William Cardoso: Deadline

In this work, we are looking to explore the idea of rupture, which highlights the contradictory spirit that we develop through the body in the final works. The rupture is not a surprise; rather, it is an accessory that we use to create a shift in the path of the movement.

William is interested in this idea of contact dance, which he takes completely the wrong way around. Contact dance is raw and not fluid. Something in the order of urgency. Like a kind of euphoria where the desire to touch the other takes priority over the technique of the body and the dancer.

We try to study the space and transform it into a playground in which the body can tell its story. Urgency means raw and dry. Two words that underlie the main lines of our research. The study of movement and its meaning is critical in our work. We are working on a dance and a performance that is full of movement but, most importantly, addresses the public. Authenticity is a key theme and moment in each work. How can an artist be authentic? How can we put our knowledge as dancers in the background and let our experience as humans take center stage?

"You miss one person, and everything is depopulated.” Lamartine wrote this line from his poem L'isolement in 1820. He was devastated by the sudden death of his lover, Julie Charles, from tuberculosis.

William Cardoso is supported by TROIS C-L – Centre de Création Chorégraphique du Luxembourg for 2023-24 in the framework of Grand Luxe Network.

Onassis Stegi’s participation in the network is developed as part of its Outward Turn Program initiatives.