Islands – a constellation
Sara Anjo
2022

“Islands – a constellation” addresses the imaginary of travelling and of island’s geography. It starts with the idea that an island is a body surrounded by the sea and lives cradled by the alternation of tides. Its sea mirrors the sky, and an island is a kind of star. It is no accident that islands, when drawn on maps or when captured by satellite images, look like constellations and invite the imagination of the fantastic. The island territory has long been the scene of fascinating journeys and fundamental to think of the most exuberant utopias and the darkest dystopias.
This piece explores choreography and movement in an intrinsic relationship with sound design. It develops a soundscape through feedbacks, field recordings made in Madeira, Desertas and Selvagens Islands. And vocal exercises based on the body’s breathing the movement.

Concept, performance: Sara Anjo
Sound design & light design: Artur Pispalhas e Sara Anjo
Production: Agência 25 | Vítor Alves Brotas
Residency Support: Alkantara, Dançando com a Diferença, Espaço do Tempo, Estúdios Víctor Córdon
Support: Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza (Madeira)
Co-production: Festival Lisboa Soa e Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, Câmara Municipal do Funchal
Thanks to: Ana Irene Rodrigues; Duarte Sousa (ARM); Flora Détraz, OceanSee e Margarida Mestre