BOWING is a dance, music and spoken word performance. In this second edition, we migrated from São Teotónio to Odemira. We arrived with a new performance in which languages are condensed in a great attempt to communicate.
Dozens of migrants from India, Punjab, Nepal, Bangladesh and China join forces with artists in the fields of movement, spoken word and music to create a piece together that will transform Odemira for three nights.
BOWING is an itinerant creation through the village, where the streets are filled with voices, dances, rhythms, as well as reinvented and yet to be invented words. It is the Portuguese language that proclaims itself nomadic, welcoming future peoples and generations with crossed by geographies as distant as they are present. BOWING is the right to have an accent. It is the time to translate a shout into Portuguese, a laugh into Hindi, a moan into Bangla, a sigh into Punjabi: native languages of this new Alentejo in which we live.
Artistic credits
Madalena Victorino Artistic Direction
In co-creation and with the performance of
Inês Melo dance Matilde Real word Daniela Cruz dance Francisco Thiago dance João Oliveira dance Manuel Ruiz word Sara Paternesi dance Rajendra Shiwakoti music and cultural mediation BOWING Nuclear Team
Aashika Kandel, Abdul Mutin, Abdur Rohim, Alma Whitelegg, António Franco, Arshpreet Kaur, Chiara Grilli, Cristina Rodrigues, Danae Gallet, Daniel Wang, Diogo Alves, Erwin Pols, Mohammad Faruk, Gursanjpreet Kaur, Helena Franco, Helena Loermans, Jagjeet Gill, Kamal Adhikari, Karan Kalia, Khalilur Rahman, Laxmi Khadka, Leonor Alves, Lian Whitelegg, Lilia Sudebi, Madalena Pulquério, Maitri Patel, Makhan Singh, Mehedi Shuvo, Milan Budha Magar, Naima Nabin, Naoli Gallet, Nayon Hawlader, Nusaiba Taima Nur, Pedro Simões, Prashant Khatri, Rohit Singh Saini, Saima Nabin, Syed Rahman, Sukhwinder Singh, Taranpreet Dhindsa, Teresa Teófilo, Usha Pathak, Yanai Whitelegg, Yangdu Sherpa, Yousef Mia, Yubika Magar among others Odemira’s municipality population
Pedro Salvador musical coordination and creation Margarida Mestre choral creation and singer Chão Maior - Yaw Tembe, Norberto Lobo, Leonor Arnaut, João Almeida, Ricardo Martins musical creation Inderjeet Singh musical creation Muhammad Shoaib musical creation Manpreet Singh musical creation Harjot Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Rajveer Singh musical creation Guest Artists
Joaquim Madaíl Lighting Design and Technical Direction
Carolina Ribeiro, Muhammad Shoaib Executive Production
Samuel Meyler, Marina Vismara Logistical and artistic support
Jasbeer Singh and sikhism community Cultural representation
Bakhta Magar, Adeep Magar, Gurpreet Singh Food
Amanpreet Kaur Henna painting
Odemira
Jardim Ribeirinho do Mira
10 · 12 · 13 NOV thu, sat and sun 7:00PM
Duration Aprox. 3 hours
Age rating M/6+
Free entrance
subject to the location’s capacity
Notes
Since this performance takes place at night and outdoors, we recommend the use of warm and comfortable clothing.
Initially the show was scheduled to take place on the 11th, 12th and 13th of November, as stated in our physical programmes. But due to incompatibilities of the agenda with other events in Odemira, it was necessary to change the presentation of the show to the 10th, 12th and 13th of November.