Documentary about choreographer and dancer Olga Roriz premieres today in Lisbon

Produced by Mares do Sul, directed and written by Cristina Ferreira Gomes, the documentary is written and interviewed by Luiz Antunes, the result of two years of filming that accompanied the process of creating the show “Pas d’Agitation”, and its premiere , in Paris, in 2022, according to the production.

“Olga Roriz”, described as an “intimate journey through the creative and intense worlds” of the choreographer, will premiere today, at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, at 6:30 pm, with free entry, in the presence of the creator, and will be broadcast on RTP2 on Friday.

The long filming period allowed Cristina Ferreira Gomes – who also signed a documentary about the choreographer Vera Maintaino, in 2023, and is due to premiere another this year about Clara Andermatt – to establish closeness with the choreographer and create an intimate film about her life and work. by Olga Roriz, passing through different geographies, namely the Azores, Lisbon, Évora and Paris.

Olga Roriz’s repertoire in the area of ​​dance, theater and video consists of more than 90 works, including the most recent – ​​“The hour in which we knew nothing about each other” (2023), “Deste Mundo e do Outro” (Deste Mundo e do Outro) ( 2022), “My story is not the same as yours”, with interpretation by inmates, “Six months later” (2020), and “Autópsia” -, which, like most of his production, had performances across the country.

Roriz created and reassembled pieces for Ballet Gulbenkian, Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Ballet Teatro Guaira (Brazil), Ballets de Monte Carlo, Ballet Nacional de España, English National Ballet, American Reportory Ballet and Alla Scala in Milan (Italy).

Born in Viana do Castelo in 1955, Olga Roriz studied classical ballet and modern dance with Margarida Abreu and Ana Ivanova, joined the Dance School of the National Conservatory of Lisbon and became a prima ballerina at the Ballet Gulbenkian, where she was later invited to choreograph. .

In 1995, he created Companhia Olga Roriz, currently located in Palácio Pancas Palha, provided by the Lisbon City Council.

His repertoire in the area of ​​dance also includes, among others, the pieces “Pedro e Inês”, “Inferno”, “Start and Stop Again”, “Propriedade Privada”, “Electra”, “Os Olhos de Gulay Cabbar”, “Nortada”, “Jump-Up-And-Kiss-Me”, “Pets”, “The Rite of Spring”, “Before They Kill the Elephants”, “Syndrome”.

She was distinguished with the insignia of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (2004), the Grand Prize of the Portuguese Society of Authors (2008) and the Latinity Prize (2012), among others.

Contemporary dance has been a regular theme in the documentary work of Cristina Ferreira Gomes and Luiz Antunes, a mutual interest that deepened with the production of the 16-episode documentary series “Portugal que Dança”.

AG // TDI

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