
Contemporary Dance
Contemporary Dance (11-15 anos)
Contemporary dance classes for students aged between 11 and 15 have as their main objective the development of interpersonal relationships, as well as exploring the notion of identity and understanding the body and how it is positioned in the world through movement. The classes will be a combination of various contemporary dance techniques, as well as improvisation and creation exercises aimed at giving the student a solid contemporary dance vocabulary.
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Contemporary Dance (Adultos | +16 anos)
In these classes, through choreography and improvisation exercises, we will work on our relationship with the floor, freeing our bodies from tension and creating space in our joints. We will connect with space in order to fill empty spaces and develop large, expansive movements. Musicality and different movement dynamics will also be explored, always with the focus on finding pleasure and fun through movement.
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Contemporary Dance (6-10 anos)
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Andreia Fraga
Andreia Fraga, 1998, began her artistic career at Balleteatro Escola Profissional as a contemporary dance performer, where she had the opportunity to work with artists such as Né Barros, Cristina Planas Leitão, Flávio Rodrigues, Félix Lozano, Bruno Umberto, among others. In 2017, she premiered her first co-creation "Antes que Mude de Ideias" through the "Paralelo - 20 minutos" program supported by Teatro Municipal do Porto. In 2020 she finished her degree in Dance at Bath Spa University (UK), where she worked with companies and artists such as Impermanence Dance Theatre, Lila Dance Company, Antonia Grove, and Vicki Hearne.
In 2020 she worked as a trainee with Companhia de Dança de Almada and provided choreographic assistance for Flávio Rodrigues' play 'Hodiernidades'. In 2021, she became an associate artist of Visões Úteis for the 2021/2022 biennium. Also in April 2021, she premiered "Dois Peixes em Marte", a duet co-created with João Oliveira at the DDD out - Corpo + Cidade Festival.
In 2021, she worked as a production assistant at the Circular Festival in Vila do Conde, and then began a professional internship as a producer at Esquiva Companhia de Dança, where she was responsible for touring shows, for the company's various activities and also for co-programming and directing the production of the Desassossego Festival.
In 2022 she began teaching contemporary dance at the Balleteatro Education Service and completed her studies for a Master's Degree in Performing Arts in Production and Stage Direction at ESMAE.
Also at the end of 2022, she was invited to join the team of 10 local personalities who are part of the permanent local team of 2CN-CLab Cultura Guimarães 2032.
She currently works at Balleteatro, in charge of the dissemination and production of the artistic structure
João Oliveira
João Oliveira began his artistic career at Balleteatro, where he studied Theatre, went on to study Dance at Bath Spa University in England, and in 2021, finished his Management and Production course at Forum Dança. As a creator, he is the author of the plays Antes que Mude de Ideias (2017), Dois Peixes em Marte (2021), and Caem Calhaus do Céu (2022). He has taught and choreographed students at the Performact school, and was an integrated teacher in Balleteatro's CriArte project. As a performer, he has collaborated with various directors and choreographers, including Carlos Costa, Né Barros, Willi Dorner, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz, Filipe Moreira, Roberto Olivan, and Ricardo Pais, and is currently an associate artist with Visões Úteis.
Victor Gomes
Victor Gomes 1993, graduated from Escola Superior de Dança, Lisbon 2014.
Integrates as a performer the projects Sem Chão, Sem Fim, Sopro, Eternuridade and Um fio de ar by Amélia Bentes, Stay Still, Stand Silent by João Cardoso, SUGAR by the collective SillySeason, As cores da água by Projeto Cardo, among others. She co-creates the pieces Adapted to Y&Y with João Cardoso and Na Ausência de Ternura with Juliana Fernandes, currently co-produced by Teatro Municipal do Porto and Instável Centro Coreográfico. Member of the organization team of the Summer Intensive PT Festival 2015-2019. Attended the professional training Performact, 2018/19 and integrated the team of trainers and organization 2020-21. Part of the LETHES EM BRUTO festival team as a guest creographer.