This piece originated from the stories of places, focusing on the spaces in nature and the way they are occupied by humans. The process was driven by existing and disappearing autochthonous plants and the knowledge from different generations and various social groups. It’s a performance that happened along the way, around the idea of walking in nature. Through plants and their existence in the world as we know it today, we can tell stories that inspire dances and celebrations. This project brings together professional and non-professional artists to connect human with non-human, underlining the idea that as progress and modernity impose, we have to adapt to nature and not necessarily the other way around. Our present reveals that this colonizing relationship of humanity before nature — of which we are part of — is exhausted, and that what is local inspires contours for other ways of thinking and doing without losing connection to the global and universal.
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Videos
Documentaries, performances and interviews.
ⓒ Abel Andrade
Termas de Melgaço, June 2023
© André Martins / Comédias do Minho
Praia da Lenta, Vila Nova de Cerveira
Documentary "De Volta às Plantas"
© Vídeo: Tiago Pereira and Abel Andrade
© Comédias do Minho
Filipa Francisco talked to Comédias of Minho about her work with the communities that inhabit the territories where she presents her projects. She also talks about the experience of working with the people from Minho and the process for this new project DE VOLTA ÀS PLANTAS — a process that would eventually result in two different performances, conducted in cocreation with two different communities: one from Vila Nova de Cerveira and one from Melgaço. DE VOLTA ÀS PLANTAS is a coproduction between Comédias do Minho and Mundo em Reboliço.
Team
Artistic direction Filipa Francisco
Artistic Codirection • Melgaço Cheila Pereira, Mariana Tengner Barros, Tiago Candal
Cocreation • Melgaço Emília Ferreira, Humberto Sousa, Irene Sousa, Joana Varela dos Santos, Joaquina Ferreira, José Pereira, Juliana Pires, Lídia Santos, Manuel Cruz, Maria do Amparo Táboas, Maria José Ribeiro and Olívia Lima
Artistic Codirection • Vila Nova de Cerveira Rui Mendonça, Pedro Santos and Sílvia Pinto Ferreira
Cocreation • Vila Nova de Cerveira Alice Simões, Ana Cunha, Ana Maria Pintora, Ana Paula Serra, António Cunha, Cândido Malheiro, Carla Pinto, Catarina Santos, Cátia Pires, Cíntia Pereira, Cristina Malheiro Ribeiro, Dalila Malheiro, Eva Dantas, Fernanda Castro, Fernando Dantas, Francisco Guerreiro, Francisco Martinez, Gabriel Simões, Hipomenia Cunha, Ilda Vilarinho, Isabel Martins, João Jesus, Jorge Cunha, Julieta Leal, Luís Carlos Marrocos, Luís Marrocos, Manuel Barros, Manuel Esmeriz, Manuel Malheiro, Maria Amélia Barros, Maria de Fátima Lopes, Maria Ribeiro, Olívia Araújo, Raquel Martins, Ricardo Esteves, Ricardo Silva, Romeu Santos, Sara Barros and Sónia Almeida
Costumes Eloísa d´Ascensão
Video Tiago Pereira and Abel Andrade
Coproduced by Comédias do Minho and Mundo em Reboliço
TEAM | COMÉDIAS DO MINHO
Artistic Direction Magda Henriques
Executive Producer Pedro Morgado
Technical Coordination Vasco Ferreira
Communication Coordination Margarida Gil
Administration / Production Luís Carlos Silva
Production Mariana Abrantes
Graphic Design André Cruz Studio
Video content André Martins/Fio Condutor
TEAM | MUNDO EM REBOLIÇO
Artistic Direction Filipa Francisco
Press Officer Levina Valentim
Communication Eduardo Quinhones Hall
Touring and Production Mundo em Reboliço /Rita Maia
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