LOUNGE

Marga Alfeirão interweaves dance and music from the African diaspora, lap dance and female eroticism in a choreography of minimal, and sometimes barely visible, movements. A duet, but not only between the two dancers: in LOUNGE, active and passive rest, giving and taking, public and private come so close together that their distinctions completely blur. Conspiratorial, sensual and hypnotic. Sensuality is integral to this piece, and consequently so too is the atmosphere. By relying on erotics and building togetherness, LOUNGE taps into the comfort of rest as an active claim of womanhood.

The word “lounge” is both a verb, meaning to sit or lie in a relaxed way, and a noun, meaning a public room where people may relax. Lounging is both an action and a place, a space that you shape and inhabit and savour. This dual nature of rest, of waiting, of moving and being moved, is at the heart of this piece.