Troubling the Stage: The Choreogrphic Work of Marlene Monteiro Freitas
| Author | Alexandra Balona; Marlene Monteiro |
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| Publisher | Lenz Press |
| ISBN | 9791280579867 |
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On stage, Marlene Monteiro Freitas creates hybrid spaces of strangeness and contradiction, where bodies and materials in diaspora shift in search of meanings that resonate across multiple imaginaries. Love and fury coexist, allowing parody and pleasure to confront the violence of past and present histories. Performers address the spectator directly, manipulating objects and reshaping forms, meanings, and ideas. Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale (2018), the Chanel Next Prize (2021), and the Evens Art Prize (2021), Monteiro Freitas continually expands the possibilities of dance. This book offers an entry point into her singular oeuvre, focusing on five emblematic works: Guintche, Paradise - Private Collection, Jaguar, Bacchae - Prelude to a Purge, and Mal - Embriaguez Divina. It follows her creative process, weaving personal archives with art-historical references to form an atlas of ideas and gestures. Troubling the Stage invites readers to encounter the intensity, joy, and humanity of one of today’s most uncompromising choreographic voices.
| 256 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English |
Lenz Press
