From poetry to artifice, from the magic object to the hidden systems, from harmless distraction to domination, Reindeer Age # 0 investigates what enchant us today. As we enter this era, we are welcomed by the notion of principle, where it all started, what is behind the curtains. And it is about being very specific: it is about becoming a vehicle, a receiver or an intermediary to materialize an intuition. History does not give me the freedom to act, it inserts me into a pre-defined context that tells me that as a human I am inserted in linear time and in the logic of events.
But time is not always linear.
Dante went down to hell. I’m going to the Reindeer Age to find what I thought was separate.
He attended the Professional School of Performing Arts and Crafts (Chapitô). He debuted as an actor in 2005 with the play “A Mata”, by Artistas Unidos. Between 2006 and 2009 he joined F.I.A in C.E.M (Accompanied Intensive Training), where he participated in several projects with Sofia Neuparth, Peter Michael Dietz, Ainhoa Vidal, Mariana Lemos, Carlos Zingaro, Vitor Rua, Thienry Simões, among others. In 2006 he performs his first solo “São Ualocin” at the Pedras d ́Água Urban Festival. In 2007 he works as an actor at Karnart, for the show “Visões Sobre Cemitério de Pianos”, staged by Luis Castro. Between 2009 and 2012 he attends the Theatre and Cinema Lisbon School. In 2010 he participates in the show “This Life is not Yours” written by Miguel Castro Caldas and staged by André Teodósio. In 2011 he participates in the show “Antes Que Tudo Acabe”, staged by Tiago Vieira. In 2012 he collaborates with Francisco Salgado in the creation of “Montra” and integrates the cast of actors at the National Theater D. Maria II until 2015. Between 2016 and 2017 he collaborates with Ana Rita Teodoro for the plays “Palco” and “Pavilhão”. He currently lives between Berlin and Lisbon. In Berlin, he completed his Masters in Solo / Dance / Authorship (SODA) at the Inter-University Center for Dance Berlin (HZT / UDK). In 2018 he developed and presented the show “What Is Already Here” at the Ponderosa Artistic Center, within the framework of the Ponderosa Tanzland Festival, in Berlin. In November 2019 he performed the show Reindeer Age #0 at Uferstudios in Berlin.
He has continued to carry out his work developing projects through artistic practices, meetings and shows that question and frame the notion of Magical Thinking associated with the notions of Worlding and New Materialism.
Concept and choreography Bernardo Chatillon
Performers Bernardo Chatillon, Matthieu Ehrlacher e Marc Lohr
Music Marc Lohr
Light design and scenic space André Uerba
Dramaturgy support Mariana Nobre Vieira
Technical coordination Carlos Ramos
Creation support Self-Mistake (ORG.I.A), HZT Berlin (SODA)
Production support Mafalda Miranda Jacinto (Rabbit Hole)
Residency support Trust Colective
A great actor and talented mover, Bernardo presents in PT21 his last work, Reindeer Age #0, a solid performance, full of invention and irony. Supported by an excellent music/peformance from Marc Lohr and the mysterious presence of André Uerba, the piece unfolds between memory and simple construction, as we slowly dive into a poetic world where the mechanics of usual objects becomes unfamiliar, surprising and delightful. Bernardo Chatillon has lived in Berlin for the past few years, where he finished his master degree in performing arts at HTZ Berlin / SODA and where he has been developing his work. On this return, we discovered a work where three interpreters navigate in ironic and subtle piece, supported by simple objects installed in an almost anodyne way but which gradually gain their protagonism. In the end all we witness is the struggle so familiar to human kind between beauty and danger, happiness and pain, actually the field of art unfolding live in front of us. “Dante went down to hell. I’m going to the Reindeer Age to find what I thought was separate” (Bernardo Chatillon).
Rui Horta
CONTACTS
Bernardo Chatillon
bernardofdchatillon@gmail.com
00351 967385810
Mickael de Oliveira was born in France, in 1984, and has lived in Portugal since 1999. In 2013, he got his Ph.D. in contemporary Portuguese and European dramaturgy from the School of Humanities – University of Lisbon, where he is post-doctoral fellow researching the presence of literature in contemporary theatre and dance. In 2008, Mickael founded Colectivo 84, the theatre company for which he develops playwriting and directing projects. His work O que é teu entregou aos mortais was distinguished with the Maria Matos New Playwriting Award (Maria Matos Municipal Theatre, 2007), and Clytemnestra received an Honorable Mention – António José da Silva Prize (D. Maria II National Theatre, Lisbon / FUNARTE, Brazil, 2012). Some of his most recent productions include Oslo–Fuck Them All and Everything Will Be Wonderful (co-created with Nuno M Cardoso, Gil Vicente Academic Theatre, São Luiz Municipal Theatre), The Constitution (2016, Dona Maria National Theatre), and the diptych Socrates Must Die (Socrates’ Death / The Life of John Smith, 2017/2018, Vila Flor Cultural Centre, São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Viriato Theatre, Gil Vicente Academic Theatre. Mickael has served as the artistic director of END – New Dramaturgy Encounters, a project that aims to foster new Portuguese and international playwriting (1st edition at the São Luiz Municipal Theatre, Lisbon, Nov. 2010; 2nd and 3rd editions at the Gil Vicente Academic Theatre, March, Coimbra, 2015/2019). He was Assistant Professor of Arts Administration and Artistic Studies at the School of Education and Humanities (Leiria), guest Lecturer at the School of Theatre and Film Studies (Lisbon), and guest Assistant Professor at the School of Humanities – University of Coimbra. From September 2011 to August 2015, Mickael was Assistant Artistic Director of the Gil Vicente Academic Theatre (Coimbra).
Patrícia Portela is a writer and performance maker born in 1974, living between Belgium and Portugal. She has a BA in set and costume design by the high school of theatre and cinema of Lisbon, a Masters of Arts in scenography and dramaturgy of space from the University of Utrecht and Saint Martins college of art in Antwerp, a post-graduation in theatricality and performativity from APT in Antwerp, a film stage at the European film school in Ebeltoft, Denmark, and a Masters in Philosophy of the University of Leuven, Belgium. Since 2003 she has worked on her own performances and installations in collaboration with international artists. She has achieved national and international recognition for her unusual work and is considered one of the most daring artists and innovative writers of her generation. She won the Revelation Prize in 1994 for her creative work in performance and cinema, the Prize Teatro na Década for T5 in 1999, the Gulbenkian Foundation Prize Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão for the performance Flatland I in 2004 and was one of the 5 finalists of the Sonae Media Art Prize 2015 with her installation Parasomnia, amongst other prizes. She has been invited to participate in the prestigious International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa in 2013 and to be the first Outreach Fellow. She was the first literary resident in Berlin in 2016, sponsored by the Portuguese Embassy in Germany/Instituto Camões. She lectures “dramaturgy and space” and “image” regularly at Universities and cultural centers in Portugal (such as University of Minho or University of Lisbon) and abroad (University of Antwerp, Escola de Escrita in Curitiba, etc). She is the author of several novels, short stories and performances, such as Dias úteis (2016, considered one of the books of the year by several reviewers) or Banquet (finalist at the Novel Prize of APE 2012). She is a chronicle writer for the prestigious Jornal de Letras since 2017 and for the National Radio Antena 1.
Rui Horta was one of the most influencial choreographers of his generation, his work being presented all over the world such as the Theatre de la Ville, that co-produced it for over a decade. He directed S.O.A.P. at the Mousonturm, and created for many companies such as NDT, Cullberg, Geneva, Gotemburg, etc. 
