NATIONAL PERFORMANCE
REZA CASEIRA - Wellington Gadelha e Edivaldo Batista (Fortaleza/CE)
This is a work by artists (creators and performers) Wellington Gadelha and Edivaldo Batista who delve into the universe of prayer as a techno-ancestral scenic activator. In the proposal, performative paths focused on the live experimentation of blessings, requests, and curses create a spatiality in which the imagery, the sound, and the body coexist. The work is an intersection between the traditional and the contemporary – a danced prayer that integrates scenarios, trajectories, elements, and narratives in the construction of a sensorial and immersive scene for the spectator’s enjoyment of prayer.
DATE: 09/11, SAT
TIME: 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Centro Cultural Porto de Trás, Itacaré/BA
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Creation and Costume Design: Edivaldo Batista, Wellington Gadelha
Lighting, Sound: Wellington Gadelha
Supervision/Tutoring: Thereza Rocha, Francis Wilker
Production: Plataforma Afrontamento
Realization: Escola Livre de Encenação – Casa Absurda
Support : Cia Prisma de Artes, Pavilhão da Magnólia, Secretaria de Cultura do Estado do Ceará
Wellington Gadelha
Wellington Gadelha is interested in relationships in the contemporary field based on composition, improvisation, dramaturgy and staging. With a focus on dance, visual arts, technological art, sound art, installations and immersive processes, he is in charge of and develops work/research at Plataforma Afrontamento, a space that works as a consultancy, planning, project development and buildup of artistic residencies. He lives in Fortaleza, Ceará/Brazil and has connections to projects in Zurich, Switzerland. His shows “Gente de Lá”, “Manifesto do Sonho”, “This is an emergency”, “Reza Caseira” and “MiRA” are currently touring national and international theaters, festivals and galleries. Nominated for the Prêmio Pipa (2020), he has executed projects included in Rumos Itaú Cultural (2017-2018) and Funarte Artes Visuais – Periferias e Interiores (2017). He was a researcher at the Fundação Biblioteca Nacional e Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira linked to the Universidade Popular de Arte e Ciência (UPAC). He is also a member of Cia. da Arte Andanças and a network of initiatives and collectives with an emphasis on human rights, peripheral areas, black youth and community contexts.
Edivaldo Batista
Edivaldo Batista has a degree in performing arts and research in composition and narration processes with a focus on Afro-indigenous ancestry, traditional tales and traditional knowledge. He is part of the storytelling network. Their stage practices are thought and constructed within aspects related to memory and macumbarias, dialoguing with aesthetic elements and manifestations of popular tradition.
