Casio Tone

With just two performances in the tiny Purcell Room, not many will have seen Casio Tone. This is a shame because (…) the hybrid piece reveals much about urban life.

Set in a tiny caravan-like box set on a black stage, the 50-minute wordless performance looks like a silent film, with mime, choreographed movement and pre-recorded Sixties slush. Casio Tone follows the life of Suzy Homemaker [as Ms. Domicília was called in the UK], an urban lady of a certain age who sublimates her loneliness with domestic routine.

(…) Casio Tone looks like a kid’s cartoon, but its undertow is all adult.

Sarah Frater, Evening Standard, May 30, 2003 (London)

CASIO TONE CREW

Script, choreography, scenography, performance

Sílvia Real

Script, soundtrack, scenography, computer animation, sound operation

Sérgio Pelágio,

Scenography, computer animation, graphic design

Carlos Bártolo

Costume design

Ana Teresa Real

Technical direction, lighting design

Carlos Ramos

Carpentry

José Manuel Rodrigues

Commissioned by

Danças da Cidade 97’

Acknowledgements

Real Pelágio Productions thanks all the people who, throughout many years, curated and supported Ms. Domicília’s trilogy.

PRESENTATIONS

1997 - Frankfurt, Germany, Mousonturm Theatre, Junge Portugiesische Choreographen, October 14 - Lisboa, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Belém, Festival Danças na Cidade, November 19-22 1998 - Beja, Portugal, Casa da Cultura de Beja, March 18-19 - Vila do Conde, Portugal, Auditório Municipal, Perspectivas – Festival de Dança e Teatro de Vila do Conde, May 28 - Lisboa, Centro Cultural de Belém (Centro de Pedagogia e Animação), October 19–November 8* - Aveiro, Portugal, Cine-Teatro Aveirense, Mostra de Jovens Criadores 98, November 13 - Coimbra, Portugal, Teatro Gil Vicente, November 17 - Guarda, Portugal, Auditório Municipal, November 24 - Braga, Portugal, Teatro Circo, November 27 - Porto, Teatro Rivoli, Festival Internacional de Marionetas do Porto, December 3-4* - Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, December 15-16 1999 - Lille, France, Le Grand Bleu Théâtre, January 8 - Lisboa, Portugal, Teatro Cinearte, March 4-7 - Rome, Italy, Biennale dei giovani artisti dell'Europa e del Mediterraneo, June 1 - Reggio Emilia, Italy, Teatro della Cavallerizza, June 20 - Évora, Portugal, Celeiros da EPAC, October 21-22 - Ericeira, Portugal, Casa da Cultura Jaime Lobo e Silva, November 12-13 - Aix-en-Provence, France, Festival Hiver en Danse – Ballet Preljocaj, December 10 - Odivelas, Portugal, Centro Cultural da Malaposta, December 17* 2000 - Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, Ateneu Vilafranquense, January 5-6* - Toulouse, France, Centre de Développement, January 15 Tomar, Portugal, Lagares del Rei, April 8 - Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, Os Pimpões, April 12 - Covilhã, Portugal, Teatro das Beiras, Encontros de Dança da Covilhã, May 13 - Torres Vedras, Portugal, Espaço Transforma, December 15* 2001 - Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Ventana Abierta Teatralia, March 30 - Almada, Portugal, Sementes – Mostra Internacional de Artes para o Pequeno Público, May 25 - Guarda, Portugal, A Guarda é uma criança, May 30 - Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal, Centro de Estudos de Novas Tendências Artísticas, June 4-5 and 9* - Portalegre, Portugal, October 20 - Estarreja, Portugal, Espaço do Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte, October 26 2002 - Torres Vedras, Portugal, Espaço Transforma, February 1-2 - Madrid, Spain, Cuarta Pared, Teatralia 2002, March 1-3 - Aranjuez, Spain, La Nave de Cambaleo, Teatralia 2002, March 6-7* - Valencia, Spain, Escalante Centre Teatral, 11.º Cicle de Micro-spectacles, March 10-12 - Lousada, Portugal, Teatro Municipal de Lousada, April 23 - Ljubljana, Slovenia, International Festival of Theatre and Dance Mladi Levi, August 28 - Gijón, Spain, Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto, Jornadas de Danza, October 21 - Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal, Cine-Teatro António Lamoso, November 7-9 2003 - London, UK, Royal Festival Hall – Purcell Room, May 29* - Ovar, Portugal, Festival Internacional de Marionetas, June 13 - Guimarães, Portugal, Semana de Dança, July 18* - Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, Casa das Artes, September 25-28* - Dublin, Ireland, The Ark, Dublin Theatre Festival, October 6-11* - Castelo Branco, Portugal, Cine-Teatro Avenida, October 16 - Bologna, Italy, Teatri di Vita, Atti Puri Danza Impura Festival, November 28-29 - Lisboa, Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Acarte (presentations to school children and corporations’ staff), December 2-14 * 2004 - Viseu, Portugal, Viriato Teatro Municipal, January 29-31* - Porto, Portugal, Fundação de Serralves, Ciclo de Dança e Música As Meninas, April 3 - Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal, Centro Coreográfico Espaço do Tempo, Dança com Livros, May 7 2005 - Faro, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Faro Capital da Cultura, May 18-19 2006 - Sines, Portugal, Centro de Artes de Sines, January 13* - Cartaxo, Portugal, Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, May 12-13* Arcos de Valdevez, Casa das Artes, June 9* - Entroncamento, Portugal, Centro Cultural do Entroncamento, October 3 - Cacém, Portugal, Auditório Municipal António Silva, October 13 2007 - Lisboa, Portugal, Culturgest, January 15-16 and 19 - Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, Teatro Esther de Carvalho, January 27-28 - Montijo, Portugal, Cine-Teatro Joaquim d’Almeida, October 28-29* 2008 - Lamego, Portugal, Teatro Ribeiro Conceição, April 4-5* - Gouveia, Portugal, Teatro Municipal de Gouveia, October 11 2010 - Pécs, Hungary, Pécsi Sörfözde, May 8

* Presentations for children followed by workshops or talks facilitated by the artists with the young audiences