A wild and action-packed dance carnival celebrates the joy of living. Zona Franca combines chaotic energy with surprising calm.
A wild and action-packed dance carnival celebrates the joy of living. Zona Franca combines chaotic energy with surprising calm.
Famed Alice Ripoll’s work is created in collaboration with Cia Suave dance company whose members hail from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Together, they create a space for play and freedom where Brazilian street dance intertwines with contemporary dance, performance, contact improvisation, and TikTok choreographies. Interlaced with exuberance are reflections of societal change in Brazil and the hopes and dreams for a better future of its youth.
According to Ripoll, Zona Franca is an attempt to depict Brazil’s euphoria, hope, uncertainty, and chaos.
Dancers: Gabriel Tiobil, GB Dançarino Brabo, Hiltinho Fantástico, Katiany Correia, Maylla Eassy, Romulo Galvão, Tamires Costa, Idayá Oliver
Assistant directors: Alan Ferreira, Thais Peixoto
Lighting designer: Tomás Ribas, Diana Joels Light
Technical production: Tainã Miranda
Set and costume designer: Raphael Elias
Assistant costume designer and seamstress: Gabriel Alves
Soundtrack: Alice Ripoll, Alan Ferreira
Sound technician and repetiteur: Renato Linhares, Alan Ferreira
Illustration and designer: Caick Carvalho
Photography: Renato Mangolin
Touring producer: Bem Medeiros
Production executive: Milena Monteiro
Production assistant: Isabela Peixoto
Co-producers: Festival de Marseille, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Charleroi Danse, RomaEuropa, Tandem Scène nationale, tanzhaus nrw, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Julidans, Les Mécènes DanseAujourdhui
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