Pièce de théâtre et danse contemporaine “Blind”

“I found pain in the light, and beauty in darkness.”

In this new solo work renowned dancer/puppeteer Duda Paiva draws on his childhood, during which he suffered an illness that blistered his body and left him temporarily blind. His surreal path to healing involved both shamanic and western medicine. BLIND transforms this experience into a metaphor about disability, rejection, and resolution. Often interacting with the audience, it is funny as well as moving. Never didactic, it finds the political through intimacy, woven into a rich theatrical tapestry of dance, puppetry, adaptations of Yoruba songs from a unique Afro-Brazilian subculture, and driving forces of sound and light.

Credits
Concept: Duda Paiva and Nancy Black
Direction: Nancy Black
Choreography and puppet coach: Duda Paiva
Performer: Ilija Surla or Duda Paiva
Music and sound design: Wilco Alkema
Light design: Mark Verhoef
Puppets: Evandro Serodio and Duda Paiva
Yoruba teacher and theatre anthropologist: Patrick Oliveira
Dramaturgical advice: Nienke Rooijakkers
Costumes decor: Machtelt Halewijn
Costume performers: Atty Kingma
Decor realisation: Daniel Patijn

Tickets: le site officiel de la cité de la culture