La compagnie Dos à Deux

Saudade – Terres d’eau
by André Curti & Artur Ribeiro

“Saudade is what remains when everything is dead; it is the certainty that something always survives.” André Curti and Artur Ribeiro, a successful duo for years, have become a trio for this production that envelops audiences in an archetypal universe conjured up using the simplest of stage sets, and more broadly from the resources of nature and the destiny of humankind. The miniature world of the trio, who live in isolation in the middle of a blue sea that is quickly drying out, represents all those who have been uprooted from their lives to become “travellers in this world”. Through the use of mime, music and movement, through an explosion of imagination, creativity and humour, this production concerns itself with issues of exile, nostalgia and hope.


“Saudade for the sound of the sea and the smell of the rain, saudade for the ones we love, for the dreams we left behind!”