CAROLINA BIANCHI Y CARA DE CAVALO
Cadela Força TrilogyChapter I - The Bride and Good Night, Cinderella
Not recommended for people under 18
2h30
A revelation at the 2023 Avignon Festival, Brazilian playwright Carolina Bianchi’s shock performance draws on art history and personal trauma to examine and test the memory of sexual violence against women.
Rape and femicide are words that carry a significant weight, and Carolina Bianchi and the Cara de Cavalo collective give them all their heft and materiality in a performance whose two distinct parts reflect two corporal states. The Bride refers to the tragic story of Italian artist Pippa Bacca, who undertook a performance in 2008 that proved fatal; crossing the Balkans by car, dressed as a bride, her journey came to a brutal halt in a Turkish forest, where she was raped, strangled, and later found dead. Carolina Bianchi uses this story to weave a series of stories together that are presented to the audience in the form of a lecture, in which artistic references and harrowing stories are thrown together. Good Night, Cinderella refers to the cynical name that Brazilians have given to the “rapist’s drug”, which knocks victims unconscious and erases their sense of time. Carolina Bianchi swallows a dose of it on stage, thus sending her performance into another dimension, a descent into hell.
Certain scenes may offend the sensibilities of uninformed persons.
The show addresses the theme of sexual violence, and representatives from the association Elle’s Imagine’nt will be present on-site to listen to you before, during, and after the performance.
Part of the 2024 Paris Autumn Festival
The stories composing the text of the performance arrange real facts and literary fictions, some references of which are cited in the text while others deserve to be highlighted. Without the first part of the performance, the quotes come from the following works: The White Dress by Nathalie Léger, Foto Fantasma by Renan Marcond, and The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. During the second part of the performance, actress Alitta collaborates on her monologue and cites Roberto Bolaño in his book 2666 and writings by Rita Laura Segato.
Concept, text, and artistic direction Carolina Bianchi Translation of texts into English Larissa Ballarotti, Luisa Dalgalarrondo, Joana Ferraz, Marina Matheus Dramaturgy and research Carolina Mendonça With Alitta, Carolina Bianchi, Chico Lima, Fernanda Libman, Joana Ferraz, José Artur, Larissa Ballarotti, Marina Matheus, and Rafael Limongelli Technical direction, sound design, and original music Miguel Caldas Scenery and design Luisa Callegari Lighting Jo Rios Videos Montserrat Fonseca Llach Karaoke video Thany Sanches Costumes Tomás Decina, Luisa Callegari, Carolina Bianchi Assistant and artistic collaboration Tomás Decina Physical and vocal coaching collaboration Pat Fudyda, Yantó Dialogues on theory and dramaturgy Silvia Bottiroli Photos Christophe Raynaud de Lage Production assistant, Stage manager AnaCris Medina Production director and Tour manager Carla Estefan International management and distribution Metro Gestão Cultural (Brazil) Production Metro Gestão Cultural (Brasil), Carolina Bianchi y Cara de Cavalo Coproduction Festival d’Avignon, KVS Brussels, Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg – Scène européenne, Frascati Amsterdam. Residency to finalize the piece and set construction La FabricA du Festival d’Avignon Residencies Frascati Theater, DAS Theatre (Amsterdam), Festival Proximamente/KVS (Brussels), Festival 21 Voltz/Central Elétrica (Porto), Pride Festival (Belgrade), Greta Galpão (São Paulo) e Espaço Desterro (Rio de Janeiro) With the support of Theater Der Welt, The Ammodo Foudation, DAS Theatre Master Program, 3 Package Deal of the AFK – Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst / Coalition: DAS Theatre, NDSM and Over’t IJ Festival, Kaaitheater
Practical information
Espace Chapiteaux
Metro (subway)
Line 5 - Porte de Pantin (+10 min. walk)
Check the operational status of the elevators by calling 01 40 03 75 75
Metro (subway)
Line 7 - Corentin Cariou (+10 min. walk)
Metro (subway)
Line 7 - Porte de la Villette (+10 min. walk)
Tramway
Line 3b - Porte de la Villette (+15 min. walk)
Bus
Lines 139, 150, 152 - Porte de la Villette
Parking
Q-Park
Philharmonie
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - La Villette
Q-Park
Cité de la Musique - Conservatoire
Parking
Cité des Sciences
- This venue is accessible to people with reduced mobility (PRM). Please contact 01 40 03 75 75.
- Magnetic collars available.
- In Brazilian Portuguese, subtitled in French.
- Certain scenes may offend the sensibilities of uninformed persons.
- The show addresses the theme of sexual violence, and representatives from the association Elle’s Imagine’nt will be present on-site to listen to you before, during, and after the performance.
- Catering available on-site before or after the show.
- A booth from the Actes Sud bookstore will be set up in the Chapiteaux area before and after the performance. The text of the play La Mariée and Bonne nuit Cendrillon (A Noiva e o Boa Noite Cinderela), published by Les Solitaires intempestifs, is available for sale on-site at the bookstore area.
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