TransTornada
P.A.R.T.S. Graduation Festival MA STUDIOS
WE DO NOT ARRIVE EMPTY IN THE SPACE We started long ago...
Emerging out of colonial Brazil, a remarkable soul named Xica Manicongo - a warrior who led slave revolts and escapes; a mystical figure, blessed with supernatural powers, embracing masculinity and femininity with grace and pride - resisted the established CIStema.
Influenced by the power of Xica, Marlla invites you to a real-fiction life performance, playing with irony and metabolizing the Traviarcado system. No shade, no tea, mockery is on the plate and Marlla goes through a metaphoric metamorphosis, a butterfly process of memories, life experiences and stories. Uma Bixa Travesti is transtemporal - connecting past, present and fictional future5sz.
“Let’s bora gaaag in the face of patriarchy gurls!”
Do you know how a Travesti is born?
concept, costume and performance Marlla Araújo ⎸ mentor and assistant director Helena Araújo costume designer Paulo César ⎸ photography Ariadna Navarrete Valverde and Carlely Lambeau graphic designer and publicity Andy ⎸ collaborators Jair Montes, Ching Shu Huang, Urtė Groblytė, Im Kanokporn Vorapharuek and Marikki Nyfors ⎸ acknowledgments Sara Gane, Stefano Vosa, Sarah Anhorn, Gustavo Ciupryk and Lucas Resende
