ANTÓNIO LAGO & SUSANA CHIOCCA

It restarts from almost nothing, from an urgency and necessity that everything is transformed, re-entering in the cycle of an eternal return "Feux d'artifice" arises from the crossings, constructions, connections, various materials, new and pre-existent, in a choreographic web that derives in a new identity body. The relations of power and their borders were portrayed. The contrasts between excess and bankruptcy, prosperity and social crisis, exposing the frivolity, the superficiality that leads to a constant and intense questioning of the individual on the sovereignties and limits. It is presented a set of situations, states, rhythms, emotions, gestures, symbols built from experiences, questions, relationships, about abandonment, confinement, death, sexuality, sexual identity, old age... The aura and its loss are explored, as well as resistance, persistence, struggle, obstinacy and fragility, bankruptcy, ruin, failure, exclusion, fall, violence, delirium, abandonment, end and resumption. It is celebrated and communed from wreckage, provoking a reflection on the individual condition, the country and the world. — António Lago e Susana Chiocca

António Lago •  In1995 he completes the staging, performing and dramaturgy course at the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School, in Paris. He co-founded the company Teatro Só (1996), the performance-dedicated space A Sala (2006), and the performing arts company Ossos (2012). He directed several plays such as ͞Hamlet Machine͟,"India Song" and "Credo",  and he performed in several others such as "Pelo Buraco da Fechadura" [Through the Keyhole], directed by Rogério de Carvalho,"Vidas Silenciosas" [Silent Lives], by João Fiadeiro, or "Caríciaa" [Caresses], directed by Paulo Castro. Lately he has created several solo or collaborative performances.

Susana Chiocca • A doctor in contemporary art from the University of Castilla – la Mancha, Cuenca (2016), she has a degree in sculpture from the University of Porto (1999). She organised several events and exhibitions, of which she highlights "A Sala" [The Room] that was dedicated to performance (2006-2010). As an artist she has wandered through several territories including drawing, installation, video, sound, photography and performance, intuitively working on the present time and the current socio-political affairs. She has been exploring the spoken word since 2005 in performing-musical projects such as Balla Prop or BITCHO.