Happy Island

Happy Island is fruit of a happy encounter between the dancer and choreographer from Madrid, María José Ribot, and the Dançando Com a Diferença company, directed by Henrique Amodeo and working with disabled people. Based on the island of Madeira, every year it commissions well-known dancers to produce a choreography. They contacted La Ribot as they wanted this revolutionary artist to impress upon them a higher degree of fearlessness, to tackle a complex subject: sexual and family relationships. This play involves five dancers, who release their bodies and minds when they dance with absolute freedom. A communion that seeks a vital attitude and defends diversity without prejudices. It also reflects upon the sometimes traumatic connection between insular isolation and the thrust of desires. Furthermore, it offers an impressive view of the Portuguese island with its volcanic beauty and fertile vegetation, supported by the film especially created for the occasion by Raquel Freire. A tribute to this land and its people. Myth, reality and legend in movement.