A Velocidade da Luz
[The Speed of Light]

Created with older adults and based on their memories, the show directed by the Argentinian Marco Canale occupies spaces around the city, intertwining true stories and fiction. Local residents with no theater background are selected in each area where the performance takes place, sharing their memories—this version is the outcome of a four-week residency with locals from the Santos area. Their accounts are weaved together through a fictional script connected to the story of the city. During the performance, viewers walk around different streets and spaces, getting to the home of these characters and to a “sacred” place in the city, where they share stories and songs, building an intimate cartography of the territory. 

Marco Canale is a theater and film director from Buenos Aires who creates theater and film projects in the intersection between biography, documentary, and fiction, moving around public and private spaces. His plays have been performed in places including the Edinburgh Festival, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (Berlin), The Row (New York), Festival Re/Posiciones (Mexico City), Young Vic Theatre (London), Casa De América (Madrid), and Teatro Nacional Cervantes (Buenos Aires). 

CAST AND CREW
Creation, writing, and direction: Marco Canale
Artistic partnership, research, and territory liaison: Marina Guzzo 
Assistant director: Joaquina Sachmann Braceras, Marô Zamaro and Maya Andrade
Cast: Augusto Rollo, Carmencita Dornelas, Claudete Apri, Cristina Cattapan, Diva Ramona, Nenê Bithes, Emerson Rodrigues, Ercília Nogueira, Erika Gaertner Hopfgartner, Evelyn Kubota, Fátima Diez, Helena Leal, Irá Borsoi, Isaura Assumpção, Ivanilde Fernandes, Tchellos de Brito, Iza Alves, Chris Guastelli, Cris Cordeiro, Cris, Maclê, Fati Gonçalvez, Nita Ruiz, Zezé Muglia, Judite Carneiro, Rute Gonçalves, Marialva, Marilene Lúcia, Marina Freire, Nalva Anjos, Oduvaldo de Oliveira, Rô Cortez, Rosilda Xavier, Sandra Petty, Silvia Diaz, Sueli Café, Zazá Rocha, Diez, Julio Cesar Pilãozinho, Moa, Vera Lúcia de Souza, Vera Lúcia da Silva, Maria Cordeiro, Cris Carneiro, Edna Dimas Xavier, Cristina Cattapan, Tima Freire
Scenic space: Mariana Tirantte 
Technical coordination: Jimmy Wong 
Production: Corpo Rastreado – Rodrigo Fidelis
Institutional partnership: Lab Corpo, Arte Unifesp, Futrica Economia Criativa and Instituto Procomum

www.marcocanale.com