VELVET N ‘GOLDMINE is a choreographic composition built as a solo of a guitar, it is the trilogy of an androgynous body for the construction of a universe closer and closer to a social climax, a kind of post-apocalypse. It proposes a new approach on the identity of the androgynous body. Universal androgynous body. It analyzes the relationship between the masculine and the feminine, through the pre- or post-disposition of the body in space, reinforcing a utopian vision of the natural qualities of sexuality. It grasps the non-traditional hegemonic idea of a transgenic free-floating, depicting a mix-up with different moments of understanding on the limit of equality between masculinity and the femininity of a single body.

credits

artistic direction, choreography, interpretation, set design, live music, text and documentation Flavio Leihan
artistic support Mariana Tengner Barros
light design  Diogo Mendes
costume design Flavio Leihan and Tiago da Costa
special guests Bruno Cadinha, Gonçalo C. Ferreira, José Diogo Nogueira, Kayl Worska, Najia Mattos, among others
photography Diogo Bessa and Rodrigo Tiago
poem José Diogo Nogueira
promotional video Carlota Flor
project supported by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Dança
partnerships AAD, Bela Lab da A Bela Associação, Companhia Instável, Mala Voadora and Rua das Gaivotas 6
consultancy Heurtebise
special thanks to Cláudia Santos, Catarina Lino, Gonçalo C. Ferreira, JD, Luiz Antunes and Rogério Nuno Costa