AMELLE, Mai-Júli Machado
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Date
- 19:00 / Cancelled 19:00 / Sold out Sunday, 19:00
Location
Grand Auditorium StageCalouste Gulbenkian Foundation
This performance deals with stories about the experiences and processes of corporal, psychological and spiritual development shared by women, restricted by physiological, social and political issues interrelated with predefined patterns.
AMELLE – Atitude [Attitude], Maturidade [Maturity], Elegância [Elegance], Legado [Legacy], Liberdade [Liberty] and Esperança [Hope] – is a ritual handed down from generation to generation, spanning common memories and experiences of the past, the present and the near future.
Through this creation, Mai-Júli Machado invokes memories of passage, from girl to women, and denounces the restrictions imposed on women whose ideals do not fall within the norms defined by society. In this short ritual, the artist invites us to awaken the AMELLE that resides within each of us.
III PROCULTURA Resident Artists’ Showcase
This event is part of the III PROCULTURA Resident Artists’ Showcase, a showcase of the work created in residence under the PROCULTURA artist mobility programme. Learn more
Biographies
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Mai-Júli Machado
Mai-Júli Machado started dancing professionally in the Matola Municipal Traditional Singing and Dancing Company, in Mozambique. She trained in contemporary dance techniques at Casa da Cultura, in Maputo, and Culturarte, with choreographer Panaibra Canda. In 2022, her first dance piece was selected and financed by the French Institute for the Kinani Festival. In 2023 she was part of French choreographer’s Mathilde Monnier’s piece titled Black Ligths and was selected to represent Mozambique in the contemporary dance competition in Burkina Faso.
Credits
Conception and creation, choreography and interpretation
Mai-Júli Machado
Costume design
Mai-Júli Machado
Production
Mai-Júli Machado
Soundtrack
La travita tenesta la promessa
Madredeus, A vaca de fogo
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