NORM
NORM
NORM is a site-specific dance, circus and performance piece that is constantly under construction. The spectator is invited to be part of the work, and the body acts as a discourse of intersection between art and life. The body is observed as a unique experience, in the duality of a gravitational space and a space without gravity. Witnesses to a game of resistance and risk, where limits are relative, in that they will always be restricted, but not restrained.
The work is inspired by Heinrich Von Kleist's text On Puppet Theatre and reflects on the context of Portuguese eugenics, in which the Mitra institution (extinct in 1960) responded to the institutionalization of people outside the norm. A creation that encourages us to look at history and reflect on the place of social violence that contributed to exclusionary practices and the marginalization of communities outside the norm.
ARTISTIC DIRECTION | Diana Niepce
PERFORMERS | Diana Niepce, Eríc Amorim dos Santos, Lucas Damiani, Rebecca Mateus, Sara Garcia, Tarlie Lumby
MUSIC | Diogo Melo
COSTUMES | Silvana Ivaldi
TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND LIGHT DESIGN | Roger Madureira
DRAMATURGY SUPPORT | Rui Catalão
MOVEMENT SUPPORT | Ana Sofia Leite, Joãozinho da Costa
PRODUCTION | Jana Costa Santos
ILLUSTRATION | Maria Abrantes
PRE-PRODUCTION | Produção d’Fusão
DISTRIBUTION | Something Great
CO-PRODUCTION | Niepce, Teatro Nacional D.Maria II
CO-PRODUCTION RESIDENCY | O Espaço do Tempo, OPART, E.P.E / Estúdios Victor Córdon
FINANCED | República Portuguesa - Cultura I DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes, Goethe InstitutNORM premiered at Jardins do Bombarda, previous Hospital Miguel Bombarda in July 2024 and was presented at the 9th edition of Portuguese Platform of Performing Arts in Montemor-o-novo. The show was listed among the 10 best dance shows in Portugal by the Expresso newspaper.
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