conversations in ten questions 60: Carolina Bianchi
Among the invitees of the 77th edition of the Festival d'Avignon – one of the world's prominent performing arts festivals, taking place from July 5th to 25th, 2023, was the Brazilian director, playwright and actor Carolina Bianchi who was invited by Tiago Rodrigues, the festival director and a Portuguese theatre-maker. Based in Amsterdam, Bianchi made her debut at the Avignon Festival, presenting the world premiere of her performance A Noiva e o Noite Cinderela (The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella), the first part of her Cadela Força (Bitch Power) Trilogy. Bianchi is the director of the collective Cara de Cavalo (Horse Face) and her works explore the gaps between theatre, performance, and dance while addressing issues such as patriarchy, phantasmagoria, historical agreements, gender crisis, colonial heritage, and excessive eroticism. She describes her artistic practice as involving “physical practices engaging in a lively conversation with imagination, intervening in the ...