O Tempo Avança por Sílabas

O Tempo Avança por Sílabas
"The Time Moves Forward in Syllables"

In the context of the 38th edition of the Grândola Book Fair

The Time Moves Forward in Syllables, the title of one of João Luís Barreto Guimarães’ books and poems, is a creation for one actress. In this proposal, which seeks a close connection with the audience, the word will be “served” in a simple way, as in any ordinary event. It is the ordinary that interests us — the everyday — everything that inspires us in the poet’s work. From an object present on stage, a kind of miniature scenography, the actress moves pieces, building places and small worlds where stories unfold that belong to us all. In this ever-changing movement, we go through a range of emotions, returning to an unrepeatable beginning, contributing to the passing of time.

Isabel Barros
Artist, co-founder of balleteatro (1983), artistic director of the Teatro de Marionetas do Porto since 2010 and of the Museu das Marionetas do Porto, inaugurated in February 2013. She has a vast artistic career that highlights the intersection of dance, theatre, and puppetry. Early on, she became interested in creating projects that privilege cross-disciplinary and community-based formats. In 2014, she founded the Corpo + Cidade Festival, dedicated to public space performance, which has been part of the DDD Festival since 2016.
In 2018, she received the Municipal Medal of Merit – Gold Grade. Porto is both her city of origin and her chosen place of work, where she develops her artistic practice with urgency and social commitment.

Teresa Lima
Graduated in Romance Philology, she completed the Actor Training Course at Comuna – Teatro de Pesquisa, the Pedagogical Sciences Course, and the Art of Speech Course at the National Conservatory. She taught Portuguese at preparatory and secondary levels, and Linguistics at university level. As an actress, she worked with Comuna, Novo Grupo (which she co-founded), and O Bando. She has taught Voice at Esmae, Balleteatro, Academia Contemporânea do Espectáculo, Centro de Estudos Judiciários, Escola Superior de Dança, Etic, and Act – Escola de Atores. She was part of the artistic direction of O Bando, where she was responsible for the oral dimension of around 30 productions. She trains professionals who use their voice in public.

Paula Abrunhosa
With an academic background in History and Musicology, she has worked as a children’s group trainer, primary school teacher, and artistic coordinator of the Orquestra Nacional do Porto. Since 2009, she has served as communications and production advisor at the Marques da Silva Foundation. In parallel, she has developed and participated in projects that bridge different artistic and cultural fields. She authored, among others, the radio program Art of Music: from word to music, from music to word – Jorge de Sena revisited (Antena 2); and co-created, with Palmira Troufa, the Olhares na BPMP project, where she has also been a narrator for the Audio Library since 2006; and the podcasts Escritos Escolhidos and Passa-a-Palavra: falemos de arquitetura. Her role as narrator in O Lobo Diogo e o mosquito Valentim (2006), a co-production between the Teatro de Marionetas do Porto, ONP, and Casa da Música, marked the beginning of her growing interest in theatre.

José Luís Guimarães
Architect and certified fencing coach. He was several times the Portuguese National Champion in foil and represented Portugal in European and World Championships. He was an Olympic athlete at Barcelona 1992.