SYNOPSIS

TRANSATLANTICA is a visceral and poetic solo by Caroline Alves, where dance and storytelling intertwine to confront the gaps in colonial history. On stage, the body and water engage in a dialogue with ancestry, erasure, and resistance: a massive block of crystalline ice evokes the cold of absence and the weight of untold stories, connecting displaced bodies with the vast expanse of the transatlantic ocean. Through the story of Senhorinha, an Indigenous woman erased from her family’s history—as are many Indigenous women across Brazil and the Global South—Caroline brings the absence to life through movements that trace both loss and the reimagining of forgotten ties. It is a journey through silenced histories, where movement disrupts stillness and recreates memories "frozen" by colonial history.

Credits

Choreography & Dance: Caroline Alves
Choreography Assistance: Mareike Jung & Miro Wallner
Physical Preparation: Cintia Rangel
Dramaturgy: Aru Ray Tormann
Music/Sound: Marina Sarno
Light design: Raquel Rosildete
Costume design: Andreina Vieira
Set design: Daniela Bevervanso
Acting coach: Marcela Dias
Texts: Caroline Alves
Text coach: Marie Yan
Transatlantica Film: Tuca Paoli
Video artist/ projections: Tito Casal
Translation & Subtitles: Panthea
Video Documentation: Tito Casal
Photos: Sebastian Runge
Promotion & Marketing: Pocket Design
Production Management: MIFRUSH Production (Micaela Trigo & Urszula Heuwinkel) Production Management Assistant: Tamera Vinhas

Premiere in 2022 & restaged in 2023 at English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center.

Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.