The bailado (danced ritual) "Between Matter and Memory" is based on real life placed in Mozambican Villages, and comes to demystify some concepts of sociocultural scenario; death and mourning. The baillarino-performer Manuel Castomo Mussundza seeks the dialogue between body and voice, and stories on how to deal with loss, once that dance might be the cure. According to Mussundza’s research, the baillarino-performer gathers two languages together in the bailado: the relation between tradition and modernity, what results in the fusion of contemporary dance and the African diaspora. The spectacle relates that men, somehow, cannot escape from pain, since the matter transformed into memory strengthens us all.

Length: 25 min | Age rating: Free.

Data sheet: Baillarino and choreographer – Manuel Castomo Mussundza. Narration and singing - Jessica Gabriella Santos Queiroz. Percussion - Flávio Bacalhau and Tony Santos. Guitar – Daniel.

Alto da Sé (Olinda)
November 9th, 2014 | 4.30 pm