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Eastern Loves

André Amálio and Tereza Havlíčková, Hotel Europa, (Portugal)

Czech, German, Portuguese, Russian and Changana (one of the languages of Mozambique) are spoken in the performance.

Thursday 16. 11. 2023
20:00
The performance is with czech and english subtitles.
90 minutes
Large auditorium

Tickets available via Archa Theatre and GoOut.cz

This project focuses on the lives of Portuguese anti-fascists and freedom fighters from ex-colonies such as Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde who, in their fights against the fascist colonial dictatorship, lived in Eastern European Socialist countries to receive training. What impact did the time spent on the other side of the Iron Curtain, sometimes lasting several years, have on their lives? Did it change their perception of communism? Some left the party after this experience. Others remained communists. Some also formed romantic relationships and started families on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Some of these families were actually torn apart with the collapse of communism in 1989.

Based on testimonies collected from those who lived through these situations and autobiographical stories of the performers (from Cape Verde, Czech Republic, Germany, Mozambique, Portugal) concerning their families or their own past in former Eastern Europe, this performance questions the interactions between love, family ties and politics

ABOUT HOTEL EUROPA

Hotel Europa is a company formed by André Amálio (Portugal) and Tereza Havlíčková  (Czech Republic). They have been developing documentary theatre performances that explore the boundaries between theatre, dance and performance. They use in their work an overlap of autobiographical material, family stories, national histories, testimonies, interviews and historiographical research. They deal with unaddressed issues of the recent past such as Colonialism, Fascism and Communism trying to make a bridge between the past and present. In their performances they are also discussing recent matters such as migration, environmental problems and gentrification.

Their performances have been presented in Portugal, Brazil, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The shows have been co-produced and presented in theatres and festivals such as Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, Teatro Nacional São João, Culturgest, Teatro Municipal do Porto, FITEI, Teatro São Luiz, Théâtre de la Ville, Passages Transfestival, GREC festival, FIT BH festival, Mirada festival, euro-scene Leipzig, Akcent festival - Divadlo Archa, among others.

Hotel Europa is a structure financed by the Direção Geral das Artes -Ministério da Cultura.

ANDRÉ AMÁLIO

Je divadelním režisérem a hercem, který rozvinul svou práci v oblasti dokumentárního divadla, paměti, postkolonialismu a nedávné portugalské koloniální minulosti. André má doktorát z Roehampton University a magisterský titul z Goldsmiths, University of London. Jeho výzkum podpořily Gulbenkian Foundation, GDA a Rush. Přednášel divadelní režii a dokumentární divadlo na HAMU (Praha) a ESAD (Portugalsko). V současnosti přednáší na Universidade do Minho (Portugalsko). Pracoval jako herec/performer/tanečník pod režiséry jako Anna Furse, Giacomo Scalisi, João Brites, Lúcia Sigalho, Luís Castro, Madalena Vitorino, Marie-Gabrielle Rotie a další. S Terezou Havlíčkovou založil divadelní společnost HOTEL EUROPA.

TEREZA HAVLÍČKOVÁ

Svou kariéru tanečnice zahájila dokončením BA Dance Theatre v Laban Center v Londýně a poté absolvovala na Goldsmiths, University of London (MA Performance Making). Zajímá se zejména o multidisciplinární zkoumání pohybu, textu a vizuálních forem a také o využití autobiografického materiálu. Pracovala a studovala s umělci jako Graeme Miller, Marie Gabrielle Rotie, Twitchin Mischa, Steve Paxton a spolupracovala s Firenza Guidi, Etta Ermini, Anna Furse, Ajaykumar, Petr Boháč, Miřenka Čechová a Madalena Vitorino. Spolu s André Amáliem založila divadelní společnost HOTEL EUROPA.

Credits

Creation: André Amálio and Tereza Havlíčková
With: André Amálio, Andreia Galvão, Beatrice Cordier, Jorge Cabral, Mbalango, Tereza Havlíčková
Assistant Director: Cheila Lima
Light Design and Technical Direction: Joaquim Madaíl
Stage design and Costumes: Ana Paula Rocha
Assistant Stage Designer: Aurora dos Campos
Musician: Mbalango
Executive Production: Maria João Santos / Ana Lage / Ruana Carolina

Co-production: Culturgest (Lisbon, Portugal), Thêátre de la Ville (Paris, France), euro-scene Festival (Leipzig, Germany)
Co-production Residencies: O Espaço do Tempo (Portugal), Armazém 22 (Portugal), euro-scene Festival (Germany), Passages Transfestival (France), Zero Point Festival (Czech Republic) and Schloss Bröllin (Germany)