FEM[IN]ME & THE BAREFOOT DIVA (Double bill)

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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE‍ - FEM[IN]ME

This performance permits the audience to witness Black Pearl's personal journey of resilience and self-acceptance. Impulsed by the interplay of light and sound, Black Pearl navigates through different spaces. Dancing, initially fueled by joy, transitioning to the pressure to conform and produce to please others. Awakening to moments of realization and empowerment driven by the raw energy of various dance styles: hip hop, classical, contemporary, and vogue. “Anybody walking?” 

FEM[IN]ME is co-produced within the Attitudes project including Norrlandsoperan (SE), Dansekapellet (DK), hip hop dance festivals HOP (ES) and Summer Dance Forever (NL), Kampnagel (DE) and choreographic center CCNRB (FR).

Attitudes is co-funded by the European Union

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ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE - THE BAREFOOT DIVA

The dawn comes gently; everything seems to be cleansed of what might have happened the day before. It is with this sense of renewal that the divas stand up and take the stage. The essence of each of the five performers spreads; the divas are animated and linked by the same energy, the same duty. Their fascinating internal strength is the focus of their constant struggle. Through their collective energy, this strength manages to grow so that each of the divas finally asserts and reveals herself. The duty of these women becomes urgent. Urgent to be heard. Urgent to take the spotlight. At dawn, consciences must be awakened. It is time for this magical, hopeful morning to bring wisdom, peace and harmony.

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ABOUT BLACK PEARL DE ALMEIDA

Black Pearl, born in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, in 1994, is a multidisciplinary artist known for her work as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and model. Her career began with Capoeira, HipHop, and acting classes, leading to a scholarship from the Birgit Keil Foundation in 2010. Graduating from Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Germany, she gained recognition at events like the Prix de Lausanne. Working with prestigious choreographers and companies like Gauthier Dance Company and Richard Siegal/Ballet of Difference, she earned international acclaim. In 2015, she debuted “Ego” and joined the Queer BIPOC collective “House of Brownies” in 2022, advocating for representation and challenging colonial narratives and the invisibility of trans entities through her art. In 2021 she initiated The German ballroom scene with The Iconic House of Saint Laurent, currently Being 007 in both scenes.

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ABOUT NICOLAS HUCHARD

Nicolas Huchard has been dancing his whole life. He was only six when he choreographed his first dance. Since then, he’s danced for the world’s greats: Jean Paul Gaultier, Marion Motin, Madonna, Maurice Béjart. He became one of the queens of Christine and the Queens fame, and he’s worked with musicians Angèle, Suzane and Aya Nakamura. Each collaboration is an exploration of boundaries – between softness and strength, between feminine and masculine, between continents and disciplines. Nicolas Huchard likes rough edges – which create uniqueness. The launch of his company in 2018 embodies this exploration, its values and its struggles. It’s a political terrain where dance inscribes activism in bodies: in “social dance”.

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CREDITS

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