danse/Pôle européen de création, in support of the Lyon Biennial.
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