Luís Guerra Workshop
September 30 to October 4, 2026
Forum Dança, Espaço da Penha, Lisboa
Registration open.
dancing with the invisible or dancing with your whole body
Workshop with Luís Guerra
During these days of exploration, I will share approaches, strategies, and tools that I have been developing over more than twenty years of continuous work as a performer and improviser in the fields of dance, performance, and the visual arts. The proposal involves immersing ourselves in the body as one of the richest territories and one of the privileged instruments for the expression of creative impulse, activating dimensions that are often dormant or uninhabited, seeking to reawaken consciousness to all that dwells or hides in the darkness of the unconscious. We will work primarily with sensory stimuli that extend beyond the visual field, prioritizing listening and hearing, but also internal archaeology, opening space for transcendental dives that may stray beyond the scripts of control and predictability. Above all, it will be a space for exploration, experimentation, spontaneous composition, and improvisation, where the body of each day will become the primary guide and conductor. We will seek states of presence that are more detached from preconceived notions of right and wrong, good and evil, and valid and invalid, without, however, compromising our standards regarding form or content. In this way, we will create space for intense experiences—sometimes akin to or evoking altered states of consciousness—that reveal bodies that are more receptive, sensitive, and alive. Above all, this will be an encounter to be built together, with the hope that for each participant it will be a nourishing moment that propels the expansion of the physical, psychic, and emotional realms.
Informations
Who is it for
This workshop is open to anyone, whether a professional or not, who has a genuine interest in dance and the body.
Schedule
Dates: September 30 to October 4
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. | Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Venue
Forum Dança
Espaço da Penha
Travessa do Calado, 26B,
1170-070 Lisboa
Participation fee
Discounts
- 20% discount for people who participate or have participated in long-term courses at Forum Dança, participants in workshops promoted by Parasita/Forum Dança, and dance students.
- 50% scholarships for artists and/or dance students, with support from the GDA Foundation (upon application)
Form
All fields are required.
Bio
Luís Guerra
Luís Guerra [Lisbon, 1985] studied dance at the National Conservatory (1995–2003); choreography at the Gulbenkian Foundation (2005); relaxation massage at the Institute of Traditional Medicine (2020); painting and drawing at ArCo (2019–2022); and also completed the advanced course and individual project in visual arts at that same school (2022–2025), where he received the Vera Futscher scholarship. He regularly exhibits his visual work and has been working for over two decades as a performer, dancer, improviser, model for drawing classes, teacher, and choreographer, with recent and/or regular collaborations with Vera Mantero, Sofia Dias & Vitor Roriz, Simon Vincenzi, Emio Greco|PC, Claudia Castelucci, Christophe Haleb, Meg Stuart, Elisabete Francisca, Mariana Tengner Barros, Teresa Silva, David Marques, Tânia Carvalho, among others. He was a DanceWeb fellow and in recent years has devoted himself primarily to improvisation and the evocation of trance states, generally in durational performances presented in non-theatrical contexts such as art galleries, gardens, or outdoor spaces. Among her recent works, highlights include an improvisational tribute to Almada Negreiros on the steps of the Gulbenkian Foundation, a solo piece featuring dance and text of her own creation in the garden of Casa da Cerca, improvisations in the Monsanto forest during the Silvestre Festival, an improvisational performance involving audience interaction presented at MAAT, and improvised performances at the TicTac Art Centre. She currently resides in Brussels, where she conducts a series of occasional workshops in the field of improvisation within the context of the performing arts.
Organization
Forum Dança & Associação Parasita
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