Aurora Negra - Theater Play
How are black people represented in a theater landscape that is still predominantly white? "Aurora Negra" ("Black Dawn") tells of life as a black female artist in Europe, of migration and racism, but also of stereotypes, attributions and projections.
The piece is an attempt to break through the structural invisibility of black people in the performing arts. The Portuguese performers Cleo Diára, Isabél Zuaa and Nádia Yracema have roots in Cape Verde, Angola and Guinea-Bissau.
In "Aurora Negra", they search for their identity and for a connection to their ancestors in Africa, tell autobiographical stories, revive ceremonies and rituals, dance, sing songs from their youth and quote the names of important black women in order to rescue them from oblivion.
Self-confident, combative and full of relish, they determine what is told and how. Humor and irony are omnipresent in this piece, but the satire never becomes bitter. Above all, you can see that the artists take great pleasure in being in their own skin.
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