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Forum Dança - Aulas Regulares 2023/24
23 August, 2023

Creative
Dance

with Carla Ribeiro

from 3 to 6 year old

School year 2023/2024

Wednesday | 17h45-18h30

The experience of dance plays a fundamental role in the development of any child, stimulating imagination, the ability to manipulate materials and organize them into different forms, the capacity for abstraction, as well as self-esteem and relationships with others.

In this class, in a very playful way, we will discover the movements of our bodies through exercises, games and simple proposals.

We will explore shapes, rhythms, dynamics, levels, objects, etc., contributing to a greater perception of our own body, space/time and the world around us.

Bio

Carla Ribeiro graduated from the Escola Superior de Dança in the field of performance and attended the Dance in the Community course at Forum Dança.

As a performer she has worked with Susana Vidal, Olga Roriz Companhia de Dança, Marina Nabais Dança, John Mowat, Paulo Ribeiro, Ricardo Pais, Pigeons International, O Útero, A Torneira, Nuno Carinhas, Paula Massano, Fernanda Lapa, João Lourenço and Teatro O Bando.

Alongside her work as a performer, she teaches Creative and Contemporary Dance at Colégio Cesário Verde and Body/Movement at AMA.

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Forum Dança - Aulas Regulares 2023/24
23 August, 2023

Contemporary Dance

with Josefa Pereira, Bárbara Faustino e Natália Mendonça

School year 2023/2024

Tuesday and Thursday | 19h30-21h30

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Forum Dança’s Contemporary Dance classes will be conducted through a multiple and collective experience, proposed by Josefa Pereira in partnership with artists Bárbara Faustino and Natália Mendonça. The proposal is to provide a meeting space in which the alternation between the three artists enables a context of sharing and transit so that different bodily practices intersect both in what they have in common and in the specificities that each artist and their work proposals will allow them to experience.
From this exchange between teachers/artists and students/artists, the aim is to provide a context for experimentation that activates in each participant the availability and readiness necessary for a tour of practices that seek, as a common point, to provide the experience of creative tools through dance and the body in movement.
In our classes, the different techniques and training are not an end in themselves, but a resource for a more powerful and self-aware body. From there, we try to activate a sensitive, accessible and porous body, with more vitality and better energy circulation, more resilient and malleable to its surroundings. Finally, we seek to mobilize a more inventive body that is constantly open to new updates in its ways of being.
The Tuesday and Thursday classes are aimed at anyone interested in dance and movement practices. That’s why not only dance artists and beginners are welcome, but also people who have no previous experience of body practices. Curiosity and availability are the only requirements for joining us.

Bios

Josefa Pereira (BR/PT) is a choreographer and performer. She lives in Lisbon, between partnerships in the local scene and collaborations in São Paulo, the city where she lived and grew up. She completed her master’s degree at DAS Choreography – AHK (NL) with a scholarship from the Gulbenkian Foundation and graduated in dance and performance at Comunicação das Artes do Corpo (PUC-SP) with a scholarship from the PROUNI program. She also took part in PACAP I, promoted by Forum Dança (PT).
Her most recent artistic practice is defined by an orbiting field around interests such as monstrosity and fabulation. Recent collaborations include Ruído Rosa by Alina Ruiz Foline; As Canções que Catamos Contra os Muros que Limpamos by Catarina Vieira and Aixa Fagini; Spillovers by Rita Natálio; and dramaturgy for O Elefante no Meio da Sala by Vânia Doutel Vaz; and KDEIRAZ by Natália Mendonça.

Since 2019 she has been a dance teacher at Forum Dança, and also teaches workshops and creative laboratories, making this a space for experimentation and exchange for her practice and artistic research with other artists and interested people. In addition to collaborations and partnerships, she is dedicated to the creation and circulation of her works Hidebehind (2018), Glimpse (2020) and Calor (2022), which are part of the PINK Bestiary trilogy. And in 2023 he will premiere his new group creation Campo Força Chama. Her work has already been shown at the Cumplicidades Festival (PT); Teatro do Bairro Alto (PT); Acker Stadt Palast (DE); Moderna Museet (SE); Bienal SESC de Dança (BR); Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea-FIDCU (UR); Museum of Modern Art – MAM-SP (BR); Meteor Theater Festival (NO), among others.

 

Natália Mendonça (BR/PT) is a performer, choreographer and body coach with a degree in Dance from UNICAMP. Based in Lisbon since 2020, she took part in PACAP 4, teaches dance at Forum Dança and develops her own work and collaborations with other choreographers. Since 2021 she has been developing KDEIRAZ, a children’s piece that plays with the creation of choreographic games. With Josefa Pereira she collaborated on the Bestiário PINK trilogy and is a performer in Campo-Força-Chama, with Dinis Machado she is a performer in Cyborg Sunday and with Rita Natálio she was a guest in the Pass The Mic project. In Brazil she is a performer with Clarice Lima and Cristian Duarte and has been part of the cast of Marta Soares, Cia Perversos Polimorfos and Jorge Garcia. In 2016 she premiered Marcela Banguela under the PROAC 1as Obras de Dança program. She was the body coach for Quando Quebra Queima by the Ocupação collective (MEXE-PT/Festival Panorama CND-FR/Battersea-UK) and has performed at Cena Brasil Internacional-RJ/Bienal Sesc de Dança-SP/Festival IC de Teatro-BA/JUNTA Teresina-PI/Festival Aldeia Vale Dançar-PE.

 

Bárbara Faustino (BR/PT) is a dancer and dance teacher who graduated from the Escola Municipal de Bailado do Teatro Municipal de São Paulo. She also has a degree in Dance from the Dance and Movement course at Anhembi Morumbi University and took the Pre-Primary and Primary teachers’ course at the Royal Academy of Dance of London.
Based in Portugal since 2015, she has worked as a dancer, manager and dance teacher at Musibéria – International Center for Iberian World Music and Dance – in Serpa, Alentejo. She currently lives in Lisbon, where she continues to investigate her artistic research, at the crossroads between teaching, performance and creation in dance.

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Forum Dança - Aulas Regulares 2023/24
23 August, 2023

Choreographic
Laboratory

with Maria Ramos

School year 2023/2024

Wednesday | 19h30-21h30

We work on the relationship of the body with space.
We read our favorite authors to think better about composition, landscape, geography, and architecture.
We invent rules, activate invisible structures, and discover ‘events’. Sometimes we map movement, sometimes movement goes off the map.
We make performances in which we are all, simultaneously, audience, authors, and performers.

Regular dance creation and experimentation classes, organized in quarterly cycles, with informal sharing every three months throughout the school year.
Based on the improvisation-composition practices and methodologies that I have been developing in the context of my choreographic and pedagogical work, we will first create ‘bodies’ (individual and collective bodies) and then create performative events addressing the body’s relationship with space, sound, objects, images and texts (in a gradual, plural and four-dimensional movement).
Our object of study will be to analyze the ‘rules’ of the ‘game’ (improvisation structure, composition, map, score) so that we can then transgress the ‘rules’ and discover performative proposals in which we are all, simultaneously, ‘builders’ and interpreters.
Throughout the school year, we also have occasional guests (choreographers/dancers) who will develop a work proposal with the group for a certain period of time.

 

References & research territories
Goat Island Performance Group; Deborah Hay; Angus Balbernie; Antony Gormley; Alberto Carneiro; Barry Lopez; Meg Stuart; Samuel Beckett; Nick Cave & Warren Ellis; Robert Ellis Dunn (improvisation and choreography classes); Mary Fulkerson; Mary Overlie (The Six Viewpoints)

 

Guests from previous years
Joana Pupo (actress/creator), Jaime Mears (actress/creator, AU-PT), Ana Mira (dancer/teacher), Sara Anjo (dancer/creator), Teresa Silva (dancer/creator), Angus Balbernie (choreographer/director, UK), Christy Funsch (dancer/creator, USA), Inês Zinho Pinheiro (dancer/creator), Albert Dean (musician), Miguel Sobral Curado (musician).

 

Organization of the Choreographic Laboratory for 2023/24
Commitment and personal dedication are essential for the progression of individual and collective work. Participants can commit to one, two or three work cycles, with each cycle corresponding to approximately thirteen classes (10 classes in the case of Cycle 1).

 

  • Cycle 1 – October to December, informal sharing with invited audience – December 13, 2023
  • Cycle 2 – January-March, informal sharing with invited audience – March 27, 2024
  • Cycle 3 – April-June, informal sharing with invited audience – June 26, 2024

*Dates subject to change.

 

Target audience
Classes open to anyone interested in developing and deepening their knowledge in the area of contemporary dance (physicality, movement exploration, performance work, improvisation-composition).
We have had heterogeneous groups whose professional areas range from the sciences, social sciences, sports, dancers/creators and artists from other areas such as cinema, visual arts, plastic arts, music and theater, which has generated a very stimulating and enriching multiplicity of perspectives.

 

Clothes / Material
Practical and comfortable clothes so that we can move freely and that also protect the body for when we do floor work (long-sleeved pants and t-shirt). Some work proposals will extend beyond the studio, in which case it’s good to bring a coat and comfortable shoes. Bottle of water, notebook and pen.

Bio

Maria Ramos
Between 1996 and 2009, she lived in the Netherlands, where she studied and developed her professional career as a dancer, working with various independent choreographers in the Netherlands, Germany, England and the USA. Highlights include her work with choreographer/director Angus Balbernie (UK), choreographers Olga Pona (UK), Katja F. M. Wolf (DE) and Janis Claxton (UK-AU). She trained in Dance at the Hogeschool voor de kunsten/ArtEZ (1996-2000) and obtained a Master’s degree in Choreography, ArtEZ Master of Choreography (Moc, 2006-2008), at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts in Arnhem.

On her return to Portugal, she completed the Research and Creation course at Forum Dança, in Lisbon, in the context of which she began to create her first solo work, 7pm/Rumour, a piece that begins the cycle of works entitled Um Certo Grau de Imobilidade (A Certain Degree of Immobility), supported by DGArtes and the Gulbenkian Foundation. This cycle also includes the pieces Nerves and Something Still Uncaptured, presented in the Netherlands, Portugal and Argentina. He later choreographed the piece Árida, a project supported by DGArtes.

She currently collaborates with actress and creator Joana Pupo (in the project O Corpo Inominável) and with choreographer Madalena Victorino (in various choreographic projects), as a dancer/creator or as a creative assistant. At the same time, she has been teaching at the Escola Superior de Dança (since 2017), at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha (since 2016) and at Forum Dança (since 2012).

 

“When people ask me what dance technique I teach and who I studied improvisation, composition and choreography with, I always end up having to talk about my dance background and practices. In my classes, I take my own approach which includes contemporary dance techniques based on the Release technique (learned from Amélia Bentes and Sofia Neuparth and, later, during the course at EDDC/ArtEZ with teachers Eva Karczag, Mary O’Donnell Fulkerson, Gill Clarke and João da Silva); contact-improvisation (Karen Nelson, Steve Paxton); floor work; partner work (David Zambrano, Iñaki Azpillaga/Ultima Vez); fall and recovery; vertical movement and movement through space; improvisation and composition. Developed throughout my dance career with teachers and choreographers from the so-called New Portuguese Dance, such as Sofia Neuparth, Amélia Bentes, Peter Michael Dietz, Clara Andermatt and Francisco Camacho, especially in the context of the five-month Research and Choreographic Creation Course at Forum Dança, as well as in the Netherlands and England, with creators and teachers such as Steve Paxton, Deborah Hay, Yvonne Rainer (from whom I learned the iconic solo “Trio A”) and Karen Nelson/Lisa Nelson, and with dancers and teachers from the companies Trisha Brown and Siobhan Davies, Eva Karczag (who passed on to me notions of ‘full-body movement and the practice of being in the moment’ and with whom I also practiced the martial art T’ai Chi Ch’uan, which Karczag in turn learned from the teacher Gerda Geddes), Lisa Kraus and Gill Clarke.

Also important for me in terms of the performer’s work, composition and improvisation was the work I did as a dancer with choreographer/director Angus Balbernie between 2000-2009, and the workshops with the Goat Island Performance Group, Matthew Goulish and Lin Hixson, Deborah Hay, Peter Pleyer and Jonathan Burrows.”

 

More info: Choreographic work | Laboratory Notebook | Aulas e Práticas de Dança, Hoje

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Forum Dança - Aulas Regulares 2023/24
23 August, 2023

Yoga

with Francisca Pinto

School year 2023/2024

Tuesday and Thursday | 9h00-10h00

YOGA, as a psycho-physical technique, is universally applicable.
In these classes, which are active and dynamic, but also rigorous and methodical, we will try to rebalance muscle chains and become more aware of the body’s alignment.
The classes are demanding but always safe and comfortable, respecting each student’s rhythm and condition, using specific support material for a healthy progression.
We will work deeply on the coordination of movement with Ujjayi breathing (basic Pránáyáma technique), bringing breathing into a conscious process, gradually inducing a state of greater concentration.
Between the techniques of Ásana (yoga postures), Pránáyáma (breathing techniques) and Yoganidra (relaxation techniques), I will share varied and progressive classes, in a peaceful and caring environment, but also one of joy and well-being, recognizing the importance and pleasure that being in connection with our body gives us.

As a dancer for over ten years, HATHA YOGA has been a fundamental practical philosophy of life in the continuous discovery and deepening of the infinite possibilities of the body.
It is always highly structuring and deeply rooted, while simultaneously opening up spaces for greater physical, psychic and emotional availability.
It’s a complete practice in caring for the body and activating its energy, as the main vehicle of our daily existence, which I share here with great pleasure and dedication.

Bio

FRANCISCA PINTO (1998), was born in Lisbon (PT). Dancer, performer, creator and teacher. Graduated from National Conservatory School of Dance of Lisbon in 2006 and from Lisbon Superior Dance School in 2009. Studied in the Study, Research and Choreographic Creation Program of Fórum Dança in 2013/14. As a dancer as been working with Martine Pisani, Clara Andermatt, Lia Rodrigues, Jonas&Lander, Bruno Alexandre, Catarina Miranda, Francisco Thiago Cavalcanti, Sofia Dias&Vitor Roriz, among others. As a guest teacher has worked for different instituitions such as Escola Livre de Dança da Maré (BR), Estúdios Vítor Córdon, Escola Superior de Dança (PT). Has been practicing Yoga since 2010 and is graduated as a Certified Yoga Instructor from Portuguese Yoga Centre – CPYOGA Lisboa.

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Forum Dança - Aulas Regulares 2023/24
23 August, 2023

From Body
to Body

with Gisela Dória

Interdisciplinary Movement Practices

School year 2023/2024

Monday | 19h30-21h00

From Body to Body consists of regular classes based on the practice that Gisela Dória has been developing over many years of pedagogical and artistic experience. The work proposed here dialogues with a variety of techniques, including Dance, Pilates, Gyrokinesis® and various Somatic Education practices, including the Klein Technique™. More than a synthesis of these techniques, the classes promote the integration of various approaches in favor of a sensitivity that takes the uniqueness of each body as its starting point.

The aim is to develop awareness of the physical structure in order to make movement more functional and pleasurable, helping to maintain the body’s vitality. These classes thus open the way to self-observation, providing each person with the necessary resources for the continued (re)education of their movement.

Classes are open to adults of all ages, with no technical or physical prerequisites.

Bio

Gisela Dória was born in Rio de Janeiro and is living in Lisbon since 2018. Daughter of actor father and mother, she grew up behind the scenes of theaters, studied classical ballet, jazz, modern dance until she reached contemporary dance. Graduated in London, at the College of the Royal Academy of Dance; she is certified in Pilates by CGPA-São Paulo with a specialization in the Kane School Pilates Program in New York; she is a Certified Gyrokinesis® Instructor and, since 2020, is a member of the Klein Technique™ Certification Program.

She taught classical ballet at Sitter’s School of Dance (1991-1993) in Canada. She was founder and artistic director of the Gisela Dória Ballet School (1994-2017), Campo Grande, Brazil. She holds a master’s degree from the University of São Paulo-USP (2008) and a doctorate from the University of Campinas-UNICAMP (2015), both in Performing Arts.

She collaborated with Coletivo Performa Teatro in São Paulo from 2008 to 2017, where she performed in the show Cry Baby Cry (Festival Internacional de Teatro Rua de Porto Alegre-2014), directed by Matteo Bonfitto and Graziella Mantoanelli; she acted in and choreographed the dance video Deslizes (2008); she prepared the body for the shows Descartes (Sesc SP-2008), O Mentiroso (2009) and co-directed Palavras Corrompidas (Sesc SP-2016). She participated as a performer and director of several dance shows, among them: O Sopro de Vida (2004), Cultura Bovina – Ginga Cia de Dança with the support of Caixa Econômica Federal (2007/2009), Fluzz – Cia Dançurbana with the support of Boticário na Dança Prize (2017), A Viagem- Autores em Cena– Itaú Cultural, (2016).

Author of the book Poética de Sem Lugar: Por uma Teatralidade na Dança, published in 2013 by Editora Perspectiva, São Paulo and co-author of the book Cia Carne Agonizante: 21 Years of Dance with no time to be afraid, 2018. Held in 2017/18 a postdoctoral project at ECA/USP, where she developed an inspired choreographic research for Poesia Haiku. From 2018 to 2020 she was a visiting researcher at the Center for Theater Studies at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.

She started collaborating with Forum Dança in November 2021.

Personal website www.giseladoria.com

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Forum Dança | Ciclo de Apresentações PACAP 6 | Culturgest | TBA - Teatro do Bairro Alto
1 July, 2023

PACAP 6 Presentations

6, 8 and 9 of July | Culturgest (Inside Out)

14 to 16 and 21 to 23 of July | TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto (8 Works)

After an intense creative process, we arrived at the public presentations of the projects of each participant in this sixth edition of PACAP – Performing Arts Advanced Programme, which is curated by the artist duo Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz. In this edition, the presentations take place in two different cycles, in two cultural institutions in Lisbon: a first cycle within the scope of the “Inside Out” program by Culturgest and a second cycle at TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto, with the program “8 Works PACAP 6 / Forum Dança”.

 

Culturgest | Inside Out
Four projects developed with unconventional spaces in mind are presented, namely outdoor spaces (gardens, street, open-air auditorium, etc.).
Projects of María Ibarretxe (ES), Silvana Ivaldi (PT/IT), Connor Scott (UK) and Estrellx Supernova (EUA/GUAT).

 

TBA – Teatro do Bairro Alto | 8 Trabalhos PACAP 6
Eight projects that fit into the theatrical space are presented.
Projects of Bobby Brim (FR), Lorea Burge (UK/ES), Lucas Damiani (UY), Marcelo Castro (BR), Mariana Catalina Iris (UY), Rafaela Santos (PT), Vanessa Lonau (DE) e o coletivo de Camilla Morello (IT), Tarlie Lumby (UK) and Victor Lattaque (FR).

 

“This diversity of presentation contexts and the respective technical and logistical support of the teams of these cultural institutions seeks to meet the diversity and specificity of the proposals of each participant. Thus, the presentation formats depend exclusively on the creation process and the artistic intentions of each participant, which can either result in a show or performance or in a lecture, collective practice, installation, sound experience, guided tour, among many other options. PACAP’s public presentations are a moment of celebration, of expanding the relations of this temporary community and of collective reflection.”

Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz

Creation (PACAP 6 participants) Bobby Brim (FR), Camilla Morello (IT), Connor Scott (UK), Estrellx Supernova (US), Lorea Burge (UK/ES), Lucas Damiani (UY), María Ibarretxe del Val (ES), Marcelo de Castro Pereira (BR), Mariana Catalina Iris (UY), Rafaela Santos (PT), Silvana Ivaldi (PT), Tarlie Lumby (UK), Vanessa Lonau (DE) and Victor Lattaque (FR).

Artistic accompaniment Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz

Light and Technical Direction Leticia Skrycky and Santiago Rodriguez Tricot

Producer Forum Dança

Coproducer TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto and Culturgest

COMPLETE PROGRAM

Culturgest | Inside Out

Several venues | Free admission to all presentations with ticket pick-up from 4:30pm (box office)

More information at Culturgest website here

July 6

17h00 e 18h00

Room 1 and Foyer of Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium

Maria Ibarretxe

VERMELHO BEATS/Sculpturing the white

 

19h00

Culturgest garden pond

Silvana Ivaldi

Please Kick Me Out Before I Get In

 

20h30

Culturgest Garage

Connor Scott

POOF

July 8

17h00 e 18h00

Room 1 and Foyer of Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium

Maria Ibarretxe

VERMELHO BEATS/Sculpturing the white

 

19h00

Culturgest garden pond

Silvana Ivaldi

Please Kick Me Out Before I Get In

 

20h30

Culturgest Garage

Connor Scott

POOF

July 9

12h12 – 20h00

Culturgest/Garden of the Galveias Palace Library

Estrellx Supernova

Animate, Intimate (AI): Cycle 1 – Points of Encounter/Puente de Encuentros or [[Before Wonderland Fell, We Fell in Touch]]

 

Attention: Capacity limited to 40 people simultaneously.

Culturgest | Inside Out: PACAP 6 New Creations

Forum Dança | Inside Out: María Ibarretxe - STUDY 9/VERMELHO | Sculpturing the darkness | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / Culturgest
MarÍa Ibarretxe
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Forum Dança | Inside Out: Connor Scott - POOF | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / Culturgest
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Forum Dança | Inside Out: Estrellx Supernova - Animate, Intimate (AI): Cycle 1 - Points of Encounter/Puente de Encuentros or [[Before Wonderland Fell, We Fell in Touch]] | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / Culturgest
Estrellx Supernova
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TBA – Teatro do Bairro Alto | 8 Works

Main auditorium | Tickets: 2 € for each presentation (box office)

More information at TBA website here

July 14

19h00

Marcelo Castro

O Amor da Rua

 

21h00

Mariana Catalina Iris

Entre uma Brisa e uma Sudestada

July 15

16h30

Mariana Catalina Iris

Entre uma Brisa e uma Sudestada

 

20h00

Rafaela Santos

Sorry I Missed Some Parts

 

21h00

Bobby Brim

The Infrastructures of Cavities

July 16

16h30

Rafaela Santos

Sorry I Missed Some Parts

 

19h00

Bobby Brim

The Infrastructures of Cavities

 

20h30

Marcelo Castro

O Amor da Rua

July 21

19h00

Lucas Damiani

Hydra

 

21h00

Camilla Morello, Tarlie Lumby e Victor Lattaque

Pthst’ N

July 22

16h30

Camilla Morello, Tarlie Lumby e Victor Lattaque

Pthst’ N

 

20h00

Vanessa Lonau

As If I Was a Road

 

21h00

Lorea Burge

B Field

July 23

16h30

Lorea Burge

B Field

 

19h00

Vanessa Lonau

As If I Was a Road

 

20h30

Lucas Damiani

Hydra

TBA – Teatro do Bairro Alto | PACAP 6 / Forum Dança: 8 Works

Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Marcelo Castro - O AMOR DA RUA | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Marcelo Castro
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Mariana Catalina Iris - ENTRE UMA BRISA E UMA SUDESTADA | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Mariana Catalina Iris
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Rafaela Santos - SORRY I MISSED SOME PARTS | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Rafaela Santos
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Bobby Brim - THE INFRASTRUCTURES OF CAVITIES | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Bobby Brim
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Lucas Damiani - HYDRA | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Lucas Damiani
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Camilla Morello, Tarlie Lumby e Victor Lataque - PTHST’ N | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Camilla Morello, Tarlie Lumby
and Victor Lattaque
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Lorea Burge - B FIELD | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
Lorea Burge
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Forum Dança | 8 Trabalhos: Vanessa Lonau - AS IF I WAS A ROAD | Apresentações finais PACAP 6 / TBA-Teatro do Bairro Alto
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Coproducers and Support

Coproducers PACAP 6: Teatro do Bairro Alto and Culturgest

Support PACAP 6: Casa da Dança – Almada, Fundação GDA, O Rumo do Fumo, Alkantara, OPART | Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo, Piscina.

Forum Dança | Parcerias e Apoios PACAP 6
Real Time Composition, João Fiadeiro / Forum Dança
21 June, 2023

Workshop II
CTR

Immersive Real Time Composition practice

August 28th to September 1st

Invited guest: Márcia Lança

This proposal will privilege the access to this tool through an immersive practice, mediated by a set of “performative devices” that provide different speeds, sensibilities, and intensities. These devices are, in many cases, extracted from performative experiences that João Fiadeiro has been developing over the years, where he used the theatrical apparatus (in the architectural and ideological sense) to investigate the limits and perceptual protocols of what we call “real” or “fiction”; “private” or “public”; “inside” or “outside”.

 

During this week the ambition will be to “grow into” this practice in order to access a quality of presence (and participation) dear to Real Time Composition: to understand how to relinquish control and orientation (indispensable to access what affects us) without losing rigor and lucidity (indispensable to share what affects us).

João Fiadeiro

Forum Dança | PACAP 5 - João Fiadeiro
João Fiadeiro © Ana Viotti

João Fiadeiro (1965) is a Portuguese performer, choreographer, researcher, teacher and curator.

 

He belongs to the generation of artists who emerged in the late eighties in Portugal and gave rise to the New Portuguese Dance movement.

 

In the 90’ João Fiadeiro studied and practiced intensively Contact-Improvisation which led him to pursue and systematize his own research on improvisation under the designation of Real Time Composition. This research has led him to coordinate workshops in Masters and PhDs programs in several schools and universities throughout the world.

 

He has toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and South America with his solo and group works.

 

His path, whether as a choreographer or performer, as a researcher or curator, was centered on creating conditions for experimentation, laboratory practice and interdisciplinary intersection.

 

This activity was carried out both as part of the management of programming and artistic research projects, which included the Malaposta Cultural Center (1990-95), Espaço Ginjal (1995-1998), Lugar Comum (1999-2000), Espaço A Capital (2000-2002) and by Atelier Re.AL (2004-2019), as well as within the framework of his artistic practice, through creations and research workshops organized around Real Time Composition.

 

Atelier Re.AL was a structure that played a major role in the development of contemporary dance and transdisciplinary initiatives in Portugal.

 

On all these different meeting platforms, João Fiadeiro was always accompanied by artists who actively participated as creators, performers, researchers and programmers, making a decisive contribution to the existence of this project during 30 years of uninterrupted activity.

Márcia Lança

Forum Dança | PACAP 5 - Márcia Lança
Márcia Lança

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

Real Time Composition, João Fiadeiro / Forum Dança

Performer: Gustavo Sumpta

Informations

Select each of the sections below to learn about all the specifications of the application and selection process.

Who is it for

This cycle of Workshops in Composition in Real Time is made up of two different weeks, each one of them aimed at people with different practices:

 

    • Workshop I / Introduction – artists-researchers with experience in improvisation (in dance, performance, or theater). It is open to anyone but we will prioritise applications from those who have not yet had contact with João Fiadeiro’s Real Time Composition;

 

    • Workshop II / Immersive Practice – artists-researchers with previous experience with João Fiadeiro’s Real Time Composition.

 

You can apply for the two-week frequency (Introduction and Immersive Practice), or for just one of them (Introduction or Immersive Practice), bearing in mind that:

 

    • Anyone who attends Workshop I / Introduction can later attend Workshop II / Immersive Practice, but must submit now the application for the two weeks;
    • If you already have previous experience with Real Time Compositing (you must indicate in your CV or Motivation Letter where, when and with whom you had this prior contact), you can apply directly for the Workshop II / Immersive Practice.

 

Maximum number of participants: 16 people.

Timetable

Workshop I / Introduction: From the 21st to the 25th of August 2023, from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

Workshop II / Immersive Practice: From August 28th to September 1st, from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

Venue

Forum Dança / Espaço da Penha
Travessa do Calado, 26B
1170-070 Lisboa

Participation fee

    • Until July 15: One week: €90 (ninety euros) / Two weeks: €150 (one hundred and fifty euros);
    • After July 15th: One week: €120 (one hundred and twenty euros) / Two weeks: €180 (one hundred and eighty euros);
    • Discount: 25% discount on the total amount, for people who have already attended any edition of PACAP – Advanced Program for Creation in Performing Arts;
    • Scholarship: A scholarship will be awarded for free attendance of the workshop, to those who provide logistical support to the workshop (opening and closing of doors, preparation of studios, etc.). If you wish to apply for the scholarship, indicate this information in your Motivation Letter.

Applications

The application is made using the form available on this page.

 

You must submit your Curriculum Vitae with updated data and a Letter of Motivation, stating your reasons for attending this workshop (not to exceed one A4 sheet). If you wish to apply for the scholarship, indicate this information in your motivation letter. If you wish to apply for the scholarship, indicate this information in your Motivation Letter.

 

If you are one of the selected persons, only after receiving proof of payment, which you must send to our email, will your registration be considered validated.

Application process

 

      1. Make your application online using the form indicated for this purpose, until the 4th of August;
      2. Do not forget to attach your curriculum vitae and motivation letter in PDF format to the form;
      3. All selected persons will be contacted by the 11th of August;
      4. Wait for our email indicating that you were one of the selected persons, along with the payment instructions;
      5. Proceed to pay your registration, as indicated in the email sent, by the 15th of August;
      6. Send us the respective proof of payment to our email;
      7. Your participation is only validated after receipt of proof of payment.

Application form

All fields are required. You must send your CV and Motivation Letter in “.pdf” format.

Files cannot exceed 1 MB/each.

Do not forget

 

      1. Applications with a submission deadline of August 4th;
      2. Results communicated to all selected persons by August 11;
      3. Payment must be made by August 15th, after completing the selection process and being accepted to the workshop.

Applications are closed.

© Uncredit photos from João Fiadeiro.

TECER activities

Real Time Composition, João Fiadeiro / Forum Dança
21 June, 2023

Workshop I
CTR

Introduction to the Real Time Composition practice

21 to 25 of August

It is a “practical” workshop, in the sense that it will be through experimentation that the attendees will access the premises and principles that guide this proposal, but the transmission will be made in a “frame by frame” mode, privileging the detail and the specificity of each tool-concept that sustains the doing-thinking of Real Time Composition.

 

In this regard there will be a special care and attention to the multiple dimensions that compose the body of work of this way of operating, isolating each of its valences through situated exercises (that underline certain aspects of its composition); the presentation and discussion of examples (via videos from the archive and works by other artist-researchers); and diagrams that translate through graphics the way Real Time Composition manifests itself.

João Fiadeiro

Forum Dança | PACAP 5 - João Fiadeiro
João Fiadeiro © Ana Viotti

João Fiadeiro (1965) is a Portuguese performer, choreographer, researcher, teacher and curator.

 

He belongs to the generation of artists who emerged in the late eighties in Portugal and gave rise to the New Portuguese Dance movement.

 

In the 90’ João Fiadeiro studied and practiced intensively Contact-Improvisation which led him to pursue and systematize his own research on improvisation under the designation of Real Time Composition. This research has led him to coordinate workshops in Masters and PhDs programs in several schools and universities throughout the world.

 

He has toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and South America with his solo and group works.

 

His path, whether as a choreographer or performer, as a researcher or curator, was centered on creating conditions for experimentation, laboratory practice and interdisciplinary intersection.

 

This activity was carried out both as part of the management of programming and artistic research projects, which included the Malaposta Cultural Center (1990-95), Espaço Ginjal (1995-1998), Lugar Comum (1999-2000), Espaço A Capital (2000-2002) and by Atelier Re.AL (2004-2019), as well as within the framework of his artistic practice, through creations and research workshops organized around Real Time Composition.

 

Atelier Re.AL was a structure that played a major role in the development of contemporary dance and transdisciplinary initiatives in Portugal.

 

On all these different meeting platforms, João Fiadeiro was always accompanied by artists who actively participated as creators, performers, researchers and programmers, making a decisive contribution to the existence of this project during 30 years of uninterrupted activity.

Real Time Composition, João Fiadeiro / Forum Dança

Performers: Carolina Campos and Daniel Pizamiglio

Informations

Select each of the sections below to learn about all the specifications of the application and selection process.

Who is it for

This cycle of Workshops in Composition in Real Time is made up of two different weeks, each one of them aimed at people with different practices:

 

    • Workshop I / Introduction – artists-researchers with experience in improvisation (in dance, performance, or theater). It is open to anyone but we will prioritise applications from those who have not yet had contact with João Fiadeiro’s Real Time Composition.;

 

    • Workshop II / Immersive Practice – artists-researchers with previous experience with João Fiadeiro’s Real Time Composition.

 

You can apply for the two-week frequency (Introduction and Immersive Practice), or for just one of them (Introduction or Immersive Practice), bearing in mind that:

 

    • Anyone who attends Workshop I / Introduction can later attend Workshop II / Immersive Practice, but must submit now the application for the two weeks;
    • If you already have previous experience with Real Time Compositing (you must indicate in your CV or Motivation Letter where, when and with whom you had this prior contact), you can apply directly for the Workshop II / Immersive Practice.

 

Maximum number of participants: 16 people.

Timetable

Workshop I / Introduction: From the 21st to the 25th of August 2023, from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

Workshop II / Immersive Practice: From August 28th to September 1st, from 2:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

Venue

Forum Dança / Espaço da Penha
Travessa do Calado, 26B
1170-070 Lisboa

Participation fee

    • Until July 15: One week: €90 (ninety euros) / Two weeks: €150 (one hundred and fifty euros);
    • After July 15th: One week: €120 (one hundred and twenty euros) / Two weeks: €180 (one hundred and eighty euros);
    • Discount: 25% discount on the total amount, for people who have already attended any edition of PACAP – Advanced Program for Creation in Performing Arts;
    • Scholarship: A scholarship will be awarded for free attendance of the workshop, to those who provide logistical support to the workshop (opening and closing of doors, preparation of studios, etc.). If you wish to apply for the scholarship, indicate this information in your Motivation Letter.

Applications

The application is made using the form available on this page.

 

You must submit your Curriculum Vitae with updated data and a Letter of Motivation, stating your reasons for attending this workshop (not to exceed one A4 sheet). If you wish to apply for the scholarship, indicate this information in your motivation letter. If you wish to apply for the scholarship, indicate this information in your Motivation Letter.

 

If you are one of the selected persons, only after receiving proof of payment, which you must send to our email, will your registration be considered validated.

Application process

 

      1. Make your application online using the form indicated for this purpose, until the 4th of August;
      2. Do not forget to attach your curriculum vitae and motivation letter in PDF format to the form;
      3. All selected persons will be contacted by the 11th of August;
      4. Wait for our email indicating that you were one of the selected persons, along with the payment instructions;
      5. Proceed to pay your registration, as indicated in the email sent, by the 15th of August;
      6. Send us the respective proof of payment to our email;
      7. Your participation is only validated after receipt of proof of payment.

Application form

All fields are required. You must send your CV and Motivation Letter in “.pdf” format.

Files cannot exceed 1 MB/each.

Do not forget

 

      1. Applications with a submission deadline of August 4th;
      2. Results communicated to all selected persons by August 11;
      3. Payment must be made by August 15th, after completing the selection process and being accepted to the workshop.

Applications are closed.

© Uncredit photos from João Fiadeiro.

TECER activities

ARTE JOVEM 2023
5 June, 2023

Arte Jovem 2023

We return to the summer workshops!

Creative Dance, Artistic Creation Laboratory, Theater and Video for children from 7 to 12 years old.

We return to another Arte Jovem and to the activities that mark the beginning of the summer holidays.

In these artistic ateliers of creative dance, artistic creation lab, theater and video you will: dance, sing, write, play, learn, create, think, interpret and create stories with new friends.

On Friday you can invite all your family and friends to the final presentation of the works developed during the week!

This year’s activities will focus on the book “O Protesto” by Eduarda Lima, published by Orfeu Negro for the Orfeu Mini collection, a story about the impact of human action on the environment.

Arte Jovem 2023 Poster
Arte Jovem 2023 Poster

Program from July 10th to 14th

 

  • Creative Dance, with Carla Ribeiro, from 10:15 am to 11:30 am
  • Artistic Creation Lab, with Márcia Lança, from 11:45 am to 1:00 pm
  • Theater and Video, with Manuela Pedroso and João Pinto, from 2:30 pm to 5:15 pm
  • Final presentation: Friday, July 14th at 5 pm

 

Important informations

 

  • Arte Jovem takes place from the 10th to the 14th of July, with activities between 10:15 and 17:15.
  • The age group of the participants is between 7 and 12 years old.
  • All participants must have completed at least the 1st year of compulsory school education.
  • We welcome participants from 9:30 am and they can stay until 6:30 pm.
  • Every day there will be a break for lunch and play, which takes place between 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm.
  • Participants bring lunch and snacks from home (don’t forget bring cutlery too). Forum Dança ensures the heating of meals and monitoring of children/young people
  • Friday, July 14th at 5:00 pm: invitation to family members to attend the presentation of the work developed throughout the week.

Participation Fee

  • Full day – €130,00
  • Morning periods – €75,00 (midday)
  • Afternoon periods – €75,00 (half-day)

 

Discount

Minus 10% for siblings, residents of Penha de França and Forum Dança students in the current academic year (2022/23).

 

Registration and more information

Registrations are made using the form available on our website (below, on this page) and requests for more information should be sent to our email.

Activities Calendar

10h15 – 11h15
Creative Dance workshop,

With Carla Ribeiro

11h45 – 13h00
Artistic Creation Lab,

With Márcia Lança

LUNCH & PLAY

14h30 – 15h45 / 16h – 17h15
Theater and Video Workshop,

With Manuela Pedroso and João Pinto

10h15 – 11h15
Creative Dance workshop,

With Carla Ribeiro

11h45 – 13h00
Artistic Creation Lab,

With Márcia Lança

LUNCH & PLAY

14h30 – 15h45 / 16h – 17h15
Theater and Video Workshop,

With Manuela Pedroso and João Pinto

10h15 – 11h15
Creative Dance workshop,

With Carla Ribeiro

11h45 – 13h00
Artistic Creation Lab,

With Márcia Lança

LUNCH & PLAY

14h30 – 15h45 / 16h – 17h15
Theater and Video Workshop,

With Manuela Pedroso and João Pinto

10h15 – 11h15
Creative Dance workshop,

With Carla Ribeiro

11h45 – 13h00
Artistic Creation Lab,

With Márcia Lança

LUNCH & PLAY

14h30 – 15h45 / 16h – 17h15
Theater and Video Workshop,

With Manuela Pedroso and João Pinto

10h15 – 11h15
Creative Dance workshop,

With Carla Ribeiro

11h45 – 13h00
Artistic Creation Lab,

With Márcia Lança

LUNCH & PLAY

14h30 – 15h45 / 16h – 17h15
Theater and Video Workshop,

With Manuela Pedroso and João Pinto

17h00
Final presentation to family and friends.

Teachers

Carla Ribeiro

Carla Ribeiro
Carla Ribeiro

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

Forum Dança - João Pinto
João Pinto

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

Manuela Pedroso
Manuela Pedroso

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

Forum Dança | PACAP 5 - Márcia Lança
Márcia Lança

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

Registration form

About the book

Bookcover O Protesto (The Protest)
Bookcover O Protesto (The Protest)
Buy the book

O Protesto
de Eduarda Lima

 

The birds stopped singing. The cats no longer meowed. And the cows refused to give milk. The animals seemed to have made a pact…

Eduarda Lima’s debut album, O PROTESTO is a silent scream. From the tiny insects to the pets at home, from the virgin forest to our city’s river, silence echoes everywhere. Can you hear? This is a story and a call to unite today against pollution and waste, and to sow what others will later reap.

 

O Protesto, by Eduarda Lima, already has two editions. It was awarded with the following prizes:

 

  • NATIONAL ILLUSTRATION AWARD 2021 | Special Mention
  • BIG ACQUISITION AWARD 2021 | Guimarães Illustration Biennial
  • IMAGE OF THE BOOK | Laureate – Original Picture Book

 

A small animation about the book can be seen here.

 

  • COLECTION Orfeu Mini
  • PUBLISHING YEAR 2.nd EDITION 2022 (1st ed. 2020)
  • PAGE NR. 40
  • FORMAT 22 x 28,6 cm
  • EAN 9789898868824

 

About the author

Eduarda Lima studied architecture and is dedicated to illustration and 2D animation, in an international and award-winning career. In 2019 she participated in the annual exhibition ILUSTRA 33 and her work was selected for the International Meeting of São João da Madeira. More information here.

Forum Dança - Miguel Pereira & Nuno Lucas | PACAP 7
24 May, 2023

PACAP 7
2024

Performing Arts Advanced Programme

Curated by Miguel Pereira and Nuno Lucas

From 7th of February 2024 to 23rd of July 2024

APPLICATIONS CLOSED

Until 31st of July 2023 | Extension of applications until September 10

Introduction

We consider that having time for studying is a privileged moment that allows us to experimentat and reflect upon artistic practises. Our intent is that this experience creates a space for sharing, learning, meeting and research, beeing a possibilty for new connections and creating new ties.

 

In this programme we intend to plunge into some core principles that guide our artistical pratice: working on performativity skills and stage presence, the urgency and discipline in the act of artistic creation, the relationship between entertainment and reflection, composition and dramaturgy as central axes in the construction of a work and the crossing between different artistic disciplines. We will be present throughout the duration of the all programme and at the same time we will count with the cumplicity of a wide range of artists, that have influenced our paths, and who will contribute with new perspectives and that will enrich this experience.

 

The focus of the programme is in the process and in the encounters that it can create, with a view to creating a space where artistic relationships expand and influence our identity. To promote a creative experience in an expanded period of time that allows each person to consolidate their needs and discover new impulses that will feed each future artistic project. Without undermining the importance of (a) public performances and the sharing of one’s work, as an inherent and necessary gesture of artistic practice, we want to nurture a space of reflection and experimentation, to reconsider the way we see what we do and how we do it.

 

Collaboration is one of the fundamental foundations of our work, as such we also intend to propose different forms of artistic collaboration, defying the need for the individual signature in favour of the place of the “other”. The one that challenges us, confronts and compels us to look at things from a different point of view. We will also promote the circularity of roles inside of an artistical process by consciously beeing able to play different roles in it (dramaturg, assistant, performer, producer, etc).

 

A programme that lasts six months is inevitably a compact format. We believe that this will be a countainer of possibilities that will reveal some of them during the duration of the course, but as well to create a resonance that goes beyond that time. Sometimes experiences are not immediately digested and because of that our priority is to create a community of action and thinking, one that defies the finite time that this programme allows.

Outline

  • Introduction: Forum Dança, Lisbon – 3 days
  • Residency: O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-novo – 1 week
  • First block: Workshops and seminars with artists* – 4 weeks
  • First Research Period: 2 weeks
  • Second block: Workshops and seminars with artists* – 4 weeks
  • Second research period: 2 weeks
  • “Descampado”: Undefined terrain – 1 week
  • Third Block: Workshops and seminars with artists* – 3 weeks
  • Third research period: – 4 weeks
  • Occupation: A moment to share and showcase work at TBA – Teatro do Bairro Alto and other spaces TBC – 2 weeks.

 

*Artists: Eleonora Fabião, João Fiadeiro, Jonathan Burrows, Joris Lacoste, Leticia Skrycky & Santiago Rodriguez Tricot, Loïc Touzé, Luara Raio & Acauã Shereya El_Bandide, Marcelo Evelin, Mark Tompkins (to be confirmed), Marlene Monteiro Freitas (to be confirmed), Pedro Paiva e Vera Mantero.

 

The programme begins with the participants’ welcoming at Forum Dança to introduce the cultural associations and spaces in Lisbon.

 

Afterwards there will be a weeklong residency at O Espaço do Tempo, in Montemor-o-Novo, to deepen the participants’ connection and solidify the group. Here, the participants will show each other their work and begin taking part in joint exercises, sharing experiences and motivation.

 

Once back in Lisbon, we will enter into an outline that alternates between approximately four weeks of workshops and seminars, followed by two weeks dedicated to research. We believe that this time dedicated to research not only helps digest and internalise the experiences that the participants have during the preceding workshops and seminars, but also acts as a space in which to explore and create from any questions that come up either during, or that may have come up before, the programme.

 

At the midpoint of the programme, we come to a point that we call DESCAMPADO: a period of time in which nothing is defined. A chance to go off course; the chance to create new, spontaneous work and connections. This idea of an open terrain filled with opportunity to explore is central to this moment in the course.

 

Before we get to the moment where we celebrate this whole experience, what we call the OCCUPATION, we still have four more weeks of research. During those four weeks, not only will we welcome several guests who make up the training programme as well as new accomplices, and we encourage the group to invite external people to the training.

 

The OCUPATION, which will take place in Teatro do Bairro Alto, is a moment for sharing far more than a showcase of the group’s final presentations. It’s a free space, open to all possible formats; from classes given by the group’s participants, conferences and demonstrations, the sharing of ideas, demonstrations of work both finished and unfinished, as well as proposing experiences to the public, etc.

 

A partnership with the Centre National de la Danse in Pantin (Paris, France) provides the possibility of creating an extension of PACAP 7 in October 2024 for the duration of CAMPING. This experience which lasts one week, is a place to encounter different artistic fields (prop design, visual arts, dance, theatre, etc) and from different parts of the world. Furthermore, it also allows, on the one hand, to come into contact with different types of approach, taking part in workshops, conferences, attending shows, and on the other, to be a platform for showcasing work and meetings that will provide new partnerships and future collaborations.

 

NOTE: All travel, lodging and food expenses associated with CAMPING are the participant’s own responsibility.

Information

Who should apply

People, with 23 years of age or over (there is no older age limit), interested in:

 

  • Artistic practices where the body is present,
  • Furthering artistic creation methods,
  • Incorporating physical practices,
  • Collaborative processes,
  • Developing different stage performance skills,
  • A space for research and choreographic creation.

Please note

PACAP functions primarily in English as its working language.

Invited Guests

Process of Selection

The process of selection will be done by the curators of PACAP 7 and the direction of Forum Dança.

 

It will take place in two separate phases:

 

  • Phase One – Applications, open until 31st of July 2023 | Extension of applications until September 10;
  • Phase Two – Auditions, which will take place in October 2023.

Phase 1

Applications

 

The submission of applications will take place through the online application form (link to the form can be found below) until the 31st of July 2023 | Extension of applications until September 10. Applications can be submitted in Portuguese or English.

 

Components to include in the application:

 

  • Curriculum Vitae with a photograph and a brief biography (max. 2 pages A4. Pdf – no larger than 1MB),
  • Link to portfolio of works, with texts, images and links to videos,
  • Motivation Letter that answers the question: “What do I expect from this kind of training programme?” (max. 1 page A4 format .pdf),
  • A video (max. 3 minutes in length) that answers the following question “My body and my work” (this can be made up of excerpts from previous work or improvisational works that illustrate how you use your body on stage.).

 

Phase One results

All candidates will be contacted via email by the 11th of September 2023 | 11th of September 2023.

! IMPORTANT NOTE!

We do not accept links that require downloading videos or photographs.

The links sent must give direct access to the online visualization of the files (YouTube, Vimeo, etc).

The only files that require downloading that we will accept are the Curriculum vitae and the motivational letter.

Phase 2

Auditions

 

Two available options:

 

  • Online: 7 and 8 of October 2023,
  • In person at Forum Dança: 9 and 10th of October 2023,
  • Interviews: 11th and 12th of October 2023 (online).

 

Phase Two Results

All candidates will be contacted via email by the 18th of October 2023.

Tuition fees

  • Registration: 150€,
  • Payment in full of tuition: 1900€,
  • Payment in two instalments: 975€ x 2.

 

Please do not let financial concerns prevent you from applying.

If the tuition is a cause of concern for you, please include a letter in your application explaining your financial situation.

Scholarships

There are a few scholarships available:

 

  • 2 scholarships offering a 50% reduction of the tuition fees,
  • 1 scholarship offering 100% reduction of the tuition fees, aimed at artists from Portuguese Speaking African Countries or Black artists,

 

Other support suggestions:

 

  • Artists residing in Portugal are eligible for up to 50% reduction of the tuition fees through scholarships given out by the GDA Foundation (In cases where the applicant is a member of the GDA this increases up to 75%);
  • Artists residing in countries that are part of Creative Europe may apply for the Culture Moves Europe program.

 

Please do not let financial concerns prevent you from applying.
If the tuition is a cause of concern for you, please include a letter in your application explaining your financial situation.

Schedule

Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm.

This timetable is only indicative and may suffer alterations.

A detailed calendar of the course will be sent to the selected group.

Application – until September 10

Form

Applications are now closed.

Curatorship

Miguel Pereira

Forum Dança | PACAP 7 - Miguel Pereira
Miguel Pereira

Miguel Pereira, attended The National Conservatory Dance School and the Higher School of Dance (ESD), in Lisbon.

He received a scholarship from the Portuguese Ministry of Culture to continue his studies in Paris (Théâtre Contemporain de la Danse) and in New York.

As a performer Miguel worked with, among others, Filipa Francisco, Francisco Camacho and Vera Mantero. He was part of the theatre play and film “António um rapaz de Lisboa” by Jorge Silva Melo, worked with Jerôme Bel in the piece “Shirtologia/Miguel” in 1997, and as a performer in “Les Inconsolés” by Alain Buffard, in the remake of 2017.

Of his choreographic work special mention goes to: the esteemed work “Antonio Miguel” for which he received the Revelation Prize José Ribeiro da Fonte/Ministry of Culture and an honour for the prize of Acarte/Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão (2000), “Notes for an invisible show” (2001), the performance that is only announced by date and place (2002), “Corpo de Baile” (2005), “Karima meets Lisboa meets Miguel meets Cairo” a collaboration with the Egyptian choreographer Karima Mansour (2006), “Doo” (2008), “Antonio & Miguel” (2010) a collaboration with Antonio Tagliarini, “Op. 49” (2012), “WILDE” (2013) a collaboration with Jorge Andrade/mala voadora, “Repertoire for chairs, costumes, and extras” (2015) for Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte and “Piece for business” and “Happy piece” (2017), “Era um peito só cheio de promessas” (2019), “False Friends” (2021) a collaboration with Guillem Mont de Palol, and “Miquelina and Miguel” (2022) based on the relationship between Miguel and his mother, of 87 years of age diagnosed with dementia.

In 2003, 2007 and 2014 Miguel created for the repertoire of Transitions Dance Company/Laban Centre the pieces “Transitions”, “Transitions II” and “Transitions III” that integrated the national and international tour of the company (2003/2004, 2007/2008 and 2014/2015).

His work has been shown across Europe and Brazil, Uruguay and Chile and in 2003 he was the subject of a mini-retrospective in Caldas da Rainha, as part of the cycle “Mapas”” organized by Transforma-AC in collaboration with ESTGAD.

Miguel is regularly invited to teach in composition labs and workshops in Portugal and abroad.

In 2000 Vera Mantero, invited him to become an associated artist of the company O Rumo do Rumo, which he continues to be involved in.

Nuno Lucas

Forum Dança | PACAP 7 - Nuno Lucas
Nuno Lucas

Nuno Lucas. Born in Portugal, Nuno now lives between Paris, Lisbon and Seoul.

He works as a choreographer, actor, author, dancer and teacher. From an early age Nuno began taking part in amateur theatre groups where he discovered a love for comedy. He began his musical studies at the age of eight on the Island of Madeira and later went on to study at the musical conservatory in Caldas da Rainha where he studied classical guitar and singing. Nuno moved to Lisbon in 1998 where he got a Master’s in Economics from the Nova University of Lisbon. It was during his studies that he got his debut working with choreographer Miguel Pereira at the Dona Maria II National Theatre in 2001. He would later be invited by João Fiadeiro to begin working on his first works as a choreographer at LAB10 in 2003.

Pesquisa e Criação Coerográfica at Forum Dança (2003) stands out amongst Nuno’s training as a choreographer as well as EXERCE at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (2007) under the tutelage of Mathilde Monnier and Xiavier le Roy which he attended as recipient of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian bursary.

As an actor and dancer Nuno collaborated with several artists such as: Joris Lacoste, Philippe Quesne, Miguel Pereira, Rita Nunes, Leonardo Mouramateus, Ivana Müller, Jorge Andrade (Mala Voadora), João Fiadeiro.

As a solo artist he created the following works: “Self-portrait as a dancer” and “What can be shown cannot be said” (2007 – Festival Ùzes, France); “I Could Write a Song” (2015 – Théâtre de Vanves, France).

Nuno has also collaborated and co-created the following works with the following artists: Hermann Heisig “Pongo Land” (2008 – Théâtre L’usine, Switzerland); “What comes up, Must go up” (2009 – Festival Tanz im August, Germany) and “Schwerkraft leicht gemacht” (2019 – Schillertheater, Germany); with Márcia Lança “Trompe le Monde” (2010 – Culturgest) and “Por esse Mundo Fora” (2016 – Teatro Maria Matos); with Pieter Frédéric Danos & Geoffrey Carey “Ma vie va changer” (2019 – Festival Circular); with Joana Brandão, Paulo Quedas, Aurélien Vieira Lino and Hugo Coelho “Eu Cá, Tu Lá” (2022 – LU.CA Teatro Luís de Camões).

Nuno’s work has been shown in Portugal, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Romania, Spain, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Argentina and South Korea.
He regularly teaches composition and performance in several countries, for adults as well as children.

Participants

Beatriz Baião (PT), Carlota Mantecón (ES), Damien Najean (FR), Giulia Romitelli (IT), Guillermina Gancio (UY), Hernie Harmon (DE), Jakob von Kietzell (DE), Joana Duvet (PT), Katerina Giannouli (GR), Luna Anaïs (CH), Marina de Moraes (BR), Marusya Byzova (RU), Maud Buckenmeyer (FR), Minjin Lee (KR), Renan Capivara (BR) and Sérgio Diogo Matias (PT).

BIOGRAPHIES

PACAP 7 Activities

Top image credits: Miguel Pereira © Fernanda Ruiz | Nuno Lucas © Rita França.

Support and Partnerships

PACAP 7 co-producer:  Teatro do Bairro Alto.

PACAP 7 co-producer in Residency: O Espaço do Tempo

PACAP 7 support: Alkantara, Casa da Dança – Almada, Fundação GDA, OPART, E.P.E./Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Rumo do Fumo and Piscina.

Forum Dança | Parcerias e Apoios PACAP 7
19 May, 2023

Introductory Workshop
to Sensitive Dance

With Francesca Bertozzi and Claude Coldy

20 to 24 of september 2023

An original somatic movement practice by Claude Coldy

 

This is a workshop for letting us explore the fundamentals of Sensitive Dance, where the relationship with one’s own body and with another person is the central element to the work we will do.

 

Sensitive Dance is a practice which, through conscious movement, leads to greater awareness of oneself, one’s own body, and one’s perceptions and emotions. It is a practice that invites you to listen deeply to your body’s messages, and which gives access to unexpected, spontaneous responses, refreshing them with new qualities and possibilities of movement.

 

This practice proposes to revisit some fundamental stages of evolution through a phylogenetic path, consciously reliving various stages of the process of verticalization of the human being, to rediscover the meaning and potential contained in the form and structure of our bodies. Breathing, seeing, sensitive listening, and touching are some of the practices of Sensitive Dance. They allow us to welcome what is born in the density of our bodies and make its authentic quality tangible.

 

We will be guided to care for and deepen the discovery of movement, to express the dance of the present moment, creating a new language through a dynamic dialogue between breathing, feeling, internal movement and external movement. Sensitive Dance is a fundamental training for building the presence of the performative body, integrating movement and creation practices. It is an invitation to orient oneself in a changing of one’s internal paradigm, in which the performing artist enters full realization of himself through his art. Inhabited in this way, the artistic creation becomes an intimate and timeless space that the artist shares with the public, and to whom he offers his vision and his emotions within the scenic space.

 

Foto © Andrea Macchia

General Information

This Laboratory is being promoted by Francesca Bertozzi and is supported and hosted by Forum Dança.

 

People for whom it is intended: The laboratory is aimed at dance and theatre students and professionals, and people with solid experience in researching movement practices.

 

Maximum number of participants: 20 people.

 

Schedules

  • September 20, 21, 22, from 14:00 to 18:00 (Wednesday to Friday – 12 hours);
  • September 23, 24 from 10 am to 6 pm (Saturday and Sunday – 16 hours)
  • It is mandatory to be available to attend the laboratory every day it takes place – total duration: 28 hours.

 

Fee: 75,00 € (seventy five euros).

Venue: Forum Dança / Espaço da Penha | Travessa do Calado, 26B, 1170-070 Lisboa.

Applications

The application is made using the form available on our website, at the end of this page.

If you are one of the selected people, only after receiving proof of payment, which you must send to our email, will your registration be considered validated.

Application process

  1. Make your application online using the form indicated for this purpose, until the 21st of July;
  2. Do not forget to attach your curriculum vitae in pdf format to the form;
  3. All selected people will be contacted by July 31st;
  4. Wait for our email indicating that you were one of the people selected to attend this lab, along with payment instructions;
  5. Proceed to pay your registration, as indicated in the email sent, by the 7th of August;
  6. Send us the respective proof of payment to our email;
  7. Your participation in the laboratory is only validated after receipt of proof of payment.

Bios

Francesca Bertozzi
Francesca Bertozzi

Francesca Bertozzi. Dancer, performer and trainer. Graduated from the Escola Superior de Dança de Lisboa, in 2004. In 2020, she concluded her training in Sensitive Dance, a method that integrates experiences of conscious movement with elements of osteopathy, in Italy, under the direction of Claude Coldy.

As a dancer and performer, she worked with: Victor Hugo Pontes, Tiago Guedes, Inês Jacques and Mão Morta, Beatriz Cantinho and Ricardo Jacinto, Arte Pública de Beja; Gonçalo Lobato Ferreira; Ana Martins, Dançarte, Maria João Costa Espinho, Linda Valadas.

As an actress and dancer, she performed, in the main role of Inês, the immersive theatre show “E Morreram Felizes Para Sempre” (2015) by Nuno Moreira, staged by Ana Padrão and movement direction by Catarina Trota.

In 2021, she directed a group movement that integrates the performance “In Solitaria” by and with Claudio Gasparotto and musician Fabio Mina.
She is the interpreter and choreographer of the solos: “Naufrago” and “Pensando a Ofélia”. Since 2016 she has been working as a choreographer with the Almada Theatre Company in the plays: “O Feio”,“Noite da Liberdade”, “Bonecos de Luz” and “Migrantes”.

She has collaborated as a trainer with: Ar.Co, Festival Materiais Diverse, F.O.R., Teatro Maria Matos, Inimpetus, Quinta Ten-Chi, among others.
In parallel with her artistic projects, she has been developing pedagogical activities as a trainer, teaching classes and laboratories in contemporary dance, creative dance, movement for actors, somatic movement practices in the studio and in nature.

 

More info at: www.francescabertozzi.weebly.com

Claude Coldy
Claude Coldy

Claude Coldy. Trained from the age of 20 in classical contemporary dance and jazz in Paris, he also trained as an actor and has taken part in various theatre, television, and cinematic performances, as well as participating in international dance festivals.

Since 1982, he has concentrated on choreography and teaching, founding the Arbalete company of Genoa, which toured through Europe. In 1990, he created Sensitive Dance® with Jean Louis and Marie Dupuy, French osteopaths.

He has since dedicated himself to teaching and spreading Sensitive Dance®, mainly in Europe, collaborating with such institutions as L’Arboreto-Teatro Dimora Mondaino, Centro Internazionale per la Danza (CID), ICTGDS Bruxelles, and Wolfagang Universität Essen. He also conducts seminars in the studio and in the middle of nature: in the forest, among olive groves, in the desert, and by the sea. Since 2000, he has been teaching new generations of Sensitive Dance instructors.

 

Mais informações: www.danzasensibile.com

Application form

Registrations are closed.

Forum Dança
11 January, 2023

Residencies 2023

NÚCLEO | Residencies Program

Applications deadline: January 22, 2023

One of the objectives of Forum Dança is the support to residences according to programmatic lines framed by its artistic direction.

Aimed at emerging artists, the Residency Program is included in the project Núcleo, providing a period of experimentation and research through action, articulating creation with transmission to the artistic community.

The present edition of the program will support 6 artistic projects in the area of contemporary dance or performance, three of which will be presented by artists who have participated in Forum Dança’s advanced creation programs (PEPCC and PACAP).

The Program offers rehearsal space, artistic monitoring by Forum Dança’s artist-researcher associated João Fiadeiro and a support grant worth €750 (seven hundred and fifty euros).

Periods of Residence 2023

  • Residence 1: 7 – 18 August
  • Residence 2: 21 August – 1 September
  • Residence 3: 21 August – 1 September
  • Residence 4: 16 – 27 October
  • Residence 5: 30 October – 10 November
  • Residence 6: 13 – 24 November

Application Process

Applications should be submitted sent to forumdanca@forumdanca.pt until January 22.

The results will be announced until January 31 by email to the selected projects.

Artistic accompaniment

Forum Dança | PACAP 5 - João Fiadeiro
João Fiadeiro © Ana Viotti

João Fiadeiro

Born in 1965, João Fiadeiro is part of a generation of choreographers that emerged in the late 1980’s and gave rise to the Nova Dança Portuguesa (New Portuguese Dance).

 

His career, both as a choreographer or performer and as a researcher or curator, has centered on creating conditions for experimentation, for laboratorial practices and for the intersection between artistic and scientific research. This activity was developed as much by coordinating programming and artistic research projects at Centro Cultural da Malaposta [1990-95], Espaço Ginjal [1995-98], Lugar Comum [1999-2000], Espaço A Capital [2000-2002] and Atelier Real [2004-2019] as by his artistic practice through his choreographies and the research workshops on and around Real Time Composition.

 

In all these different platforms João Fiadeiro was always accompanied by artists that participated as creators, performers, researchers and programmers, contributing in a decisive manner to the existence of this project through thirty years of non-stop activity.

General Conditions

  1. Support for 6 projects selected by Forum Dança management;
  2. Scholarship worth €750 (seven hundred and fifty euros) per residency, upon sending a green receipt or equivalent (in the case of artists not residing in Portugal*);
  3. Support for publicizing the project in the Forum Dança media;
  4. Possibility of final public presentation, in the space of the residence, in the format of an informal exhibition, conversation or similar (optional and by appointment);
  5. Mandatory mention “Support to Creation – Forum Dança” and insertion of the logo in all material promoting the project;
  6. Availability of a record of the presentation of the supported project, when applicable, for archiving in the Documentation Center of Forum Dança;
  7. The organization of travel, accommodation, food and medical assistance during the residency period is the sole responsibility of those who participate.

 

*Artists not resident in Portugal must present a tax residency certificate issued by the authorities of the country of residence.

Applications are closed.

Supported Projects

  • Residence 1 (7-18 August): Ana Renata Poland with the project VERBAL IMAGES
  • Residence 2 (August 21-September 1): Inês Cartaxo with the project SUPERADAPTATION
  • Residence 3 (August 21-September 1): Sara Manubens and Ves Liberta with the project NOSFERATU: A SYMPHONY OF HORROR
  • Residence 4 (16 – 27 October): Djam Neguin with the project Tx@bet_a
  • Residence 5 (October 30 – November 10): Sara Bernardo with the project Efemérida
  • Residence 6 (13 – 24 November): Andrei Bessa and Acauã El Bandide Shereya with the project URRO – Parte 3 – Para não caber no mundo

Application form

All fields are mandatory.

Projectos Apoiados

Aline Belfort (BR), Andrei Bessa (BR), Bárbara Cordeiro (PT), Bartosz Ostrowski (PL), Bruno Levorin (BR), Carolina Canteli (BR), Chloé Saffores (FR), Francisco Thiago (BR), Giovanna Monteiro (BR), Herlandson Duarte (CV/PT), Jean Lesca (FR), Katarina Lanier (US), Katinka Wissing (DK), Leonardo Shamah (BR), Leonor Lopes (PT), Leonor Mendes (PT), Lucas Damiani (UY), Nazario Díaz (ES), Nicole Gomes (BR), Nirvan Navrin (PT), Piero Ramella (IT), Roberto Dagô (BR), Rosa Sijben (NL), Ves Liberta (PT), Vicente Antunes Ramos (BR).

BIOGRAFIAS

Mostras informais

Forum Dança - Aulas Regulares - Do Corpo Ao Corpo - Gisela Dória
12 December, 2022

From Body
to Body

Interdisciplinary Movement Practices

With Gisela Dória

Monday | 19h00-20h30

 

“Do Corpo ao Corpo consists of regular classes based on the practice that Gisela Dória has been developing over many years of pedagogical and artistic experience. The work proposed here dialogues with a variety of techniques, of which Dance, Pilates, Gyrokinesis®, and various Somatic Education practices, including the Klein Technique™, stand out. More than a synthesis of these techniques, the classes promote the integration of different approaches in favor of a sensitivity that takes the uniqueness of each body as a starting point.

 

The goal is to develop awareness of the physical structure in order to make movement more functional and pleasurable, contributing to maintaining the body’s vitality. These classes thus open paths for self-observation, providing each person with the necessary resources for the continued (re)education of their movement.

 

Classes are open to adults of all ages, with no technical or physical prerequisites.”

 

/ Gisela Dória

 

Photo © Gustavo Vicente

Bio

Gisela Dória was born in Rio de Janeiro and is living in Lisbon since 2018. Daughter of actor father and mother, she grew up behind the scenes of theaters, studied classical ballet, jazz, modern dance until she reached contemporary dance. Graduated in London, at the College of the Royal Academy of Dance; she is certified in Pilates by CGPA-São Paulo with a specialization in the Kane School Pilates Program in New York; she is a Certified Gyrokinesis® Instructor and, since 2020, is a member of the Klein Technique™ Certification Program.

 

She taught classical ballet at Sitter’s School of Dance (1991-1993) in Canada. She was founder and artistic director of the Gisela Dória Ballet School (1994-2017), Campo Grande, Brazil. She holds a master’s degree from the University of São Paulo-USP (2008) and a doctorate from the University of Campinas-UNICAMP (2015), both in Performing Arts.

 

She collaborated with Coletivo Performa Teatro in São Paulo from 2008 to 2017, where she performed in the show Cry Baby Cry (Festival Internacional de Teatro Rua de Porto Alegre-2014), directed by Matteo Bonfitto and Graziella Mantoanelli; she acted in and choreographed the dance video Deslizes (2008); she prepared the body for the shows Descartes (Sesc SP-2008), O Mentiroso (2009) and co-directed Palavras Corrompidas (Sesc SP-2016). She participated as a performer and director of several dance shows, among them: O Sopro de Vida (2004), Cultura Bovina – Ginga Cia de Dança with the support of Caixa Econômica Federal (2007/2009), Fluzz – Cia Dançurbana with the support of Boticário na Dança Prize (2017), A Viagem- Autores em Cena– Itaú Cultural, (2016).

 

Author of the book Poética de Sem Lugar: Por uma Teatralidade na Dança, published in 2013 by Editora Perspectiva, São Paulo and co-author of the book Cia Carne Agonizante: 21 Years of Dance with no time to be afraid, 2018. Held in 2017/18 a postdoctoral project at ECA/USP, where she developed an inspired choreographic research for Poesia Haiku. From 2018 to 2020 she was a visiting researcher at the Center for Theater Studies at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon.

 

She started collaborating with Forum Dança in November 2021.

 

Personal website www.giseladoria.com

Stretch and Placing- Klein Technique™ - Forum Dança | Gisela Doria
Gisela Doria © Gustavo Vicente

Pre-registration on-line

Registrations are closed.

Pre-registration on-line

Registration process

  1. Pre-register online using the form provided bellow.
  2. Wait for our email with payment instructions.
  3. Pay your registration, as indicated in the email sent.
  4. Send the respective payment receipt to our email.
  5. Your registration will only be validated after we receive your proof of payment.
PRE-REGISTRATION ON-LINE
Forum Dança - Workshop Butoh 2023 - Yael Karavan
29 November, 2022

Workshop Butoh
Yael Karavan

21 and 22 of January | 11h00 – 17h00

Butoh and Metamorphoses – the Poetry of Images

 

“Inside this one body, there are various mythic things that are still sleeping intact… The work is how to excavate them…” – Tatsumi Hijikata, founder of Butoh

 

Poetic imagery is one of the greatest powers of Butoh dance. Exploring the present body, empty body, body as a vessel and the transformation of our physical states thanks to images.

Butoh is an avant-garde dance of transformation created at the end of the 50 in Japan. Butoh is not a technique but a method and philosophy, an approach to dance that is born within us and connects us to our essence, nature, universe and the cycles of life and death.

The main elements that will be explored in the workshop are metamorphoses, dance through imagery, presence, awareness, and the tension between opposites. The aim is to free the body from its mundane preconceived set of gestures and movements and thus allowing us to access a deeper and more authentic essence of movement and archetypal expression. Questioning how Butoh can be translated into a European Body and why is Butoh not just relevant but extremely vital nowadays.

Yael Karavan has more than 25 years of experience in Butoh, during which he had the opportunity to work with the founders of Butoh in Japan: Kazuo Ohno and Motofuji San – wife of Tatsumi Hijikata – as well as with Tadashi Endo and the MAMU dance theatre, Yumiko Yoshioka and Ten-Pen-Chi, Sankai Juku, Atsushi Takenuchi, Minako Seki, Carlota Ikeda, Yuko Kawamoto, Akira Kasai, Natsu Nakajuma among others.

 

Foto © Anna Warner

General Information

Dates: 21 and 22 of January 2023
Schedule: From 11h00 to 17h00
Venue: Forum Dança – Espaço da Penha, Lisboa
Recipients: Professionals, students, and people with previous experience in movement, dance and/or theater.
Maximum number of participants: 20

Pre-registration

Registration is carried out using the form available on our website and will be validated after receipt of proof of payment, which you should send to our email.

Procedure

  1. Make your pre-registration online in the form indicated for this purpose.
  2. Wait for our email with payment instructions.
  3. Proceed with the payment of your registration, as indicated in the email sent.
  4. Send us the proof of payment to our email.
  5. Your registration will only be validated after we receive your proof of payment.

Participation fee

  • Early bird until January 14: 75,00 €
  • Normal price after January 14: 85,00 €
  • 10% discount for:
    • Students and former students of Forum Dança’s long-term courses (PACAP / CGPAE / PEPCC / etc.).

Bio

Yael Karavan
Yael Karavan

International performer, dancer and Artistic director of the Karavan Ensemble, Yael was born in Israel and grew up in Florence, Paris and London. In her dance research she travelled across Europe, Japan, Russia and Brazil searching for a physical language of expression bridging between East and West dance and theatre. Her work is often described as visual poetry, drawing on elements of Butoh, dance, mime, clown, physical and visual theatre she explores themes of Memory, Metamorphosis, the invisible and the notion of repetitive cycles, as well as current urgent socio-political issues such as climate change, immigration, diversity and inequality. Karavan’s work is presented worldwide in theatres, galleries and museums, often in a site-specific context. She studied and worked with Butoh masters such as Kazuo Ohno, Tadashi Endo, Carlotta Ikeda, Yumiko Yoshioka, Akiko Motofuji, Ko Morobushi, Natsu Nakajima, Akira Kasai, Yuko Kaseki, Minako Seki, Atsushi Takenuchi and sankai Juku amongst others. She was a member of Tadashi Endo’s MA-MU Dance Theatre for nearly 8 years and of Ten-Pen-Chi led by Yumiko Yoshioka for 3 years and has been teaching workshops internationally since 1999.

 

More informations: www.yaelkaravan.com

Pre-registration form

11 October, 2022

Experimental
Erotica Laboratories

Experimental Erotica Laboratories
14 and 21 October, 18h-20h

Free Workshop gratuito | Registrations are open

Participation is free, with prior registration to our email.

This laboratory will be supervised by Katarina Lanier and is part of the research process she is developing within the scope of her artistic residency “Dances of Desire”, taking place at Forum Dança.

 

“The purpose of these laboratories is to open up the material I have been investigating in the context of the creation of my piece Call Me Three Times, developed within PACAP 5. *
Over the next few weeks of residency, I aim to pull out materials from the constructed piece, blow them up, touch their edges, and dislocate the erotic elements I was focused on sharing as completed images.” – Katarina Lanier

 

About the workshop

The labs will be divided into two parts: one body (which could be considered a warm-up) which will lead to a video exploration with the use of devices we have available (cell phones, cameras, computers, etc.)
During the two sessions, we will be engaged in individual and collective body practices with the goal of opening up the participants to sensations and their potential expressions. We will use these body practices and the conversations around them to experiment with their translation into short videos focused on producing desire, poetics, and attraction.
This laboratory is welcome to everybody.
Please come in loose clothing to move, and a few objects/elements that you consider to be potentially erotic (possible examples: songs that make you want to dance, clothes that make you want to touch yourself, objects that make you want to touch others, etc.)

 

Bio
Katarina Lanier (EUA). Bosnian-American / dancer-baker-video-maker. She has a degree in Dance from Université Paris 8 and a master’s in visual arts from Haute École des Arts du Rhin in 2020. She has a background in philosophy, dance and social sciences. Her interests lie in collaborative processes, in the possible relationships between image production and body practices and experimental uses of social codes.

 

*Performing Arts Advanced Programme, curated by João Fiadeiro in collaboration with Márcia Lança, Carolina Campos, and Daniel Pizamiglio and promoted by Forum Dança.

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