March 30. Treasured in the Dark / Thiago Granato (BR/DE)

Treasured in the Dark takes the audience on a journey of sensing human and non-human presences. With his own body as the vector, Thiago Granato here becomes a medium through which a trans-communication takes place. Ambiguous sounds, floating hybrid objects, lit shadows and anonymous presences all come into being. In a sequence of mutating scenes, each punctured by a sudden and total transformation, the performance offers a metamorphic perspective for making sense of existence.

Treasured in the Dark is the first solo in a trilogy which is a choreographic research based on different imaginary collaborations between dead and living choreographers, as well as those not yet born. This trilogy is part of the project entitled CHOREOVERSATIONS that combines research, creation and production.

The CHOREOVERSATIONS project mainly aims to create a network of relationships between the participating artists and their public, empowering discussions about history, heritage, authorship, property, translation, transmission, incorporation and presence in contemporary dance.

Credits:
Concept, direction, choreography and performance: Thiago Granato.
"Invited" choreographers (interlocutors): Hijikata Tatsumi (Japan/1938-1986) and Lennie Dale (USA-Brazil/1934 – 1994).

Direction assistance: Sandro Amaral.
Sound designer: Gerald Kurdian.
Light designer: Jan Fedinger.
Artistic adviser: Carolina Mendonça and Lou Forster.
Costume adviser: Marion Montel.
Objects: Thiago Granato and Sandro Amaral.
Photo: Carolina Mendonça.

www.thiagogranato.com

Premiere: November 2015 at FID – Fórum Internacional de Dança – Belo Horizonte (Brazil).
Production: Sandro Amaral and Thiago Granato.
Co-production: CND – Centre Nacional de la Danse (Paris/France); Cullbergbaletten Sweden, through Life Long Burning, Cultural Program of the European Union 2013-2018.

Artistic Residencies: Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart/Germany); WASP – Working Art Space & Production (Bucharest/Romania) ; BUDA Arts Centre (Kortrijk/Belgium); Centre International des Récollets (Paris/France).

Supported by: JES – Junges Ensemble Stuttgart (Germany); CCN – Centre Choréographique National (Montpellier/France); Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers (France); FID – Fórum Internacional de Dança (Belo Horizonte/Brazil); 4Culture (Bucharest/Romania).

“Lauréat du programme de résidences internationales Ville de Paris / Institut Français aux Récollets” – 2015 (Paris/France).

Thanks: Fernanda Raquel, Christine Greiner, Stephen Barber, Adiu Bastos, Larry Vickers, Renan Martins de Oliveira, Christophe Wavelet, Fabrícia Martins, Cristian Duarte, Jonnatha Fortes, Fabiano Amaral and Jefta van Dinther.

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THIAGO GRANATO (BR/DE)

Thiago Granato is a Brazilian choreographer and performer based in Berlin. His performances have been presented in different countries such as Brazil, Uruguay, Israel, Spain, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France, Romania, Lebanon and Korea. Among the performances are Plano B (2008), We Are Not Superficial, We Love Penetration (2008), Tombo (2009), Basement (2011), This Is Concrete (2012) and Treasured In The Dark (2015).

He worked with artists such as Simone Mello, Adriana Grechi, Lia Rodrigues, João Saldanha, Laura Samy, Cristina Moura, Sandro Amaral, Neto Machado, Cristian Duarte, Thelma Bonavita, Mathilde Monnier, Enora Riviére, Cecília Bengolea, Lenio Kaklea, Frédéric Gies and Jefta van Dinther. He took part in the Ex.e.r.ce 8 program, coordinated by Xavier Le Roy, at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (France).

As a teacher he worked at DOCH – University of Dance and Circus and at Cullbergbaletten (Stockholm/Sweden). Also mentoring at HZT/UDK – Universität der Künste (Berlin/Germany). During the years of 2013 and 2014 he was fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart (Germany) where he developed his current project entitled “Choreoversations” that combines research, creation and the production of a trilogy of solo dance pieces.

In 2015 he was artist in residency at Centre International des Récollets in Paris (France). Currently, he works on the second solo of the trilogy “Choreoversations” supported by the grant Prêmio Funarte de Dança Klaus Vianna 2014 (Brazil).