TransTornada
P.A.R.T.S. Graduation Festival MA STUDIOS
WE DO NOT ARRIVE EMPTY IN THE SPACE We started long ago...
Emerging out of colonial Brazil, a remarkable soul named Xica Manicongo - a warrior who led slave revolts and escapes; a mystical figure, blessed with supernatural powers, embracing masculinity and femininity with grace and pride - resisted the established CIStema.
Influenced by the power of Xica, Marlla invites you to a real-fiction life performance, playing with irony and metabolizing the Traviarcado system. No shade, no tea, mockery is on the plate and Marlla goes through a metaphoric metamorphosis, a butterfly process of memories, life experiences and stories. Uma Bixa Travesti is transtemporal - connecting past, present and fictional future5sz.
“Let’s bora gaaag in the face of patriarchy gurls!”
Do you know how a Travesti is born?
concept, costume and performance Marlla Araújo ⎸ mentor and assistant director Helena Araújo costume designer Paulo César ⎸ photography Ariadna Navarrete Valverde and Carlely Lambeau graphic designer and publicity Andy ⎸ collaborators Jair Montes, Ching Shu Huang, Urtė Groblytė, Im Kanokporn Vorapharuek and Marikki Nyfors ⎸ acknowledgments Sara Gane, Stefano Vosa, Sarah Anhorn, Gustavo Ciupryk and Lucas Resende
Upon request of the STUDIOS students the ticket income of the performances will be entirely donated to Living Stipends for Palestine, an initiative from Mophradat, supporting Palestinian artists affected by the current crisis with a 6-month stipend.
Each evening, after the performances, there will be PARTS t-shirts and scarves for sale. The profit will go directly to the same fund.
More information about the stipend:
https://mophradat.org/en/program/living-stipends-for-palestine/