performance | RAÍZES Untamed Productions

“When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind” African Proverb People, home, roots, travel, identity, together, different, road, me, you… us. "Fed in “saudade”, and in my personal search of an identity rooted so deeply that it doesn’t matter where: I’m at home. I’m at home because I know from where I came from, I know the bricks that built my walls, I know the desires that end my hunger, and the tears that quench my thirst. I take my home with me and spread it all over, inviting people to this feast of senses that it is to be Brazilian." Ricardo Ambrozio.

pictures: Ricardo Ambrosio

Based on this search for a home and identity, RAÍZES, a trip of different people, carries us through the deepest labyrinth of our souls and make us question how deep are our roots.

Directed by Ricardo Ambrozio

Original: Soundtrack by Cláudio Rabeca e Rodrigo Ramalho

Performed: Marina Abib, Beno Novak, Fruta Come, Pieter Desmet, Junior Yussuf and Jenna Jalonen.

Co-production: Ilú Dança Teatro

Special thanks: CC De Werft, CC Wolubilis, Maison de la Creation, Workspace Brussels, GC De Kriekelaar, Ultima Vez.

Premiered CC De Werft/ Geel (BE) and GC Kriekerlaar/ Brussels (BE)

Performed in Portugal, Belgium and Mexico.