Having been committed to the arts of presence for 28 years, the group famous for its ongoing research into the expansions of the body also saw its planning turned upside down due to the pandemic. Only in May were in-person rehearsals resumed with a view towards the choreographic play that would premiere in April 2020, in Germany, and was completely reconfigured, as well as the company’s way of working.

Dark Matter happens simultaneously, digitally and physically, with real-time broadcasting and editing. It is the first time that the group, restless by nature with the technology of movement, is dealing with programming language and software, forging an ecosystem that breaks linearities. “There is no mediation without noise,” says artistic director Alejandro Ahmed, who perceives vital folds in failure and fall.

An invisible body binds its appearance to the modification of other bodies in order to express its existence. New tools interweave presence, virtuality, archives, memory, and all kinds of energy transformation that flows from these contacts. They generate a multidirectional perpetual motion to integrate actions of text, audio, video, temporalities and spatialities through bodies that make the expression and crossing of the things’ life accessible over the course of movement.

FULL TECHNICAL DATA SHEET
Creation, choreography and performance: Alejandro Ahmed, Aline Blasius, Bianca Vieira, João Peralta, Karin Serafin, Kitty Katt, Luana Leite, Malu Rabelo and Natascha Zacheo
Operation and creations in sound and video: Alejandro Ahmed and João Peralta
Technical direction: Grupo Cena 11
Interlocution for lighting: Irani Apolinário and Rafael Luiz Apolinário
Sound and broadcast Technician: Eduardo Serafin
Production Direction: Karin Serafin
Production Assistance: Malu Rabelo
Motion steering Assistance: Aline Blasius
Cenotechnic assistance: Adilso Machado
Production, social media and project Team: Aline Blasius, Bianca Vieira, Kitty Katt, Luana Leite and Natascha Zacheo
Graphic pieces: Luana Leite
Photographs: Cristiano Prim and Karin Serafin
Translation: Kitty Katt
Technical Preparation: Alejandro Ahmed, Aline Blasius and Kitty Katt

Technical-artistic development for Matéria Escura (Dark Matter) 2019-2020 e teaser para Futuro Fantasma (Future Ghost) 2020: Hedra Rockenback
Creation and programming of objects, instruments and mechanisms: Diego de los Campos

Furies: five structures made of tree branches that, animated by engines, vibrate and move noisily along the ground
Angry water: an Arduino-controlled solenoid valve installed at the bottom of a glass container makes a drop fall onto a sound pickup
Beast: synthesizer made with Arduino using the Mozzi library, which has five potentiometers that adjust the frequency of two oscillators, pitch, note and noise
Sampler: audio files of phrases used in the show are controlled for their duration, pitch, start and end
Baixolata (“Basscan”): a 3.6-liter paint can that works as the sounding board for a one-string bass
Plants for scenography: Karin Serafin

Texts: Grupo Cena 11
Technical-artistic dialogue for creating videos: Pact/UFSC (João Peralta, Rodrigo Garcez and Thiago R. Passos)
Camera Operation: João Peralta and Karin Serafin
Drone Operations: Alex Costa
Co-production: Corpo Rastreado/São Paulo, Gabi Gonçalves, Instituto Goethe, Mousonturm, PANORAMA RAFT, Something Great (Berlim) and Tanzhaus NRW
Support: Prêmio Elisabete Anderle de Estímulo à Cultura (2019)
Headquarters and technical preparation: Jurerê Sports Center (Jusc)
Acknowledgment: Adélia Aurora, Ana Lucia Rodrigues, Andrea Druck, Aurora Khan, Aya Nishimuta, Bartolomeu, Batman, Binha, Breu K. Katt, Bruno Bez, Caio Matienzo, Candy, Cassiana Kerber, Cecília Blasius, Chewie, Cristina Schmitt, Eveline Orth, Fabiana Dultra Britto, Florentina, Francisco J. Peralta, Gatite, Gianca Piccolotto, Gizely Cesconetto, Héctor Lamela, Hedra Rockenbach, Íris, Jamile de Souza Santos, Khaninanas Cobras, Ludovico, Luiz Falcão, Maki, Marcos Klann, Marcos Morgado, Mateus Ramos de Melo, Maurício Pires Marin, Muha, Murilo Brogim Leal, Neltair Piccolotto, Nina, Norma Adó, Pedro Mello e Cruz, Rodrigo Garcez, Theo Gomes, Thiago R. Passos and Vanderlúcio Cunha
Conception, direction and choreography: Alejandro Ahmed

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