My Body Is Here
Fábrica de Eventos
Rio de Janeiro/RJ, 2023 | 60 min | Parental Rating 16+
ORIGINAL TITLE
Meu Corpo Está Aqui
The Tuesday (7th) session has interpretation in Libras and the Friday (8th) session has interpretation in Libras and audio description.
SYNOPSIS
Starting from the personal experiences of PWDs (people with disabilities) actresses and actors, the play brings a game between the drives and the obstacles faced by them in their affective and sexual insights. Onstage, the cast openly talks about relationships, bodies and desires through fictionalized testimonies by Rio artists Julia Spadaccini, creator of the project and also a person with disabilities, and Clara Kutner. Questioning with irony and lyricism cultural and historical conceptions about what is considered “normal”, the show celebrates these socially unseen bodies and deepens reflections on their subjectivities.
Trigger warning: contains partial nudity.
HISTORY
Created by the production director Cláudia Marques, Fábrica de Eventos is a production house investing on the expansion and promotion of Rio’s culture. She was responsible for the production of shows by directors such as Mauro Rasi, Aderbal Freire Filho and Christiane Jatahy and groups such as Cia. dos Atores. My Body Is Here is among her most recent achievements and is written and directed by Julia Spadaccini and Clara Kutner. Graduated in performing arts and psychology, Julia is a screenwriter and author of more than 20 plays, such as A Porta da Frente [Front Door], winner of Fita and Shell awards, both in 2013. Clara has a degree in cinema and works with both the performing arts and audiovisual, having directed Globo soap operas, such as Um Lugar ao Sol [A Place in the Sun]; series such as Pedaço de Mim [Piece of Myself], scheduled to premiere in 2024 on Netflix; and shows such as Alcubierre, written and performed by Alex Cassal.
CRITIC
The sensualized rupture of the physical body subject to anomalies is what My Body Is Here suggests and assumes, with rare bravery, in a distinctive approach with a hyper-realistic mood that could escape the everyday representations of scenic language. […] In the painful confessionality of subjective narratives, partly marked by melancholic dramatization, but always seeking an affirmative overcoming that is far from self-pity.
Wagner Corrêa de Araújo, Escrituras Cênicas
By speaking openly about relationships, bodies and desires, PWDs (people with disabilities) actors also seek to show their full humanity and their ability to love, desire and relate. Therefore, the show challenges the limiting ideas that are often associated with people with disabilities, highlighting their individuality and uniqueness.
Caroline Teixeira, Vivente Andante
TECHNICAL SHEET
Text and direction: Julia Spadaccini and Clara Kutner
Cast: Bruno Ramos, Haonê Thinar, Juliana Caldas and Pedro Fernandes
LIBRAS interpreter-actor: Jadson Abraão
Production management and project general-coordination: Cláudia Marques
Assistant Director: Michel Blois
Production: Fabricio Polido
Dramaturgy research: Marcia Brasil
Text collaboration: Bruno Ramos, Haonê Thinar, Juliana Caldas and Pedro Fernandes
Costume and scenic setting: Beli Araujo
Lighting: Paulo Cesar Medeiros
Movement direction: Laura Samy
Music: Luciano Camara
Visagism: Cora Marinho
Press: Ney Motta
Visual programming: Felipe Braga
Photo: Renato Mangolin
Social media: Rafael Teixeira
Presented by: Fábrica de Eventos
