January 28—February 7, 2026
Dance, performance, visual arts
Festival of international emerging artistic practices
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Marseille and Aix-en-Provence
Marga Alfeirão
LOUNGE
2023
January 29 at 21:30
Friche la Belle de Mai, Grand Plateau
Danse
Duration: 50 min
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10€ / 15€
In co-presentation with Friche la Belle de Mai
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. LOUNGE is a duet for two female-identifying bodies. Together they move through states of active and passive rest, using each other’s presence to go deeper into themselves and the vibe. Permeating the piece is the notion of the Invisible Lapdance, consisting of small, nearly imperceptible dances that use the gaze to blur the borders between the giver and receiver. Sensuality is integral to this piece, and consequently so too is atmosphere. By relying on erotics and building togetherness, LOUNGE taps into the comfort of rest as an active claim of womanhood.
Biography
Marga Alfeirão
Marga Alfeirão (Lisbon, 1994) uses media to carve safe spaces for the exploration of intimacy and sexuality through dance and performance. Heavily influenced by dance genres and sound textures from the African diaspora disseminated through Lisbon’s social tissue, Alfeirão attempts an active claim of womanhood, making room for female and feminine-gazed sensualities. Lounge (2023) was awarded the 8:tension Young Choreographers Award. In the same year she premiered No Biggie Deal, a solo on Notorious B.I.G., the Brooklyn rapper, deriving from tabloidism and nostalgia inciting the question is Biggie Bisexual? Her first group work no c o r a ç ã o dela premiered last December, together with a team of eight artists, in Sophiensæle, Berlin.
Crédits
Distribution
Concept: Marga Alfeirão
Performance: Mariana Benengue, Myriam Lucas
Choreography and dance developed with: Myriam Lucas, Cajsa Godée, Mariana Benengue
Music editing and mixing: Shaka Lion
Scenography: Yoav Admoni
Costume design: Nani Bazar
Light design: Thais Nepomuceno Veiga
Dramaturgical support: Jette Büchsenschütz
Distribution: neon lobster – Giulia Messia & Katharina Wallisch
Thanks to: Francisca Spuzi
Production
Marga Alfeirão
Co-production
Sophiensæle, Berlin
Premiered on
January 6, 2023 – as part of Tanztage 2023 at Sophiensæle (Berlin).
Photo
© Mayra Wallraf
