Naked City is a play composed by bodies + objects installed on a dark surface in a blind confrontation with the audience. The model proposed contemplates the idea of "live manipulation" and expresses a tridimensional dynamic: scenic space, image and sound. It is a collective project focused on the economy of words and gestures that transmits the constant possibility of metamorphosis.

Naked City starts in black and ends in white.

It's a show that resembles an experiment, an abstract but concrete vision about the issue of the perception of look. Human beings choose what to see as much as what to hear, and consequently what to touch.

The look dominates the essence of  Naked City, turning the visible, visible. There are whispers and shadows, and nameless things. Reports a journey to a city, which is ours as well.

The project intends to explore, clarify and expose an approach to human senses based on three major lines of creation: nude space/neutral territory; internal/external habitability; specificities/complicities; attractions/repellencies.

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ARTISTIC CAST 

Artistic Direction & Staging

Pedro Sena Nunes and Ana Rita Barata

Image & Video

Pedro Sena Nunes

Musical Direction

Amélia Muge, António José Martins and José Manuel David

Choreography & Movement

Ana Rita Barata

Movement Assistant

Ana Caetano

Voice/Singer

Amélia Muge

Musicians 

António José Martins and José Manuel David

Dancers

Graça Reis, Hélio Santos, Madalena Silva and Susana Mendes

Actress

Susana Vidal

Cast

Twenty interpreters (as a result of a workshop) and two blind interpreters

Set Design and Space Architecture

Eric da Costa

Costume Design

Rita Sena

Artistic Consultant and Writer

Gonçalo M. Tavares

Graphic Design

Sofia Ponte 

Light Design

José Rui Silva

Sound Design

António José Martins

Image Direction

Pedro Sena Nunes

Cast/Artists Assistance

Laura Alvelos

Scene Assistance

Tânia Silva

Production

Vo'Arte

Executive Production

Laura Alvelos and Sofia Ponte