"Bastard!"
SÃO LUIZ TEATRO MUNICIPAL
22 and 23 May at 9pm (Friday and Saturday)
Portuguese Premiere
Concept, choreography, performer: Duda Paiva Direction: Paul Selwyn Norton Dramaturgy: Jaka Ivanc Soundscape: Erikk McKenzie Video: Hans C. Boe, Jaka Ivanc Lighting design: Mark Verhoef Objects: Duda Paiva, Jim Barnard Costumes: Javier Murugarren Song: "Je suis snob" - Boris Vian/Jimmy Walter Coaching manipulation: Neville Tranter Production: Laswerk Co-production: CaDance 2011/Korzo Productions, Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes Charleville-Mézières Technique: Puppets and dance For audiences over: +12 Language: English Running time: 60 min.
Tickets online
In a bizarre and grim future, a host of wildly eccentric characters come to the aid of an artist who has lost his way.
Bastard! is inspired by French writer Boris Vian's satire, L’arrache-coeur (Heartsnatcher). Like Vian, who invented new words to describe wild adventures, Duda Paiva expands his trademark theatre language of animated movement, with objects, the body and new media in this multi-award winning show.
"My creations tell stories about people, their dreams and fears (…) By the abstraction of dance and the realism of objects I create a world where everything is possible. This is essential to portray the rich and layered world of Vian." -Duda Paiva
“There is significant pleasure to be had in the sheer virtuosity of Duda Paiva’s ability to operate puppets in unusual and often complex ways (…). Duda Paiva’s 'Bastard!' is where great puppet theatre meets great physical theatre!” - Nigel Luck, Animations Online
“Duda Paiva is creating wonderful magic out of the dump.” -Volkskrant NL ****stars
“Paiva breathes life and inspiration into his magical creations.” -Parool NL ****stars
Awards
-Premio Hystrio - Teatro A Corte to Duda Paiva, Italy, 2012;
-Grand Prix of the audience Kontrapunkt Sczcecin, Poland, 2012;
-Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Theater Stipendium to Duda Paiva, Netherlands, 2011;
-Best Performance Treff Fest Tallinn, Estónia, 2011.
BIO
DudaPaiva Company has developed into a unique, international company that interprets the lively cross-over of dance and objects in a new and original form of contemporary dance theatre. The productions of the company have been presented all over the world and won many prestigious awards. Meanwhile, the group continues to investigate and perfect every possible form and level of the dialogue, and try out and present new alternatives.
The Brazilian-born Duda Paiva came to the Netherlands in 1996 and worked as a dancer with Raz, Rogie & Company, Itzik Galili, Paul Selwyn Norton and Ron Bunzl. He soon discovered he had a love of and gift for objects and puppetry, and he decided to combine these forms with dance.
In order to break through that obstacle of the theatre’s ‘fourth wall’, Duda went in search of a new form. He found it in foam rubber objects and in the cross-over with modern dance.
It all began with Loot, a production he created in 1998 for the CaDance festival. The challenge he encountered in this investigation turned him definitively from a performing dancer into a theatre maker. From then on, he often worked with choreographers like Mischa van Dullemen and Shintaro Oue, and with theatre maker Ulrike Quade, with whom he staged successful productions such as Dead Orange Walk and Two Old Ladies, under the name Quade & Paiva. He has had his own company, DudaPaiva Company, since 2004.
Duda Paiva is concerned with the power of the isolated puppeteer on stage. Paiva has developed a dance technique whereby a lifeless foam rubber object can be transformed into a consummate dancing partner. He has a gift for creating a magical reality with the unusual objects he makes himself, which touches audiences all over the world. His work is also appreciated in the dance world, as demonstrated by the selection of Angel for the Dutch Dance Days in October 2005.
An essential element of the work is the material the objects are made from: an ultra-light and flexible type of foam rubber. Only this material can give both object and dancers the flexibility and lightness needed for the movement. Compared to the human body, the foam rubber objects can undergo extreme stretching and contracting. They can be thrown through the air or across the stage, and if water is added they can double in size.
In order to keep on investigating and deepening this cohesion between body and objects, Duda Paiva creates solo performances. These are the valuable laboratories in which he directly experiences the physical capacities of himself and his initially lifeless dancing partner, forming the backbone of the cross-over.
In his work with other dancers, Duda combines his findings with these artists’ specific, individual creativity and expertise. Through exercises and improvisations, an interaction is created that can never take place in solos and which makes the cross-over complete. The ensemble work provides new insights and forms, which are reflected in Duda’s pieces and which focus him and foster his growth as a maker/choreographer.
Tickets online
In a bizarre and grim future, a host of wildly eccentric characters come to the aid of an artist who has lost his way.
Bastard! is inspired by French writer Boris Vian's satire, L’arrache-coeur (Heartsnatcher). Like Vian, who invented new words to describe wild adventures, Duda Paiva expands his trademark theatre language of animated movement, with objects, the body and new media in this multi-award winning show.
"My creations tell stories about people, their dreams and fears (…) By the abstraction of dance and the realism of objects I create a world where everything is possible. This is essential to portray the rich and layered world of Vian." -Duda Paiva
“There is significant pleasure to be had in the sheer virtuosity of Duda Paiva’s ability to operate puppets in unusual and often complex ways (…). Duda Paiva’s 'Bastard!' is where great puppet theatre meets great physical theatre!” - Nigel Luck, Animations Online
“Duda Paiva is creating wonderful magic out of the dump.” -Volkskrant NL ****stars
“Paiva breathes life and inspiration into his magical creations.” -Parool NL ****stars
Awards
-Premio Hystrio - Teatro A Corte to Duda Paiva, Italy, 2012;
-Grand Prix of the audience Kontrapunkt Sczcecin, Poland, 2012;
-Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Theater Stipendium to Duda Paiva, Netherlands, 2011;
-Best Performance Treff Fest Tallinn, Estónia, 2011.
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BIO
DudaPaiva Company has developed into a unique, international company that interprets the lively cross-over of dance and objects in a new and original form of contemporary dance theatre. The productions of the company have been presented all over the world and won many prestigious awards. Meanwhile, the group continues to investigate and perfect every possible form and level of the dialogue, and try out and present new alternatives.
The Brazilian-born Duda Paiva came to the Netherlands in 1996 and worked as a dancer with Raz, Rogie & Company, Itzik Galili, Paul Selwyn Norton and Ron Bunzl. He soon discovered he had a love of and gift for objects and puppetry, and he decided to combine these forms with dance.
In order to break through that obstacle of the theatre’s ‘fourth wall’, Duda went in search of a new form. He found it in foam rubber objects and in the cross-over with modern dance.
It all began with Loot, a production he created in 1998 for the CaDance festival. The challenge he encountered in this investigation turned him definitively from a performing dancer into a theatre maker. From then on, he often worked with choreographers like Mischa van Dullemen and Shintaro Oue, and with theatre maker Ulrike Quade, with whom he staged successful productions such as Dead Orange Walk and Two Old Ladies, under the name Quade & Paiva. He has had his own company, DudaPaiva Company, since 2004.
Duda Paiva is concerned with the power of the isolated puppeteer on stage. Paiva has developed a dance technique whereby a lifeless foam rubber object can be transformed into a consummate dancing partner. He has a gift for creating a magical reality with the unusual objects he makes himself, which touches audiences all over the world. His work is also appreciated in the dance world, as demonstrated by the selection of Angel for the Dutch Dance Days in October 2005.
An essential element of the work is the material the objects are made from: an ultra-light and flexible type of foam rubber. Only this material can give both object and dancers the flexibility and lightness needed for the movement. Compared to the human body, the foam rubber objects can undergo extreme stretching and contracting. They can be thrown through the air or across the stage, and if water is added they can double in size.
In order to keep on investigating and deepening this cohesion between body and objects, Duda Paiva creates solo performances. These are the valuable laboratories in which he directly experiences the physical capacities of himself and his initially lifeless dancing partner, forming the backbone of the cross-over.
In his work with other dancers, Duda combines his findings with these artists’ specific, individual creativity and expertise. Through exercises and improvisations, an interaction is created that can never take place in solos and which makes the cross-over complete. The ensemble work provides new insights and forms, which are reflected in Duda’s pieces and which focus him and foster his growth as a maker/choreographer.
