Freedom is the central theme in Zona Franca, a dance performance weaving together contact dance, TikTok, Afro-house and passinho.
Brazilian dance group Cia Suave and Alice Ripoll wrestle with questions of freedom in a piece connecting popular dance styles from Brazil, including passinho.
This piece considers the crossroads: how much is it possible to choose your path? How much can an artistic encounter change the course of a life? And what happens when a society chooses barbarism and war, and the individual finds themselves powerless? Are we really making our personal choices?
World premiere
06 – 08 July 2023
Festival de Marseille
Director
Alice Ripoll
Dancers
Tiobil Dançarino Brabo, Maylla Eassy, Romulo Galvão, Thamires Candida, Thamires Costa, GB Dançarino Brabo, Hiltinho Fantástico, Katiany Correia, DG Fabuloso
Director's assistant
Alan Ferreira / Thais Peixoto
Production Director
Joana D’ Aguiar
Production
Thais Peixoto / Isabela Pixoto
Light designer
Tomas Ribas / Diana Joels
Light
Tainã Miranda
Set designer
Alice Ripoll / Thais Peixoto / Rafael Elias
Costume
Alice Ripoll / Rafael Elias
Figurinista assistente e Costureiro
Gah - Gabriel Alves
Soundtrack
Alice Ripoll / Alan Ferreira / DJ Seduty
Sound technician and rehearsal director
Renato Linhares
Alice Ripoll
Dancers
Tiobil Dançarino Brabo, Maylla Eassy, Romulo Galvão, Thamires Candida, Thamires Costa, GB Dançarino Brabo, Hiltinho Fantástico, Katiany Correia, DG Fabuloso
Director's assistant
Alan Ferreira / Thais Peixoto
Production Director
Joana D’ Aguiar
Production
Thais Peixoto / Isabela Pixoto
Light designer
Tomas Ribas / Diana Joels
Light
Tainã Miranda
Set designer
Alice Ripoll / Thais Peixoto / Rafael Elias
Costume
Alice Ripoll / Rafael Elias
Figurinista assistente e Costureiro
Gah - Gabriel Alves
Soundtrack
Alice Ripoll / Alan Ferreira / DJ Seduty
Sound technician and rehearsal director
Renato Linhares
Photos and video
Renato Mangolin
Graphic design
Caick Carvalho
Media
Ana Righi
Press office
Marron Glacê Assecoria
Dance teachers
Tony Ewerton e Laura Samy
Participated in the creation process
Mey Barreto
International division
ART HAPPENS
Co production
Festival de Marceille
Festival d’ Automne à Paris
Charleroi Dance
RomaEuropa
Tandem
Tanzhaus NRW
Teatro Municipal do Porto
Julidans
Les Mécènes DanceAujourdhui
Dates 2026