Sweat Sweat Sweat (um conjunto de pequenos afrontamentos)

While, twenty years ago, my first series of short pieces was about the end of youth, now, this second series of short pieces will be about the end of adulthood. While my first series of short shows celebrated a summer flourishing with desire and possibilities, this one marks the end of summer and the scent of oncoming autumn, of changes in the air, in body and in spirit, of becoming accustomed to a body in transformation and a new state that arrives, is accepted, and is welcomed. Chinese philosophy speaks of a fifth season of the year, late summer, an expectant period, of preparation for a new stage, serene and comforting. In the timeline of my life, I feel and see myself here, experiencing a late summer, preparing myself for the second half of my life physically, emotionally, artistically.

It is said that summer is nostalgic, that it brings many memories, memories of other summers. These short performance poems will be, perhaps, at heart, summer postcards. Wish you were here…

— Sónia Baptista

Thanks to: David Cabecinha, Carla Nobre Sousa, Armando Valente, Dina Magalhães, Nelson Guerreiro, Filipa Brito, João Pedro Azul, Isidro Paiva, Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues, Mariana Ricardo, Joana Neves, Maria João Garcia, Carmen Inácio e sus Muchachos, Miguel Lobo Antunes, Daniel Tércio & Guest, Mário Afonso, Miguel Pereira, Guida Moura, Carla Bolito, Adriana Bolito, Margarida Campelo, Maria João Guardão, Cristina Correia, Ana Água, Alípio Padilha, João Lemos, João Ferreira, António Gouveia,Rodrigo Gomes, Inês Gonçalves, Sofia Fernandes, Miguel Freitas, Nanica, Patrícia Andrade