WHISPERING WIDOWS // Portugal

Whispering Widows was on tour.

The piece, which is about death, was choreographed by Mexican-born Yamile Navarro and premiered in October 2018 in Dresden. The work travelled to Portugal to be developed and performed.

Where I come from, Death is a woman, we are not afraid of her. We know her since our childhood, we write her poems, sing to her, laugh with her. We have her in our lives once a year, as time passes we develop a relationship with death. She is always there, dancing with the people we lost, dancing with us.
When you are confronted with lose there is grief, sorrow, forgiveness, anger, peace, happiness.
Everyone has its own way of letting go, it is a process that goes beyond our place of origin, our believes and our culture.
This ritual is as ancient as Death, and Death is as universal as Dance.

Choreography: Yamile A. Navarro L.
Dance: Alicia Varela Carballo, Cristina Bellia, Larissa Potapov, Yamile A. Navarro L.
Music: Maria Gomes, Flávio Vieira Damião
Light: Jojo
Team: Patrizia Asha Valeska, Diana Navarro

Dance in Dresden: Alicia Varela Carballo, Larissa Potapov, Cristina Bellia, Kristin Mente, Larissa Potapov
Music in Dresden: Tobias Herzz Hallbauer

Funded by Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachen.

13.07. Covilhã, Portugal
14.07. Castelo Branco, Portugal
15.07. Belmonte, Portugal