A Pelo [a ˈpe.lo] - expression 1. Performed without protection or preparation, without much thought. 2. Naked; without disguise. 3. Colloq. without a saddle, bareback. 4. Fig. To face something unarmed, often impulsively.
In this raw, physical duet, which serves as a prequel to "We Play So Hard It Hurts ," Fernando takes you through a darker period in his past. A time of oversexualization, which often left him feeling ugly and condemned. The piece reveals how queer desire becomes the conflict and the body its battlefield. Unashamedly intimate: it demands to be seen, felt, and endured.
Two bodies captured. While one tries to escape, the other becomes the prison guard.
What if the only way out is through each other?
A Pelo isn't there to please you. It's there to possess you.
It pushes you to the limit with sweat and exposure, until there is nothing left but skin, breath and exhaustion.
Context program
On Friday, January 23, there will be a contextual program on pleasure activism, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM in Frascati 2. More information will follow.
