SYNOPSIS

In this workpiece, both dancers, mother and daughter exchange experiences and crash stories of their bodies. The title is a double reference to the cultural lineages and the biological gene that unite mother and daughter. From the analogy of the body gene, the cultural gene is approached, that which leads a piece of information from one generation to the other and modifies it until new meanings arise. The "swan" is the metaphor that carries the time play proposed by the bodies. In the 50s, the mother (Janice Vieira) received a transcription of The dying swan by Michel Fokine, through her Russian teacher Maria Olenewa (who had learned the choreography from Ana Pavlova in the early 20th century). In the 70s, Janice Vieira takes ownership of Fokine's swan movement, combines it with a Charleston step and proposes a sliding dance, with feet on the ground. In LinhaGens (Lineages), the daughter (Andréia Nhur) tries to decipher the choreography's transcript and dances a swan with backslide steps.

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CREDITS

Creation and Performance: Andréia Nhur and Janice Vieira