For his new piece, sched­uled for 2026, Brazili­an cho­reo­graph­er Mar­celo Evelin is work­ing on an object which is halfway between a per­form­ance and an install­a­tion, in which the audi­ence will have its place.

Fol­low­ing on from the work and reflec­tions of his mul­tidiscip­lin­ary col­lect­ive Demoli­tion Incor­porada over the past 30 years, Mar­celo Evelin reflects on new scen­ic devices and oth­er con­di­tions of per­form­ativ­ity. BANANADA is con­ceived as a cho­reo­graph­ic and son­ic object that unfolds like a col­lect­ive rite, a shared exper­i­ence. The per­form­ance will involve voice, move­ment and storytelling, envi­sion­ing cho­reo­graphy as a cre­at­ive prac­tice shared by per­formers and audi­ence alike. In this respect, moments of resti­tu­tion of the work in pro­gress, such as this pub­lic open­ing, are of par­tic­u­lar import­ance in BANANADA’s cre­at­ive process.