Sacred season of contemporary performance

 

Tuesday 22 November 2011 15:18 GMT
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Thelma Bonavita - Eu Sou Uma Fruta Gogoia (I am a Gogoia Fruit). Inspired by Gal Costa's classic song, Brazilian artist Bonavita explodes onto the stage with a pop/fashion satire on the Tropicália Movement, a revolutionary movement of the Brazilian 1960s art world.
Thelma Bonavita - Eu Sou Uma Fruta Gogoia (I am a Gogoia Fruit). Inspired by Gal Costa's classic song, Brazilian artist Bonavita explodes onto the stage with a pop/fashion satire on the Tropicália Movement, a revolutionary movement of the Brazilian 1960s art world. (Gil Grossi)

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Chelsea Theatre's season of contemporary performance kicks off this week. Sacred is a jam-packed programme of live art which starts in November but is scattered throughout the year.

There's an international link with Brazilian artists based at Sergio Porto in Rio de Janeiro and a return visit from Sacred perennial, Gustavo Ciriaco. The renowned Brazilian dance artist Thelma Bonavita brings her UK premiere Eu Sou Uma Fruta Gogoia (I am a Gogoia Fruit) to the UK, inspired by Gal Costa's famous folk song twenty nine years after she recorded it. Dorothy’s Shoes pays homage to Brazil via the an interactive installation based around a ‘dancehall’ theme, offering a reflection on cultural tourism.

UK-based artists Martin O'Brien, Gillie Kleiman and Joseph Mercier get at times uncomfortably physical on 24 November as part of the world premiere of Threesome - a themed night of their individual and intimate work examining body issues in a Sacred sense. All three pieces: Mucus Factory at 7pm and the double bill of Ophelia is Not Yet Dead and Giselle (or I’m too Horny to be a Prince) at 8pm promise to be provocative and sensual in turn.

Bristol’s Action Hero return, heroic as ever, with a London Premiere of Frontman on 25 November at 8pm. The duo perform a brazen, half-cut version of a faded comeback gig, balanced between euphoria and a car crash.

Francesca Millican Slater presents her signature take on the fascination of an old postcard, Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs for a Saturday matinee on 26 November. David Hoyle, in conjunction with Club de Fromage, once again graces the Sacred stage a one-off comedic cabaret.

Find out more about the events in pictures (above).

Chelsea Theatre, 7 World's End Place, London SW10 0DR, www.chelseatheatre.org.uk

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