Leandro de Souza: Insistent Muse

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Image courtesy of Grec Festival de Barcelona.

Word, voice, body and movement are equally central in this choreographic creation, which proposes dance as a way of escaping the system and the forces that make us falter.

“Escape is a muse that insists on whispering in our ear when we had already been convinced to wish for our own capture,” explains choreographer Leandro Souza. Hence the title of a performance created with minimalist simplicity and a sense of ritual, which lays claim to this insistent muse that leads us to invent or reinvent ways of living, doing, seeing and thinking, and invites us to escape and evade the system through dance. The artist intertwines body and word in a choreography in which his solitary body moves through the space reciting fragments of song lyrics and philosophical texts and referencing prominent figures of Western culture. He accompanies words with gestures and movements drawn from many different dances, in a break with spoken and bodily language that opens doors to reinvention.

Leandro Souza is a Brazilian choreographer who lives in the Netherlands and works with concepts such as escape, evasion, opacity and interweaving, using words, voice, body, movement and objects. He holds a master’s degree from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP/Brazil) and studied in the DAS Choreography program (AHK/Netherlands). His creations include Eles Fazem Dança Contemporânea and A Gente é Sutil, Vocês são Explícitos.

Event will be held in English and Portuguese.

Sounds of the City: Summer Music Festivals

What are your plans for summer? If you’re staying in the city, you won’t be alone. Barcelona is becoming a go-to destination for festival lovers, given Catalunya’s covetable combination of culture, great weather and an increasingly diverse concert circuit. So if you’re looking to expand your horizons while staying put this season, check out our article Sounds of the City: Summer Music Festivals for a summary of the summer music events taking place in Barcelona, from big-name gatherings to boutique takeovers.

For more music events check our online events calendar.