Bruno Freire
+ More info- Live performance
- Médiathèque Jean Levy, Lille
- 1h
- Free
Life is not useful (or it is what it is)
If life is indeed not useful, dance is not particuarly useful either … But when Bruno Freire (re)captures the positive, the joy in both, things change, with his dance solo‑lecture demonstration based on the poignant texts written by the philosopher and activist Ailton Krenak.
“Life is not useful,” is the title of an essay written by Ailton Krenak. He is a Brazilian philosopher, activist and ecologist, as well as one of the most important indigenous leaders of the krenak people in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Based on this text, Bruno Freire has created a solo danced lecture-demonstration, transcribing the text’s words into movement. His dancing is a way of inhabiting Krenak’s thoughts, letting the words filter through him, which categorically denounce those who “eat” the world and seek to re-render bodies and cities feral or wild. His dancing attempts to “slow down the end of the world,” moving toward seeking something positive and joyful in a world drifting inevitably toward disaster.
Accessibility information:
- In French, no subtitles
Biography(s)
Bruno Freire is an artist, choreographer and researcher, originally from São Paulo and currently living in Brussels. In 2012, he obtained a master’s degree in Communication and Semiotics, after training in dance and performance at the University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) in 2009.
He then pursued the master’s degree in choreographic studies at ex.e.r.ce in Montpellier (2013-2015). His research covers various disciplines such as dance, architecture, video, theatre, photography, poetry and performance.
Between 2017 and 2018, he developed the project “In the search of _________. The marvellous is now. A manifesto.” Like a dancer caught in an eternal studio, a never-ending search…
In recent years he has danced for choreographers such as Mette Ingvarsten (BE/DK), Radouan Mriziga (BE/MA) and Cristian Duarte (BR).
He has collaborated with Calixto Neto, Manon Santkin, Sheila Ribeiro, Cristian Duarte and Thelma Bonavita, Wagner Schwartz and attended the CED dance study centre organised by Helena Katz in Brazil. He has studied with Laurent Pichaud, DD Dorvillier, Loïc Touzé, Mathilde Monnier, Benoît Lachambre, Debora Hay and Luis Garay.
Credits
Concept, Choreography, performance : Bruno Freire (BR/BE) basée sur les textes de Ailton Krenak
Sound design : Tomas Monteiro (BR)
Assistant : Manon Santkin (BE) et Robson Ledesma (BE/BR)
Lights : Laura Salerno
Provocations : Cristian Duarte (BR)
Translation from Portugese with the help of Roz Whytes (English), Anna Ratiomou (French)
Theatrical view and text adapatation : Anna Czapski (FR/BE)
Production : Stephanie Bouteille, Pierre-Laurent Boudet, Rocio Leza for Entropie Production
Delegated Production : La Balsamine
Coproduction : La Balsamine, Charleroi Danse – centre chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles, La Cigalière, La Coop asbl, Shelter Prod,
With the support of Service de la Danse de la Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, European Union – Culture Moves Europe, Wallonie Bruxelles Théâtre-Danse, taxshelter.be, ING, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement fédéral belge
Résidences Festival International BAM (Siby/Bamako – Mali), WorkspaceBrussels, KRAAK Santarcangelo International Festival (It), La Cigalière (Sérignan – Fr), BUDA Kunstencentrum (Courtrai – Be), Théâtre VARIA (Be)
Special thanks to : Tarina Quelho, Thiago Alixandre, Calixto Neto, Breno Caetano, Zé Fernando, Louise Cardon and Cao Guimarães
