Xana Novais HOW TO KILL… FOR THE SAKE OF DYING

If I do not live my truth, I only write it, reduce humanity to poetry, and poetry to a common sense of morality. If my own life isn’t perceived as a moral sacrifice, then maybe this is only poetry – not real life…

Artistic direction I Concept I Performance Xana Novais
Performance I Collaboration Ana Rita Xavier, Cata Gomes, Cru Encarnação, Zinnia Nomura, Fibi Eyewalker 
Sound design I Live manipulation Diogo Melo 
Assistant director Carolina Vouga 
Art direction Xana Novais 
Support for dramaturgy and production direction Tatiana Rocha 
Technical direction and sound José Afonso Monteiro 
Video Zhang Qinzhe 
Lighting Lui L’Abatte 
Blood mother Luz de Luna Duran 
Chess master Rafael Antonio Bergmann 
Phlebotomy technician Azul Luísa
Suspension technician Binho Barduzzi 
Process assistance Carolina Vouga 
Production and financial management COISAS Coletivo & V.E.R.M.E. 
Co-produced DDD – Festival Dias da Dança 
Residency co-production O Espaço do Tempo 
Residency support CRL – Central Elétrica 
Sponsorship Agência Funerária Nova Esperança 
Support Appleton, Theaterhaus Berlin, Carpintarias Lavandeira, ALCIMA Construções Metálicas, Associação Académica de Espinho, Medika
Acknowledgements Ângela Cardoso, Tiago Cardoso, Nino Ubezio, AMC-Vilarinho, Daniel Seabra, Francisca Marques, João Geraldo, Bernardo Sarmento, Marcus Porto, Camila Malenchini, João Bragança, Cláudia Galhós, Catarina Branco