Calixto Neto: Feijoada – Moving in November

Brazilian choreographer Calixto Neto invites us to witness the preparation of a feijoada, the symbolic but controversial dish of Brazilian gastronomy.

The feijoada is a symbol of Brazilian gastronomy, but its origin is at the heart of a controversy. Popular knowledge attributes its creation to slavery in Brazil, where enslaved people put together the scraps of leftover beans and meat thrown away from the houses of the masters. Some researchers contest this theory, but one can ask: is history linear and does it present only one version?

Calixto Neto, together with Ana Laura Nascimento, Yure Romão and transdisciplinary group of artists, invites the audience to witness the preparation of a feijoada in real time, with the cooking time being the duration of the performance. A roda de samba sets the rhythm of the evening. Songs, dance, personal and political stories intertwine with the cooking process and the ingredients of the feijoada.

What are the cheapest meats and flesh on the market? Which bodies are most affected by the inequalities generated by Brazil’s place in the global order? Colonial heritage is questioned and transformed into a celebration of music, dance, text, and food. In the end, everyone eats the feijoada together.

The performance is part of Moving in November festival 3.-13.11.2022. As part of the festival, there will be an open discussion with the invited artist and local host called Soup Talk on the 4th of November at noon in Caisa.

Calixto Neto is a Brazilian dance artist. He began his path by studying theater at the Federal University of Pernambuco, and later entered the master’s ex.e.r.ce of choreographic studies at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier. He was a member of the Lia Rodrigues company from 2007 to 2013 and has collaborated with Mette Ingvartsen, Anne Collod, and Luiz de Abreu, among others. Calixto Neto likes to think about the choreographic field as a place of intersection between notions of identity, representations of the (black) body, and decolonization.

Choreography: Calixto Neto
Assistance: Ana Laura Nascimento
Musical Direction: Yure Romão
Performance: Calixto Neto, Ana Laura Nascimento, Yure Romão, Emilia Chamone, James Müller, Julia Dolney, Marina Japonega, Kaiodê Encarnaçao
Technical Direction and Lights: Beatriz Kaysel
Costumes: Annie Melza Tiburce
Chef: Carolina Florio Castro
Production / Distribution: Julie Le Gall
Executive production during the creation: Festival d’Automne à Paris
Executive production and distribution since January 2022: VOA
Coproduction: Festival d’Automne à Paris, le Centquatre Paris and Passages Transfestival Metz

The performance contains nudity

Duration 150 mins
Tickets 30/15 € lippu.fi
Festival pass €48: https://holvi.com/shop/liikkeellamarraskuussa/