No Coração Dela
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no c o r a ç ã o dela explores heartbreak, romance and its cheesiness, and the process of mending a broken heart. The project delves into how these individual feelings are profoundly collective experiences that defy quantification. Rather than isolating heartache as a private, internalised experience, no c o r a ç ã o dela investigates how these emotions connect us: how we impact those around us and how they influence us. How do our hearts transform through love and loss? How do emotional fractures create new connections, forming a collective map of our experiences?
The artistic team uses dance, music, and storytelling to convey this collective journey of the heart. This goes from call and response, a freestyle dance floor practice brought in by Myriam Lucas and DJs Vanyfox and Shaka Lion, through okcandice’s writing on grief and Filipa Rocha Nunes’ field research on public policies and poetics, to the visual archive of the project by Rafaela Nato. The musicians, writers, and dancers merge their individual experiences of heartbreak with their artistic practices, creating a shared narrative of romance and loss. It abandons a vision of romance only meant for two, looking for a collective one, ready to embrace and address feelings of heartbreak and longing.
no c o r a ç ã o dela is a production by Marga Alfeirão in co-production with Sophiensæle and Kampnagel Hamburg. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by Teatro Municipal do Porto – Festival DDD, Impulstanz. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Team
Concept, Choreography & Performance — Marga Alfeirão
Choreography, Dance & Development — Myriam Lucas, Marga Alfeirão & Mariana Benenge
Dramaturg, Text & Spoken Word — okcandice & Filipa da Rocha Nunes
Music Production & Mixing — Vanyfox, Shaka Lion & Nidia
Costume — Isabelle Edi
Scenography — Francisca Spuzi
Light Design — Thais Nepomuceno Veiga
Documentation & Visual Communication — Rafaela Neto
Production Advisor & Support — Tiphaine Carrère, Tammo Walter & neon lobster
Distribution & Accompaniment — neon lobster - Giulia Messia & Katharina Wallisch
Thanks — Mateusz Szymanówka and SLIC unit
Performances
2025 — Kampnagel (Hamburg, DE)
2024 — Sophiensæle (Berlin, DE)