Saudade de Ti – A Touching Dance Performance

SAUDADE DE TI - Carlos Aller & Cecilia Bartolino (Germany)

Experience a powerful and emotional contemporary dance piece as The Black & White Theatre presents Saudade de Ti, a story of longing, connection, and the silent language of movement.

The aim of this performance is to share and empathize with the audience through contemporary dance. Using our bodies as a tool, we draw inspiration from theatre, partnering, contact improvisation, and dance styles such as breakdance and hip-hop.

Saudade is a complex and subjective feeling, often defined as a bittersweet longing for a period in the past. It is the burning desire to return to the past and relive the life we once had. We yearn for experiences, places, things, people, and even ourselves to go back to what once was.

In "Saudade de Ti", we are searching for and recreating a path that dives into nostalgia in order to heal. While it is frequently associated with the "deterioration of old age," saudade can manifest at any stage of life. It is mediated by hormones, neurotransmitters, and cognitive processes.

Saudade is the burning desire to go back to the past, to relive the life we once had. We long for experiences, places, things, people, and even ourselves to return to what once was.

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Credits

Direction: Carlos Aller

Choreography: Carlos Aller in collaboration with Cecilia Bartolino

Dancers: Cecilia Bartolino and Carlos Aller

Music arrangements: Carlos Aller

Pictures: George Freewat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xOqaIYEYEc

https://blackandwhitetheatre.fi/saudade-de-ti/