memory
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“I was born in Lourenço Marques (actual Maputo) in 1963, Mozambique, Africa. I lived there until I was 12. I danced for the first time in school during the period that the country was becoming independent. It was a revolutionary dance against the oppressive power of the Portuguese colonization.
The interest for what precedes us, for what amounts to our construction, for what remains and what may come to pass. Palpably, Pastiche emerges from a reorganization of materials and compositions based upon existing premises of choreography. It is an organization of work that simultaneously embodies the research and enhancement of aesthetic figures and specific languages.
THE CALDEIRÃO HIGHLANDERS, EXERCISES IN FICTIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY
Concept and Performance
Vera Mantero
Lighting design
Hugo Coelho e Vera Mantero
Video script and images
Vera Mantero
