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Martino Frongia
RAINHA DOS RAIOS

first performed on February 26, 2016
Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
performed twice in 2016

LUANA AGUIAR

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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RAINHA DOS RAIOS
LUANA AGUIAR

In “Rainha dos Raios” I recount the myth of Ogum—the god of war and iron of the Yoruba people of West Africa. The idea of the work is to convey orally the notion of the dispute between the feminine and the masculine through the African cultural matrix. In telling the myth to the public, I represent Iansã, the female orixá of the wind and the storms and the worship of the ancestors. The counting within the performance occurs in five cycles and with each short interval, I incorporate the elements of Iansã, whether in clothing or gestures.