Vera Mantero
A Fright is a Whole World
November
2021
Thu
18
Fri
19
Sinopse
Psychoanalyst Carl Jung said that his language should be ambiguous and double meanings because only then would it do justice to our psychic nature. For him, the union of elements that are usually in opposition, especially the unconscious and the conscious, would be the only way to reach a new attitude.
Anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro points out that, what for a Westerner may appear to be a series of contradictory elements, for Brazilian indigenous people may be a set of perfectly conjugated elements that make absolute sense, and may even constitute some of the characteristics of the original peoples.
The alleged interferences of social networks in recent electoral processes lead us to conclude that the “healthy” media are those that do not only present one point of view, but several, preferably in Opposition.
Ethics professor Jonathan Haidt is concerned about the future of his students, who he says are locked in politically correct bubbles, and advises them to travel the world to be capable of Contradiction and Opposition, which are constitutive elements of the very nature of the world*.
Will an education toward citizenship be an Education toward Multiplicity and Contradiction?
Education toward scare.
*Couturier, B. 2018. Safe spaces : des étudiants qui ne supportent plus la contradiction [online]. Available on France Culture [consulted on June 29, 2021]
Vera Mantero studied classical dance with Anna Mascolo and was a member of the Gulbenkian Ballet between 1984 and 1989. She has become one of the key names in New Portuguese Dance, having started her career as a choreographer in 1987, and having presented her work throughout Europe, as well as in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, USA and Singapore. She has also engaged in voice work since 2000, singing the songs of several authors, and co-creating experimental music projects. In 1999, Culturgest organised a retrospective of her work to date, which was called Mês de Março, Mês de Vera [Month of March, Month of Vera]. She represented Portugal at the 26th São Paulo Biennial (2004) with Comer o Coração [Eating Your Heart Out], which was created in partnership with Rui Chafes. She received the Almada Award (Ministry of Culture, 2002) and the Gulbenkian Art Award (2009) for her career as creator and performer.
Anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro points out that, what for a Westerner may appear to be a series of contradictory elements, for Brazilian indigenous people may be a set of perfectly conjugated elements that make absolute sense, and may even constitute some of the characteristics of the original peoples.
The alleged interferences of social networks in recent electoral processes lead us to conclude that the “healthy” media are those that do not only present one point of view, but several, preferably in Opposition.
Ethics professor Jonathan Haidt is concerned about the future of his students, who he says are locked in politically correct bubbles, and advises them to travel the world to be capable of Contradiction and Opposition, which are constitutive elements of the very nature of the world*.
Will an education toward citizenship be an Education toward Multiplicity and Contradiction?
Education toward scare.
*Couturier, B. 2018. Safe spaces : des étudiants qui ne supportent plus la contradiction [online]. Available on France Culture [consulted on June 29, 2021]
Vera Mantero studied classical dance with Anna Mascolo and was a member of the Gulbenkian Ballet between 1984 and 1989. She has become one of the key names in New Portuguese Dance, having started her career as a choreographer in 1987, and having presented her work throughout Europe, as well as in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, USA and Singapore. She has also engaged in voice work since 2000, singing the songs of several authors, and co-creating experimental music projects. In 1999, Culturgest organised a retrospective of her work to date, which was called Mês de Março, Mês de Vera [Month of March, Month of Vera]. She represented Portugal at the 26th São Paulo Biennial (2004) with Comer o Coração [Eating Your Heart Out], which was created in partnership with Rui Chafes. She received the Almada Award (Ministry of Culture, 2002) and the Gulbenkian Art Award (2009) for her career as creator and performer.
Aditional info
- Price 9€
Duration 1:20min
Age recommendation 14+
Author's bio text
Ficha Técnica
- Artistic direction Vera Mantero
Co-created and performed by Henrique Furtado Vieira, Paulo Quedas, Teresa Silva
Lighting design Leticia Skrycky
Sound design and performed by João Bento
Set design and props João Ferro Martins
Costumes and props Marisa Escaleira
Assistant Vera Santos
Participation in research Vânia Rovisco
Production O Rumo do Fumo
Coproduction Teatro Municipal do Porto, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Culturgest – Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Teatro Viriato
Artistic residency support Centro de Experimentação Artística/Município da Moita, Companhia Olga Roriz, Estúdios Victor Córdon
Thanks to Paróquia de St. André and Stª Marinha à Graça
O Rumo do Fumo has the support of the Portuguese Republic – Culture | Directorate-General for the Arts and of the Lisbon Municipal Council
Project co-financed by Garantir Cultura, Compete 2020, Portugal 2020 and the European Union through the Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional – FEDER