FACES - a solo under influence
Premiere

An invitation from Maria Clara Villa-Lobos to Lilia Mestre

concept: Lilia Mestre
created by: Lilia Mestre in collaboration with Maria Clara Villa-Lobos
peformed by: Maria Clara Villa-Lobos
assistence and music: Gaetan Bulourde
music: Peaches, Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasans
text and voice (Untitle Me):Davis Freeman
Light:Dirk Sarach-Craig
duration: 30 minutes

Produced on commission by HEISS and co produced by the KunstSalon Stiftung

29 November 8 pm, Halle Kalk
30 November 8 pm, Halle Kalk

The outstanding Brazilian born interpreter Maria Clara Villa-Lobos will create a solo together with Portuguese dancer and choreographer Lilia Mestre. They are both known for their concentrated works that are interspersed with fantastic and sensuous absurdities.

"The main themes of my work is mankind and identity, how one reconstructs one self in different contexts, what is innate in nature and what is controlled by culture. The constant adapting to new circumstances and therefor the ongoing process of transformation is a very stimulating subject. Maria Clara invited me for my quest on identity and I'll be interested in 'Faces' to study the performer's ability to be many. My desire is to give importance to the performer and to the 'performativity' as the place to transgress rules of which you are and to find the complexity of being many in one." Lilia Mestre

Maria Clara Villa-Lobos (B)
studied classical ballet and modern dance for three years at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin. In 1992 she joined the Caprioli Dance Company in Sweden, and later, after studying at P.A.R.T.S., she has been working with choreographers such as Rui Horta, Willi Dorner, David Hernandez, Thomas Lehmen and Sasha Waltz. Since 1996 she also realized her own choreographies like home Sweet Home,Crash, Trio, XS, XL.

Lilia Mestre (P/B)
worked since 1992 as a dancer and or collaborator with Vera Mantero and within Les Ballets C. de la B. with Hans Van den Broeck and Christine de Smedt. Since 1998 she developed her own work. She created the solo Untitle me (99) in collaboration with Davis Freeman which toured internationally. As a performer and artistic assistant she collaborated with him on the project Too shy to stare (01). Recently they created Fading Fast for the International Dance Festival in Berlin (2002). Her latest creations are Unnoticed and Probe, a choreography made in collaboration with the composer Carlos Caires and performed by Martin Nachbar (comission of CC Belem/ Lisboa 02). Lilia Mestre's next creation Beyond Mary and Joseph, a performance/ installation for 4 dancers will have its premiere in Beeldenstorm Festival, Kortrijk 2003.