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If I do not live my truth, I only write it, reduce humanity to poetry, and poetry to a common sense of morality. If my own life isn’t perceived as a moral sacrifice, then maybe this is only poetry - not real life...
And what if Georges Bataille and Sarah Kane sat down to play chess and decided to rewrite the history of art, or of humanity? What would that be like? The court pronounced a death sentence for the sake of love. The museum pronounced a sentence of eternity for the sake of art. And a funeral — half funeral, half cooking class — pronounced a sentence of returning to life, for the sake of dying. In this second part of How to Kill, continues my exploration of the body, training and discipline as means to transcend performativity. — Xana Novais
This performance contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers, particularly those with a phobia of blood. It includes nudity, blood, bodily fluids, and graphic imagery.
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Credits
Artistic direction, concept and performance
Xana Novais
Performance and collaboration
Ana Rita Xavier, Cata Gomes, Cru Encarnação, Zinnia Nomura, Fibi Eyewalker
Sound design and live manipulation
Diogo Melo
Assistant director
Carolina Vouga
Art direction
Xana Novais
Support for dramaturgy and production direction
Tatiana Rocha
Technical direction and sound
José Afonso Monteiro
Video
Zhang Qinzhe
Lighting
Lui L’Abatte
Blood Mother
Luz de Luna Duran
Chess master
Rafael Antonio Bergmann
Phlebotomy technician
Azul Luísa
Suspension technician
Binho Barduzzi
Process assistance
Carolina Vouga
Production and financial management
COISAS Coletivo & V.E.R.M.E.
Co-produced by
DDD – Festival Dias da Dança
Residency co-production
O Espaço do Tempo
Residency support
CRL – Central Elétrica
Sponsorship
Agência Funerária Nova Esperança
Support
Appleton, Theater Haus Berlin, Carpintarias Lavandeira, ALCIMA Construções Metálicas, Associação Académica de Espinho, Medika
Acknowledgements
Ângela Cardoso, Tiago Cardoso, Nino Ubezio, AMC-Vilarinho, Daniel Seabra, Francisca Marques, João Geraldo, Bernardo Sarmento, Marcus Porto, Camila Malenchini, João Bragança, Cláudia Galhós, Catarina Branco
Observations
Spoken in Portuguese and English
Accessibility
