The Unborn
Flavia Pinheiro
Flavia Pinheiro - The unbornVeemHouse
Performance
dance, spiritual, mystical, liminal world, poetic, dark, Brazilian
Day: Saturday
Location: Theater de Nieuwe Vorst
Duur: 40''
Voertaal: language no problem
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The Unborn

On Saturday, Flavia Pinheiro (BR/NL) takes the stage at Theater de Nieuwe Vorst with The Unborn – a solo dance work previously presented at Holland Festival 2024, where spirits defy gravity, somersault through darkness, and hover in stillness. On Sunday, she returns with Mimosa, a lighter performance in which her research takes on a new form.

The Unborn moves between ritual and choreography, inviting reflection on both the fragility and resilience of life. Flavia creates an atmosphere where it feels as if the body can hear spirits, communicate with them, and even see with closed eyes. A kind of clairvoyant dance – at once intimate and magical.

What struck the MURF/MURW programmer most is Flavia’s powerful visual language and atmosphere. She transcends pure dance, crafting theatrical and shadowy images that evoke something just out of reach. Experiencing this piece feels like being slowly drawn into a tunnel – mysterious, intense, and tender all at once.

Concept, choreography & performance: Flavia Pinheiro
Music & sound design: Leandro Olivan
Costume: Marc Andrade
Text: Flavia Pinheiro & Chakirou Salami (Baba Ketu)

Flavia Pinheiro - The unbornVeemHouseThe unborn is a solo dance performance that transports the audience into a realm of enchantment. In the “in-between” world, an absent presence is evoked where troubling spirits defy gravity with somersaults, levitation, lingering in darkness. The dance embodies a sense of magical movement that can hear and communicate with ghosts, and can be seen through closed eyes, as if unlocking a clairvoyant perspective. It invites the audience to reflect on the fragility and resilience of life, the mysteries of the spirit world, and the eternal longing for continuity.The unbornIn the land of enchantmentsA poly-rhythmic language arisesIn an absent presenceThe unstoppable troubling spiritsSomersaults, levitates, turn their heads, tear their limbs apartShattering the edgesIn the spirit world, some feed on the tears of our tears;Belonging to the disembodied entitiesFor the ones who haven’t been born yetFor the ones who will never be bornFor those who died after birthFor those who live in flesh and bloodFor the (in) humans existencesan attempt to find refuge in a stolen lifeConcept and performance - Flavia PinheiroSound composition - Leandro OlivanVoice and text - Baba Ketu, ChakirouCostume - Marc AndradeLight design - Nadia BekkersCollaborators - Tom Oliver Jacobson and Rodrigo Batista
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