In the organizer's words:

A family celebration for everyone: Brazilian artist Tetembua Dandara celebrates her transcontinental family history(ies) across four generations of women. She is in conversation with her grandmother Dirce Poli, her mother Neuza Poli and her sister Mafoane Odara.

The audience is invited into a room reminiscent of the grandmother's living room, a Brazilian backyard or a party from the 1990s. Here, the stories are reconstructed through voices, smells, tastes and sights. The audience can move freely through the rooms and stories, eat, drink and dance along.

The work is based on a photo book that contains empty (and black) spaces and creates a dialog between images and a few words. She also created this book together with Dirce and Neuza Poli and Mafoane Odara.

"This performance is characterized by the ability to reveal the act of making theater with insight and sensitivity, while at the same time bringing us into the intimacy of a family and its highly political statements - between continuity and rupture, between connections and their gaps." (Carolina Wos, Deus Ateo)

Participants

Concept & Performance: Tetembua Dandara

Performance: Dirce Poli, Neuza Poli & Mafoane Odara

Set: Daniela Alves, Matias Ivan Arce & Renan Marcondes

Photography: Tetembua Dandara & Mariana Chama

Video: Bruna Lessa & Cacá Bernardes | Bruta Flor Filmes

Lighting: Gabriele Souza

Technology: Matias Ivan Arce

Sound: Cauê Gouveia

Production management and stage direction: Mariana Dias & Tati Mayumi

Production: Tetembua Dandara

Tetembua Dandara lives in São Paulo and is a performer, photographer and cultural producer. She has a degree in Performing Arts from the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a specialization in Contemporary Cultural Management from Instituto Singularidades and Itaú Cultural. She works in theater and dance, is committed to horizontal production formats and is active in artist collectives such as ciadasatrizes, Cia LCT, Pérfida Iguana and Grupo do Trecho. Her collaboration with UltraVioleta_s, Leandro Souza and Bruta Flor Filmes aims to question existing systems and bring alternative imaginary worlds to life.

- 20 EUR / reduced 10 EUR

- Brazilian Portuguese with simultaneous translation into German

- Room 1, ground floor

- Belongs to: Transcontinental 2025