QUILOMBO - Patricie Poráková

The performer and tango dancer Patricie Poráková (known for example from Czech physical theatre companies as Farm in a Cave or the Spitfire Company) created a project that brings an insight into the world of the Argentinean tango and the people who live in its environment.
In "Lunfardo" (slang from the underworld of the Argentinean tango in which the lyrics are written), Quilombo means "chaos, brothel, whorehouse". In Afro-Brazilian culture, Quilombo means "community of deserted slaves deep inside the jungle" - symbol of revolution and liberation.
Tango was born between men in the port, in place where stories, destinies, smells, sweat and dirt were mixed in one cultural pot... You can feel the distance there, the sea, the infinite horizon. In the wind of the wild Atlantic, men dream of gentleness and touches. They long for intimacy and those they will never see again. It is a dance in which one body is lost in the body of the other. You give yourself as a shadow to the other, the one you love, whatever love means to you. You want to feel the nearness. You are aware of your personal space and feel the total connection of the two bodies. It is a dance, where euphoria turns into deep pain, to and from, to and from, step by step. Tango is a dance-life, dance-experience; it is coarse, painful, dirty, insane and as natural as breathing. You can feel it the same as you feel your everyday life, no matter whether it happens in the streets...
Concept & choreography: Patricie Poráková
Created & performed by: Patricie Poráková, Leandro Furlan, Matias Facio, Ivo Saint
Dramaturgy: Krystyna Mogilnicka
Light design: Michal Kříž
Sound: Eva Hamouzová
Supervision of tango: Javier Antar (www.todaviatango.com), Eugenia Parrilla
Producer: ProFitArt
The project was supported by: Ministerstvo kultury ČR, Magistrát Hlavního města Prahy, Státní fond kultury ČR, Nou Tango Berlin
Premiere: 13. & 14.10 at Ponec - theatre for dance, Prague
After the performance an audience is invited to stay on the milonga.
DJ Leandro Furlan
Images: Ivo Saint
www.profitart.cz