DANÇA, ONDE ESTÁS?

DANÇA, ONDE ESTÁS?
The day of the big party is almost here, and my Dance is not ready, not dressed, not even wearing shoes... She revels in the beauty of the world, the love of the birds and the radiant stones of her garden.
Sometimes she seems to be in my hands, in my eyes... but suddenly she escapes to be distracted by her fascinating imagination, impressed by the labyrinths of colours and sounds. And now what? What do I do? What do I dance?
The show is inspired by the short story "Giraffes Don't Dance" by Guy Parker-Rees and Giles Andreae, an expedition to find what enchants us to dance and which we haven't yet discovered, and which is strangely different for everyone.

Né Barros is a choreographer, dancer and researcher. In her projects she regularly collaborates with visual artists, photographers, film directors, stage directors and musicians. She trained in classical dance and worked in contemporary dance and choreographic composition in the USA. She is a researcher at the Philosophy Institute of the University of Porto. She is a lecturer at ESAP - Escola Superior de Artes do Porto and a guest lecturer at various institutions. PhD in Dance, Master in Dance Studies. She studied Theatre. Co-founder of Balleteatro and artistic director of the Family Film Project.

Jorge Gonçalves works in the performing arts as a curator, choreographer, playwright, producer, performer and teacher. In 2014, he obtained the Amsterdam Master of Choreography at the Amsterdam University of the Arts, attended the Master in Artistic Performance - Dance (FMH, 2006), completed the Contemporary Dance Course at Balleteatro Escola Profissional (2005), and graduated in Engineering (FEUP, 2002). From 2009 to 2017, he co-founded and directed the performing arts programme MEZZANINE. In 2009, he was the co-artistic director and manager of OOPSA Associação and from 2008 to 2011, he co-founded and directed the production organisation Obra Madrasta. Since 2006 he has been producing and presenting his artistic work in Portugal, Germany, Austria, Spain and Holland. Since 2003, she has collaborated and worked with various choreographers such as Anna Pehrsson, Clara Andermatt, Daniel Kok, DD Dorvillier, Dinis Machado, Elisabete Finger, Goro Tronsmo, Isabelle Schad, Keith Lim, Litó Walkey, Mathilde Monnier, Né Barros, Rebecka Stillman, Susana Otero and Ula Sickle. He has collaborated with various institutions at national level (Balleteatro, Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte, LaBInDança, Asas de Palco, MARTE, Casa da Música) and international level (HZT and Tanzfabrik Berlin), leading workshops and working as a mentor for performing arts students. He has been an associate artist and coordinator of Balleteatro's educational service since 2021.