Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
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under the skin

visual puppet theater show with live music based on the pictorial work of Julio / Saúl Dias

M.6 . 00h45
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We're inside her house — in her inner home. We're invited. Feels good to be in her home — it's tranquil and peaceful. There are paintings on the walls that come alive and dance between frames and edges in an innocent whirling. When the light goes off, thinking lights on: and a frenzy of images invades the house and its guests. There is feast and dancing in this house. Beyond the windows, there are people who celebrate the act of being together.
She is the owner of the house, the owner of the artwork, the muse.

Based on Julio's paintings, we went on a journey through what we call the emotional framework, a joint quest to put on stage much of the emotion each work of art contains; each color, each shape.
And from a painting to a show, there are many perspectives from many other artists who bring to stage what affects them in the author's painting.
Set design, costumes, puppets, illustrations, sound, music, light, shadows, are just some of the elements that are part of this new dimension which, besides from introducing the artist, is in itself a living artwork that arises from many perspectives and many sensibilities.

collaborators . partners . co-producers

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DIRECTION AND TEXT Filipa Mesquita
PERFORMANCE Filipa Mesquita
ART DIRECTION enVide neFelibata
PUPPETRY enVide neFelibata
FIGURES Joaquim de Sousa, Luís Silva, Migvel Tepes
ILLUSTRATIONS Luís Silva
SET DESIGN Migvel Tepes
COSTUMES Cláudia Ribeiro
SEAMSTRESS AND PATTERN MAKER Cristina Ferreira
COSTUME ACCESSORIES Ana Brandão, Catarina Brandão
SCENIC MUSIC César Cardoso
LIGHTING DESIGN César Cardoso, Sílvio Sousa
LIGHTING OPERATION Sílvio Sousa
STAGE PHOTOGRAPHY Ana Filipa Rodrigues
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO Nuno Pinto
POSTER ANIMATION Pedro Araújo
DESIGN enVide neFelibata
PROMOTIONAL TEXTS Filipa Mesquita
TEXT TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH Maria Selene
TEXT REVISION enVide neFelibata
CREATIVE SUPPORT Clara Ribeiro, Joaquim de Sousa
ARTISTIC CONSULTANTS FOR JÚLIO'S WORK Laura Garrido and Caetano
EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION Hélder David Duarte
PRODUCTION Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora
SUPPORT República Portuguesa - Cultura, DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes, Município de Espinho/Câmara Municipal de Espinho, Município de Gondomar, Câmara Municipal de Vila do Conde

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AFLORDAPELE - CARTAZ A3 -- TEMPLATE.PDF 53.1 MB
AFLORDAPELE - CARTAZ A3 -- TEMPLATE.PNG 3.3 MB
AFLORDAPELE - CLASSIFICAÇÃO ETÁRIA -- PT.PDF 1.8 MB
AFLORDAPELE - DESENHO DE LUZ -- PT.PDF 63 KB
AFLORDAPELE - FOLHA DE SALA.PDF 92.6 MB
AFLORDAPELE - LIGHT DESIGN -- EN.PDF 63 KB
AFLORDAPELE - POSTAL.PDF 4.1 MB
AFLORDAPELE - RIDER TÉCNICO -- PT.ODT 22.3 KB
AFLORDAPELE - RIDER TÉCNICO -- PT.PDF 65.7 KB
AFLORDAPELE - ROLL-UP.PDF 14.4 MB
AFLORDAPELE - TECHNICAL RIDER -- EN.ODT 22.2 KB
AFLORDAPELE - TECHNICAL RIDER -- EN.PDF 65.4 KB
MAPA IMPLEMENTAÇÃO CENOGRÁFICA.PDF 564 KB
IMAGERY ARCHIVE MEETINGS 1.6 GB
IMAGERY ARCHIVE WORK IN PROGRESS 192.8 MB
IMAGERY ARCHIVE REHEARSALS 4 GB
IMAGERY ARCHIVE SET UP 1.1 GB

PROMO DOSSIER - EN 2.6 MB
PROMO DOSSIER COMPRESSED - EN 1.5 MB

root creation

Original projects that aim to promote a broad artistic language and creative freedom for creators to challenge themselves artistically and dramatically, as well as in the exploration of interpretation, puppetry, and object theater. These creations are a fundamental reflection of their creators' concerns.
We decided on this designation due to the genesis of the name that gives us rise — Mandrake (Mandrágora), a plant associated with a certain mysticism. That root is also the origin point of our structure, which, in a very many-skilled way, branches out in diverse paths. We're a creative team that considers and analyzes each other's personal concerns and also challenges itself that lead to discoveries which affirm the art of theater and, more specifically, of puppetry.
More than two decades later, this form and figure emerged in a long process of discovery. We went through collective creations, invited directors, and gave voice to the artists who make up the creative core of the structure. Therefore, we believe we've achieved a clearer way of indicating the potential paths and trajectories of a collective composed by individual choices.

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