O Elefante no Meio da Sala
25 - 27 November
friday to sunday 9pm
with english subtitles
Age restriction:
M/12Concept, creation and performance Vânia Doutel Vaz
Dramaturgy Josefa Pereira
Lighting and Technical Direction Letícia Skrycky
Sound Tiago Cerqueira
Costume Design Nina Botkay
Space design Leticia Skrycky in collaboration with Nina Botkay
Collaborators in residence Adriana João, Artur Pispalhas, Josefa Pereira, Luara Learth, Nina Botkay e Piny
Translation (ENG) and subtitles Patrícia Pimentel
Promotional photos Patricia Black
Production Alkantara
Coproduction Teatro do Bairro Alto, Teatro Municipal do Porto / DDD – Festival Dias da Dança, A Oficina / Centro Cultural Vila Flor
With support from Residency Program La Fabrique Chaillot – Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Residencies Alkantara , Casa da Dança, Victor Córdon/OPART Studios and La Fabrique Chaillot
Coprodution Residency O Espaço do Tempo
Acknowledgements Rui Horta, Ana Trincao, Maggie Segale and Giovanni Lourenço
Part of Alkantara Festival
“The elephant in the room” suggests that in the presence of something evident it can be ignored. Elephants I carry, elephants brought with the audience and those emerging from this relationship between observer and observed. Now, with so many of us in a room, how many possibilities for a plural and fragmented elephant can be experienced?
In O Elefante no Meio da Sala elephants inhabit the room and dialogue.