May and June 2010 :: Marcela Levi in Vera Mantero and Guests tour: Spain, Belgium and Portugal.
Around the hole everything is edge was cited as one of the 2009 highlights by the dance reviewer of the national Brazilian newspaper O Globo (12/31/2009).
Marcela Levi, performer and choreographer from Rio de Janeiro, premieres her first duo this Thursday (19/11) in Rio de Janeiro. Those who know her work will see there are some significant changes in Around the hole everything is edge. Marcela, who has always worked with solos in continuity, now explores emptiness and non-linear narrative. “It´s my first duo and I wanted to work with potent and autonomous actions, without thinking about linear narrative. My bet is that our conversation takes place in absence. We are two on stage, but we only dance together in one moment”, explains the artist, who shares the stage with Flávia Meireles... (read more)
Artistic direction: Vera Mantero Performance and co-creation: Christophe Ives, Marcela Levi, Miguel Pereira and Vera Mantero
“We must always keep in mind the essential authors of the 20th century, not because we should imitate them, which is impossible, since our situation is extremely different from theirs, but because, in a certain aspect, we continue to be alike: they also created works in a time in which it was already said that works were no longer possible.”Peter Sloterdijk, “Sun and Death”
[...] The second solo, Arena, was, without a doubt, the most audacious in the program. Flávia Meireles, Gustavo Ciríaco and Marcela Levi presented a mixture of video-installation and dance absolutely curious, arguing the relation between the arena space, the artist and the public. The result is new, courageous, disturbing.[...]