Marcelo Evelin - A invenção da maldade (new work)

Brazilian choreographer, researcher and performer Marcelo Evelin is a prominent name in the field of contemporary dance. His latest creation came into being in a former warehouse in his hometown, Teresina, which he uses as his artistic workplace. Raw and unpolished, the space reflects the city and the surrounding country, where everyday lives run up against powerful political tensions and a growing intolerance towards minorities and artists. It is in this context that Evelin created A invenção da maldade (The invention of evilness), in which six dancers give expression to a primal fury, an innocence that does not recognize its own fierceness. To do so they leave their inner world, their bodies engaging in hyper-physical actions. They create a battlefield at whose centre the spectators find themselves. This corporal revolt is the physical confirmation of something ungraspable, comparable with a sleeping arm that has to be shaken back to life violently. In Brussels, the industrial site of Kanal – Centre Pompidou will form the setting for this unique project.

Credits
A piece by: Marcelo Evelin/Demolition Incorporada
Concept & choreography: Marcelo Evelin
Creation & dance: Bruno Moreno, Elliot Dehaspe, Maja Grzeckza, Márcio Nonato, Matteo Bifulco, Rosângela Sulidade
Sound design: Sho Takiguchi Dramaturgy: Carolina Mendonça
Philosophy research: Jonas Schnor Collaboration: Christine Greiner, Loes Van der Pligt
Presentation: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Kanal – Centre Pompidou
Production: Demolition Incorporada (BR), Materiais Diversos (PT)
Coproduction: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Kanal – Centre Pompidou, HAU – Hebbel Am Ufer, Mousonturm, Teatro Municipal do Porto
Supported by: MI ME School – Academy of Theatre and Dance (Amsterdam), Rumos Itaú Cultural 2017–2018 (Brasil), Xing/Live Arts Week (Italy)
Created in residency at: CAMPO Arte Contemporânea, Teresina-Piauí-Brasil