The blend of dance puppetry and confession in a story of unholy love for one time back in Amsterdam.

Angel depicts classic fall from Grace of a tramp who meets an angel in a graveyard and sets up home with him. Through the angel we enter an ambivalent world of dreams, curses and revelation. Is the angel a companion, a messenger, a judge or is it just the bad trip of a tramp who has had one too many..?

17 – 28.02 [exept on mon/tues] 12:30 uur
Lunch performance  Pop Arts Festival /Theater Bellevue   

concept and performance Duda Paiva
direction, script Paul Selwyn Norton
puppet Ulrike Quade
light design Bas Vissers
light and sound Hanc C. Boer, Mark Verhoef
music Jim Barnard - Duda Paiva
coach puppetry Neville Tranter

ANGEL is produced by Korzo Theater / CaDance 2004 and Laswerk. With funding from the NFPK+

AWARDS

2008 Best interpretation – Lleida [SP] 2007 Best Overall Production, International Teatr Treff Tallinn [EE] 2006 critics choice FITAZ, La Paz [BO] 2006 Little Prince - Grand Prix Lutke 06, Ljubljana [SL] 2005 Prize of the Polish Artists' Association for the mastery in animation, Festival Baj Pomorski Torun [PL] 2005 Grand prix and Public award, 6th International Spectaculo Interesse Ostrava [CZ] 2005 selected for the Dutch dance days

PRESS

"Danser en poppenspeler Eduardo de Paiva Souza hield jong en oud gevangen met een even knappe als ontroerende solo waarin hij als dronken zwerver een stenen engel bij een kindergraf tot leven wekt. " - De Volkskrant

‘’Mixing dance, physical theatre and life-sized puppets, Brazilian-born Paiva and writer Paul Norton create an intoxicating bad trip that will be memorable, and definitely not for bedtime.’’ - Metro

If you like seeing puppetry with real skill and imagination that brilliantly explores the crossover with modern dance, don’t miss the next opportunity to catch up with Duda Paiva.- The Tobacco Factory

‘’Look forward to the powerful solo performance Angel by award winning Dutch performer Duda Paiva…’’- Dundee Hot Animation Festival 2008

‘'It’s when he is caught in a feverish duel of will with the puppet he wields that the performance becomes extraordinary.- The Straits Times

‘’Uno spettacolo che ti tocca dentro, che quando esci dalla sala ti sembra di camminare a un metro da terra, che ti fa brillare gli occhi e quando guardi gli occhi del vicino trovi la stessa luce, senti di aver condiviso qualcosa di importante. Uno spettacolo come ce ne vorrebbero tanti…ed invece sono pochi.’’ - Il Gazzettino