Prêt-a-porter
by PLURAL | Núcleo de Dança Contemporânea da Fundação LIGA
Artistic Direction, Choreography and Costumes by Rafael Alvarez
Premiered at Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
Prêt-À-Porter is a metaphor about the multiple ways the body is re-presented and re-shaped in everyday life. This 'new-old' body, an exclusive ready to wear/ready to undress model, covered by multiple layered skins that, to each season, dictate us the tendencies of how to be, how to act and how to think. Under the logic of a fake normality and balance. Running after the impossible task of the ultimate state of the art – perfection.
One day we are in, and another day we are out (of fashion). Our body (different from every other) is copied, doubled, repeated. In every color and shape. Rebooted and upgraded to a better version of ourselves. Flawless. Mirroring everybody and yet human and unique.
Prêt-À-Porter proposes to re-think in a playful way the codes of fashion and the place of the body on our ‘modern society’, undermined by a subversive and ironic perspective over the fashion and beauty industry. At the same time it explores the strong visual power and appeal that fashion and clothes can bring to the construction of our identities and self narratives.
Co-creation and interpretation:
David Mendes
Frederico Augusto
Joana Silva
João Pereira
Margarida Sousa
Pedro Almeida
Sara Correia
Tecnical Direction and Light Design: Carlos Ramos [ESD]
Production Direction/General Coordination: Cristina Passos
Production: Casa das Artes da Fundação LIGA
Photography, Vídeo and Graphic Design: Tiago Cadete
Seamstress: Conceição Moreno
Assistency: Patrícia Soares e Rosa Dias
Co-Production: Galp Energia
Partnership: Escola Superior de Dança do Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Support: M Rôlo Decoração Comercial – Manequins, Companhia Olga Roriz, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, VIPCrazy, EIRA, Teatro da Garagem