A Yellow Puzzle Horse - Dinis Machado

About

For the dancer and choreographer Dinis Machado, the dancing body is not only movement but also constant change. A body affected by both the room and the situation it is in, whether it is about political restrictions, gender identity or other playful practices more driven by lust.

The new work "Yellow puzzle horse" is no exception. It is a complex and searching solo where Dinis Machado (born 1987 in Portugal) continues to carve out their choreographic practice. An equally charged and signifying aesthetics, where every detail or movement that is part of their work affects what happens, and which was recently awarded with the 2020 Birgit Cullberg scholarship for young choreographer.

The ability to communicate with objects, words, body and sound in a state where everything can be questioned or renegotiated is something that has characterized the works of Dinis Machado that I have seen in different places. For example, the series of works, "Barco dance collection", where a number of different choreographers were invited to create short solos for them, were performed in or near various places that have been important to Dinis Machado since they moved to Stockholm almost ten years ago. It could be a lawn in Hammarby Seaport, the walkway outside a parking lot, a bookstore or a sweaty nightclub.

Coproduced by Weld (Stockholm/SE), Skogen (Gothenburg/SE), MARC (Kivic/SE)) and ZDB (Lisbon/PT)) Residency support of Siobhan Davis Dance (London/UK),  Inter arts Centre (Malmö / SE) and Citemor (Montemor o Velho / PT)

Production Support of Metal (Peterborough/UK)

Financed by Kulturrådet (SE), DGArtes (PT) and Arts Council England (UK)

The work in progress variation "A dance for a dress in the forest" was  commissioned by Anna Asplind for Sjösala Dansbana - Unexpected Movements within the context of Movements of Change in partnership with Riksteatern.