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).

Duo deals with the dialogue that is born out of emptiness

November/09
IDANÇA - by Isabella Motta


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)

around the hole everything is edge
2009 CREATION

October/09
VII Bienal de Dança do Ceará :: Fortaleza/Sobral/CE
14o. Festival Internacional de Dança do Recife :: Recife/PE


November/09
Espaço SESC :: Rio de Janeiro/RJ

VERA MANTERO & GUESTS' creation 2009

We are going to miss everything we don’t need

World PREMIÈRE :: June/09 :: Germany

montpellierdanse.09 :: July/09 :: France

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”

Arena :: Jornal do Brasil - Exhibition that crosses the solos border
Roberto Pereira

[...] 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.[...]

PREMIÈRE :: Arena :: Espaço SESC Copacabana
Rio de Janeiro - march, from 12th to 15th

In-organic included in THE TOP 40 ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO 2008 by english organisation Artsadmin

Marcela Levi is named three times in ballettanz Yearbook
by Idança · 04/12/2008

in-organic :: Particules Festival