An ephemeral character such as that of live performances always confronts us with their fragile materiality. In most cases, we are left only with the memory and accounts (and some photos or video records) as a possibility for historical reconstitution. Yet, its strength and existence are undoubtedly constituted by what happens in that particular moment between the spectator and the spectacle.

The coincidence between being invited by the Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte (BCN) to create a piece for the company and its 20th anniversary seemed to me the appropriate time for a retrospective exercise. As if looking at the past we could suspend for some moments an uncertain present, thus making future actions possible.

"Repertoire for Chairs Costumes and Extras" is an attempt in composition and recreation departing from several works of the BCN repertoire, of my own work and of some fundamental authors of the history of dance, taking three thematic elements as its axis: chairs, costumes and extras.

Miguel Pereira