europalia 2011

Marcelo Evelin / Demolition Inc. + Núcleo Do Dirceu »Matadouro« (Slaughterhouse)

Matadouro (Slaughterhouse) concludes Marcelo Evelin’s trilogy, initiated with Sertão (2003) and Bull dancing (2006). A dry, poignant and bitter emotion emerges from this choreography for eight dancers which plunges us into a silent battle accompanied with Schubert’s music. The unspoken hand-to-hand fight translates the struggle of the Brazilians’ search for their identity into simple body language – a frantic race. Matadouro (slaughterhouse) is based on the classic epic Os Sertões (Rebellion in the Backlands) by Euclides da Cunha, and more specifically on the chapter which recounts the War of Canudos, the factual rebellion of a separatist community in search of social justice in 19th century Brazil.
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Marcelo Evelin Born in 1962, is a dancer, choreographer, director and researcher in Brazil. Dividing his time between the Netherlands and Brazil, he also teaches improvisation and composition at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. He now also works as a manager and curator and has founded and coordinated an association of independent artists, as well as a platform for research and the development of contemporary performance: Núcleo do Dirceu in Teresina/Piauí. His last two pieces “Bull Dancing“ (2006) and “MONO“ (2008) were performed in Brazil and abroad. In November 2010, he premiered the last part of the trilogy “Matadouro” at the Panorama Festival de Dança/RJ and performed at the Mostra SESC de Artes/SP and in the Galpão do Dirceu/PI.   In 2011 ”Matadouro” premiered in  Berlin and Japan.
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