I Know It When I See It
Luísa Saraiva & Carlos Azeredo Mesquita(2019)
Between February and April 2019, Luísa Saraiva, Carlos Mesquita and Frances Chiaverini asked 45 dancers in several European cities to describe, in detail, real or fictional performances based on their experiences as dance professionals. Departing from these descriptions, they developed a performance that explores the collective memories generated by the interviewing process and the relation between movement and language as simultaneous meaning-making processes. The basis for the dialogue, movements, and attitudes of "I know it when I see it" comes from the imaginations of the 45 interviewed dancers. Their imaginary dances are reenacted, reinterpreted and bastardized.
Concept and Artistic Direction Luísa Saraiva and Carlos Azeredo Mesquita Artistic collaboration Frances Chiaverini Performance Frances Chiaverini, Carlos Mesquita, Luísa Saraiva Text analysis João Francisco Barreto Music Julius Gabriel Lighting design Rui Barbosa Sound Ricardo Cabral Costumes João Rôla Participants/Choreographic material collected with Aaron Davis, Alejandro Russo, Alexandre Archour, Ana Renata Polónia, Ana Rita Teodoro, Angela Diaz Quintela, Beniamin Boar, Blanca Noguerol Ramirez, Bryan Campbell, Catarina Miranda, Charlotte Virgile, Claire Vivienne Sobottke, Cristina Planas Leitão, Cyril Baldy, David Marques, Filipe Pereira, Francisco Pinho, Frank Willens, Ine Claes, Inês Campos, Jacob Storer, João dos Santos Martins, Johann Geidies, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Leyla Postalcioglu, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Marcus Baldemar, Margaux Marielle-Trehoüart, Maria Ferreira Silva, Meri Pajunpää, Michael Helland, Montserrat Gardó Castillo, Pedro Prazeres, Petr Hastik, Renan Martins de Oliveira, Rósa Ómarsdóttir, Sheena McGrandles, Simon Hartmann, Theo Livesey, Tiago Coelho, Tilman O'Donnell, Tyshea Suggs, Vincenzo Carta
Production by Luísa Saraiva and Carlos Azeredo Mesquita Co-production by Circular Festival of Performing Arts, with the support of Maschinenhaus Essen Funded by Kunststiftung NRW, Fundação Gulbenkian, Stadt Essen, SHUTTLE (Porto City Council), and Goethe Institut Support to the residencies by Espaço do Tempo, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Circolando, Armazém 22, and Companhia Instável Duration 45 min Presentation Circular Performing Arts Festival 20.09.2019 Vila do Conde, PT Maschinenhaus Essen 30 & 31.10.2019 Essen, DE