5 Old Ladies

The 5 Old Ladies are a living oracle - vessels of ancestral wisdom, figures of resilience, humor, and mystery. They appear as guardians and witnesses, representing the fading memory of the women from Ribeira of Porto. They are not nostalgic; they are alive.

When it became impossible to bring them physically into the performances, Luísa Mota transformed their appearance into sculptures — puppets as extensions of their presence, crystallized in an identity that was disappearing.