Arte Jovem

Andrei Bessa is a performer, director and researcher from Fortaleza (BR). He has a Master’s degree from the Postgraduate Programme in Arts (UFC, Brazil). Artist with Inquieta Cia. and Vagar Associação Cultural. Collaborator with Thereza Rocha’s study group “Dramaturgia: o que quer e o que pode o corpo?”. In 2021, he moved to Lisbon to research at PACAP 5 (Forum Dança), curated by João Fiadeiro. Among her various research projects, she also produces art for children, with a greater emphasis on theatre. In this area, she directed and wrote the plays “Esconderijo dos Gigantes” (2015) and “Quem tem medo do escuro?” (2009).

Carla Ribeiro starts studying Classical and Modern dance with Igor Ivanoff and Madalena Victorino.

She graduated from Escola Superior de Dança and took the Dança na Comunidade course at Forum Dança. In her further training she works with Carolyn Carlson, Ann Papoulis, Stephanie Skura and Mestre Noro.

As a performer, highlights include shows performed with Olga Roriz Companhia de Dança, Susana Vidal, Marina Nabais Dança, John Mowat, Tânia Carvalho/Aza Companhia, Companhia Paulo Ribeiro, Ricardo Pais, O Útero, Pigeons International, Nuno Carinhas, Teatro O Bando , etc.

In addition to her artistic activity, she teaches Contemporary Dance at Forum Dança and Creative Dance at Colégio Cesário Verde.

As a teacher, she took classes in Contemporary Dance at Forum Dança, Inclusive Dance at Fundação Liga, Creative Dance at Colégio Cesário Verde (and current Cesário Verde International School) and Body Classes at AMA.

João Pinto (aka PTV), director, editor & image manipulator. Completed the superior film school in 1993. He collaborated with numerous creators in the field of contemporary dance, music, theater and cinema:

Aldara Bizarro, Filipa Francisco, Paulo Ribeiro, Vítor Rua, Nuno Rebelo, Carlos Barreto, Fernando Mora Ramos, Edgar Pêra, Miguel Seabra, among others, promoting their works and signing many original video creations.

He has produced video art projects, documentaries, and music videos. Pioneer of video jamming (VJ) from 1996 to the present day. He participated in educational and innovative Art projects in public schools: Projecto Respira (2009/10) and “Somos Nós” (2021). He has worked on several development projects with minorities (Alkantara Festival and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2008/11), “Nu Kre Bai Na Bu Onda” and “Tapete”. “A Preguiça Ataca?”, documentary complement to the contemporary dance piece (2022). “A Mulher Azul”, directing a short film for RTP Palco (2022).

Manuela Pedroso has a degree in Theatre/Training of Actors and Directors by Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, in Lisbon. She attended the Community Dance Monitor Course organized by Forum Dança, in 1992/93.

Since 1986 she works as a professional actress in several theatre companies; Teatro Espaço, Teatro da Malaposta, Teatro do Século, Teatro Meridional, Casa Conveniente, among others; directed by the directors: Águeda Sena, José Martins, Figueira Cid, Rui Mendes, Mário Feliciano, Inês Câmara Pestana, Miguel Seabra, Layla Ripol, Mónica Calle, Inês Barahona, Giacomo Scalisi, Miguel Fragata, João de Brito, and Caroline Bergeron.

She participated as an interpreter in the Dance area in choreographic projects by Margarida Pinto Coelho, Paulo Henrique, and Madalena Victorino.

She has been working since 1991 as a trainer in the field of Theater and Creative Dance with various official entities that promote artistic education in Portugal.

Carla Ribeiro starts studying Classical and Modern dance with Igor Ivanoff and Madalena Victorino.

She graduated from Escola Superior de Dança and took the Dança na Comunidade course at Forum Dança. In her further training she works with Carolyn Carlson, Ann Papoulis, Stephanie Skura and Mestre Noro.

As a performer, highlights include shows performed with Olga Roriz Companhia de Dança, Susana Vidal, Marina Nabais Dança, John Mowat, Tânia Carvalho/Aza Companhia, Companhia Paulo Ribeiro, Ricardo Pais, O Útero, Pigeons International, Nuno Carinhas, Teatro O Bando , etc.

In addition to her artistic activity, she teaches Contemporary Dance at Forum Dança and Creative Dance at Colégio Cesário Verde.

As a teacher, she took classes in Contemporary Dance at Forum Dança, Inclusive Dance at Fundação Liga, Creative Dance at Colégio Cesário Verde (and current Cesário Verde International School) and Body Classes at AMA.

João Pinto (aka PTV), director, editor & image manipulator. Completed the superior film school in 1993. He collaborated with numerous creators in the field of contemporary dance, music, theater and cinema:

Aldara Bizarro, Filipa Francisco, Paulo Ribeiro, Vítor Rua, Nuno Rebelo, Carlos Barreto, Fernando Mora Ramos, Edgar Pêra, Miguel Seabra, among others, promoting their works and signing many original video creations.

He has produced video art projects, documentaries, and music videos. Pioneer of video jamming (VJ) from 1996 to the present day. He participated in educational and innovative Art projects in public schools: Projecto Respira (2009/10) and “Somos Nós” (2021). He has worked on several development projects with minorities (Alkantara Festival and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2008/11), “Nu Kre Bai Na Bu Onda” and “Tapete”. “A Preguiça Ataca?”, documentary complement to the contemporary dance piece (2022). “A Mulher Azul”, directing a short film for RTP Palco (2022).

Manuela Pedroso has a degree in Theatre/Training of Actors and Directors by Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, in Lisbon. She attended the Community Dance Monitor Course organized by Forum Dança, in 1992/93.

Since 1986 she works as a professional actress in several theatre companies; Teatro Espaço, Teatro da Malaposta, Teatro do Século, Teatro Meridional, Casa Conveniente, among others; directed by the directors: Águeda Sena, José Martins, Figueira Cid, Rui Mendes, Mário Feliciano, Inês Câmara Pestana, Miguel Seabra, Layla Ripol, Mónica Calle, Inês Barahona, Giacomo Scalisi, Miguel Fragata, João de Brito, and Caroline Bergeron.

She participated as an interpreter in the Dance area in choreographic projects by Margarida Pinto Coelho, Paulo Henrique, and Madalena Victorino.

She has been working since 1991 as a trainer in the field of Theater and Creative Dance with various official entities that promote artistic education in Portugal.

Márcia Lança was born in Beja and lives in Lisbon. In 2008 she founded VAGAR of which she is the artistic director. She has worked as a choreographer and performer in a variety of collaborative settings. She moves in territories where the boundaries between the fictional and the real are tenuous and diffuse. Her interest in the poetic materiality of concrete actions and tasks is at the heart of her creative processes. She is passionate about emerging collective compositions, thinking as action, and situated constructions. More info here

João Pinto, (aka PTV), director, editor & image manipulator.

Completed the film school in 1993.

With a path always linked to the image:

• He has collaborated with numerous creators in the field of contemporary dance, music, theater and cinema;
• He promoted his works and signed many original video creations;
• He carried out video art projects, documentaries and video clips;
• Pioneer of videojamming (VJ) from 1996 to the present.

Participated in educational and innovative art projects in public schools:

• Respira Project (2009/10);
• Arte Jovem: Video/theatre workshops for children and teenagers (Fórum Dança 2003/20) in partnership with Manuela Pedroso.

He has worked on several development and social inclusion projects with minorities:

• Alkantara Festival and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 2008/11.

Manuela Pedroso, graduated in Theater (Actors and Directors) by ESTC, in Lisbon. She attended the Dance Monitors for the Community Course organized by Fórum Dança, in 1992/93.

Trainer accredited by the Scientific Pedagogical Council for Continuing Education, University of Minho.

She has worked since 1986 as a professional actress in several theater companies (Teatro Espaço, Teatro da Malaposta, Teatro do Século, Teatro Meridional, Casa Conveniente, among others), having been directed by the following directors: Águeda Sena, José Martins, Figueira Cid, Rui Mendes , Mário Feliciano, Inês Câmara Pestana, Miguel Seabra, Layla Ripol, Mónica Calle, Inês Barahona and Giacomo Scalisi.

She participated as an interpreter in the area of ​​Dance in choreographic projects by Margarida Pinto Coelho, Paulo Henrique and Madalena Victorino.

She has worked since 1991 as a trainer in the field of Theater and Creative Dance with several official entities promoting artistic education in Portugal: Primary and Secondary Schools, Professional School of Education for Development, Grupo de Teatro da Nova, Lisbon City Council, City Council de Cascais, C.E.N.T.A., Casa de Serralves, Forum Dança, Centro Cultural de Belém, A.P.C.C., Teatro Aveirense, Teatro Viriato, Artemrede.

She has been working as a storyteller since 2003, collaborating with the Livraria “Ler para quer”, General Direction of Books and Libraries, Teatro Maria Matos, Casa das Histórias – Museu Paula Rego, among other institutions.

Maria Radich is a singer, choreographer and dancer devoted to transdisciplinarity, who has been working in the field of improvised music, working simultaneously in dance and theater, as a choreographer for her own shows or working with other creators.

With a background in performance, dance and choreography, she gradually began to explore the fertile intersections between dance, music and theatre.

She attended music workshops with Nuno Rebelo, Carlos Zíngaro, José Menezes and Paulo Curado, singing lessons with Cristina de Castro (2004) and Barbara do Canto Lagido (2006) and voice workshops with specialists such as Ute Wassermann, Inês Nogueira, Luís Castanheira , Margarida Mestre and Sonia Gómez.

Nuno Cintrão, Musician, Guitarist, Composer, Performer. He divides his professional activity between performance and education. Its artistic and pedagogical activity has been guided by the search for points of contact between different forms of artistic and creative expression and the realization of projects in different contexts.

He is interested in the experimentation and construction of sound objects and the design of collaborative and multidisciplinary shows. He has a degree in classical guitar from the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa and in Music Education from the Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa. In 2017 he completed the Master in Music Teaching at ISEIT-Almada.

Throughout his career he has had the opportunity to collaborate with artists from different areas of artistic expression. Since 2010, he has been composing music for theater, video and dance, having collaborated with several companies and artists. Of these collaborations, Byfurcação Teatro, Companhia da Esquina, Musgo, Créme de La Créme and Aldara Bizarro stand out.

He has conceived and performed workshops, training courses and shows with various entities, including: Fábrica das Artes-CCB, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Associação Portuguesa de Música nos Hospitals, Fórum Dança, Fundação do Gil, Operação Nariz Vermelho, CFMI-Universidade March Bloch Strasbourg, APEM-Portuguese Association of Music Education.

He was part of the project “Music in Hospitals” with which he worked as a musician and trainer until 2013, performing musical interventions in Hospitals and different social institutions.

He divides his interest between the guitar and other sound objects, looking for his musical language in the universe of improvised and experimental music, passing through world music, classical, jazz and rock.

As a guitarist he has collaborated with different projects, among which are: Trama, Ana Barroso and more recently with Teresa Salgueiro (ex-Madredeus).

In addition to Portugal, he had the opportunity to present his projects in Cape Verde, Macau, Belgium, Hungary, Germany, Brazil, Italy and Spain.