Musseque before being a piece for four dancers, is home, it is an encounter, it is a way of being. During the Angolan Civil War, Kuduro was a style of music and dance
marginalized by many but loved by the people. The four performers on stage are now being asked to continue what was lived and felt by creating a dance of the present through the experiences from the past – that are not forgotten. On stage, the peripheries of Luanda that are home, the speeches that are revolution, and the bodies that are resistance are revisited in a hallucinating rhythm of movements that are resilient to those who continue beyond the war.
artistic direction and creation
Fábio (Krayze) Januário
interpretation and co-creation
Fábio (Krayze) Januário, Selma Mylene, Xenos Palma e Elvis Carvalho (Grelha)
artistic accompaniment
Marco da Silva Ferreira e Piny
sound design
DJ Poco
light design
Pedro Guimarães
light and sound operation
Afonso Lemos
scenography
Filipe Tootill
costumes
Susana Santos - Mana Terra
executive production
Rita Pessoa
support and production
Pensamento Avulso
coproduction
O Espaço do Tempo, Cineteatro Louletano e Centro Cultural Vila Flor, no âmbito do Projeto CASA
partneship
Ou.kupa
acknowledgments
Mélanie Ferreira, Marco da Silva Ferreira, toda a equipa do Projeto Ou.kupa
duration 1h
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Fábio (Krayze) Januário (Luanda, 1988) developed his knowledge of urban dance. He frequently teaches Kuduro workshops in Portugal and abroad. Since 2022 he has been a performer in Marco da Silva Ferreira's play ‘CARCAÇA’, which premiered in 2021 and is currently on an international tour. His research is always in the area of Kuduro and in 2023, through the Ou.kupa festival, he created Musseque, which premiered at Teatro do Bairro Alto in Lisbon.