The new creation by artist Ana Rita Teodoro explores the aesthetics of “fofo” (cute in English, Kawa\u00ef in Japanese, mi-mi in French), in all its social and political implications. It is a choreographed piece which seeks to expose the \u201cfofo\u201d as an appeasing tool of critical thinking (capitalism, consumerism), while at the same time, revealing it as a possible emancipatory aesthetic within the panorama of contemporary dance, in which minimalism, slow strength, non-aggression and pleasure stand in the face of speed, aggression and the hardness of today. <\/p>\n
The \u201cfofo\u201d has been investigated and analysed by different art history, sociology and philosophy theoreticians in recent years, and forms an important pilar in the development of consumerist societies and in the manipulation of the masses \u2013 Japan being an example. During the period of creation, two research workshops with adolescents took place at the Cartaxo Cultural Centre and the Secondary School of Alcanena, centred on improvisation and Butoh dance practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1202","apoiamos","type-apoiamos","status-publish","hentry","area-dance","categoria-performance-espetaculo","separador-apoiamos-co-productions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nObserving how it is present in different domains (art, literature, and in the world of commodities) allows us to understand, on a large scale, the inherent power of the \u201caesthetics of those without power\u201d (powerlessness), as defined by Sianne Ngai. \u00b4It is precisely in her research around the aesthetics of \u201ccute\u201d \u2013