Urban Requiem

Urban Requiem

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In a world where lines of code shape our reality as much as bricks and mortar, 'Urban Requiem' emerges as a raw work, a performance that purifies the human condition in our hyperconnected yet paradoxically isolated digital metropolis. 'Urban Requiem' unfolds in this strangely familiar landscape – a place where society functions but fails to truly live.

Throughout the performance, the audience will be challenged to recognize their own roles in this digital requiem. Are we merely variables in a vast urban algorithm, or can we be the programmers of a more compassionate codebase? 'Urban Requiem' is a call to action for both programmers and citizens. It asks us to examine the scripts that command our lives and consider: is it time for a radical refactoring of society?

Urban Requiem is a funeral for contemporary society that has forgotten how to truly live. It is simultaneously an austere memorial and a hopeful manifesto, challenging us to break free from our virtual tombs. It beckons humanity to rediscover the raw and imperfect beauty of genuine connection, urging us to embrace our imperfect love and find ourselves again in the labyrinth of our contemporary existence."

Credits:

• Direction and choreography: Ricardo Ambrózio

• Assistance: Mateus Melo (B-boy Bart)

• Performers: Andrei Nistor, Aleksandra Demina, Francisca Rodrigues, Joana Sousa, Olga Rabetskaya, Wallace Wong

• Light Designer: Tiago Canhoto

• Music: Rodrigo Ramalho

• Scenography: Daniyel Farhani

• Costumes: Vitor Alves da Silva