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The Cadela Força Trilogy: Chapter I - The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella

Carolina Bianchi / Cara de Cavalo & Metro Gestão Cultural / KVS
Thu 21.09.2023 and Fri 22.09.2023
21.09.2023
and
22.09.2023
  • 21.09.2023
    20:00 - 22:30
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOL
    Past event
  • 22.09.2023
    20:00 - 22:30
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOL
    Past event

What happens when someone survives?

The first chapter of the theatre trilogy Cadela Força by Brazilian writer and director Carolina Bianchi crosses various layers of time. Many of them filled with female corpses. Bianchi was so deeply shaken by the rape and murder of an artist who created a performance about her belief in human decency, that she started to weave a tapestry of stories around common narratives around rape and femicide. With her collective CARA DE CAVALO, she takes you on a journey – into the abyss, a hole in the middle of the desert, a deep- dive into a glass spiked with a date-rape drink – a descent straight into hell.

Carolina Bianchi is not a new name to KVS audiences. A first try-out of the first chapter of the Cadela Força trilogy at the 2021 Próximamente Festival earned her ample praise. After its world premiere at Festival d’Avignon in summer of 2023, we are proud to present this searing piece of theatre at KVS.

TRIGGER WARNING: VERY EXPLICIT CONTENT

KVS wants to offer everyone a stimulating and safe environment. This creation features themes including rape and femicide. Everything you see happens with full consent from Carolina Bianchi, who trusts her crew completely. If at any time you feel uncomfortable, please do not hesitate to leave the theatre if you wish.

Please note: a stroboscope is also used during this performance. 

"... Bianchi heeft beslist een eigen stem: ze stapelt inhoudelijk laagjes op elkaar, op een poëtische en beeldende wijze die haar eigen trauma ver overstijgt" – De Standaard
"Une chose est sûre, personne ne sort de la salle dans l'état où il est entré." – Le Monde
"The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella had tapped into my own fight-or-flight instinct." – The New York Times
“Bianchi slaagt erin om met overweldigende beelden, excellente research, pompende beats en straffe literaire teksten een voorstelling te maken die het diepgewortelde systemisch geweld tegen vrouwen blootlegt”
Jury TheaterFestival 2024

Credits

CONCEPT, TEKST, DRAMATURGIE & REGIE / CONCEPT, TEXTE, DRAMATURGIE & MISE EN SCÈNE / CONCEPT, TEXT, DRAMATURGY & DIRECTION Carolina Bianchi DRAMATURGIE & PARTNERSCHAP IN HET ONDERZOEKSPROCES / DRAMATURGIE & PARTENARIAT DANS LE PROCESSUS DE RECHERCHE / DRAMATURGY & PARTNERSHIP IN CONTINUOUS RESEARCH PROCESS Carolina Medonça CAST Blackyva, Carolina Bianchi, Chico Lima, Fernanda Libman, Joana Ferraz, José Artur Campos, Larissa Ballarotti, Marina Matheus & Rafael Limongelli TECHNISCHE LEIDING, GELUIDSONTWERP & ORIGINELE MUZIEK / DIRECTION TECHNIQUE, CONCEPTION SONORE ET MUSIQUE ORIGINALE / TECHNICAL DIRECTION, SOUND DESIGN & ORIGINAL MUSIC Miguel Caldas DECOR & KUNST / DÉCOR & ART / SET DESIGN & ART And Art Luisa Callegari LICHTONTWERP / CONCEPTION LUMIÈRE / LIGHT DESIGN João Rios VIDEO'S & SCREENINGS / VIDÉOS & PROJECTIONS / VIDEOS & SCREENINGS Montserrat Fonseca Llach KARAOKE VIDEO Thany Sanches KOSTUUMS / COSTUMES Tomás Decina, Luisa Callegari, Carolina Bianchi KUNSTASSISTENT & ALGEMENE ARTISTIEKE SAMENWERKING / ASSISTANCE ARTISTIQUE & COLLABORATION ARTISTIQUE GÉNÉRALE / COLLABORATION ARTISTIQUE / ART ASSISTANT & GENERAL ARTISTIC COLLABORATION Tomás Decina DIALOOG OVER THEORIE EN DRAMATURGIE / DIALOGUE SUR LA THÉORIE ET LA DRAMATURGIE / DIALOGUE ON THEORY & DRAMATURGY Silvia Bottiroli *VERTALING VAN TEKSTEN NAAR HET ENGELS & EINDREDACTIE / TRADUCTION DES TEXTES EN ANGLAIS & RÉVISION / INTERLOCUTION POÉTIQUE / TRANSLATION OF TEXTS INTO ENGLISH & REVISION Luisa Dalgalarrondo, Marina Matheus, Joana Ferras, Larissa Ballarotti VERTALING NAAR HET FRANS (ONDERTITELING) / TRADUCTION VERS LE FRANÇAIS (SURTITRAGE) / TRANSLATION TO FRENCH (SUBTITLES) Thomas Resendes SAMENWERKING IN LICHAAMS- EN STEMTRAINING / COLLABORATIONS DANS LE DOMAINE DE LA FORMATION DU CORPS ET DE LA VOIX / COLLABORATIONS IN BODY AND VOICE TRAINING Pat Fudyda, Yantó CONSTRUCTIE AUTO / CONSTRUCTION VOITURE / CAR CONSTRUCTION Xavier Rhame, Lionel Petit, Philippe Bercot, Mathieu Audejean, Pierre Dumas, Miguel Caldas, Luisa Callegari, João Rios TONEELMEESTER & PRODUCTIEONDERSTEUNING / RÉGISSEUR & SOUTIEN À LA PRODUCTION / STAGE MANAGER & PRODUCTION SUPPORT Ella De Gregoriis / PRODUCTIELEIDING & TOURMANAGEMENT / DIRECTEUR·RICE DE PRODUCTION ET DE TOURNÉE / PRODUCTION MANAGER & TOUR DIRECTION Carla Estefan INTERNATIONAAL BEHEER & SPREIDING / GESTION INTERNATIONALE & DIFFUSION / INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT & DISTRIBUTION Metro Gestão Cultural PRODUCTIE / PRODUCTION Metro Gestão Cultural, Carolina Bianchi y Cara De Cavalo COPRODUCTIE / COPRODUCTION Festival d’Avignon, KVS Brussels, Le Maillon & Frascati Amsterdam RESIDENTIE OM DE VOORSTELLING EN DECOR AF TE WERKEN / RÉSIDENCE POUR FINALISER LE SPECTACLE ET LE DÉCOR / RESIDENCY TO FINALIZE THE PIECE AND SET CONSTRUCTION La Fabrica, Festival d'Avignon RESIDENTIES / RÉSIDENCES / RESIDENCIES Frascati Theater, Das Theatre (Amsterdam), Festival Próximamente/KVS (Brussels), Festival 21 Voltz/ Central Elétrica (Porto), Pride Festival (Belgrade), Greta Galpão (São Paulo) & Espaço Desterro (Rio De Janeiro) MET DE STEUN VAN / AVEC LE SOUTIEN DE / WITH THE SUPPORT OF Ammodo, Das Theatre Master Program, 3 Package Deal of the AFK - Amsterdams Fonds Voor De Kunst/ Coalition: Das Theatre, Ndsm & Over ‘T II Festival, Theater der Welt, Kaaitheater

The text of this spectacle was also built from many conversations with writings of many authors. We highlight the collaboration of the actress Blackyva in her text in the second part of the show, an excerpt by Renan Marcondes and his text Foto fantasma e os presentes da performance, Nathalie Léger and her book The White Dress, the bibliography of Roberto Bolaño, writings of Saidiya Hartman and the work of the anthropologist Rita Laura Segato.

llThe show premiered on July 6th - 2023 at the Festival d’Avignon