Astral on the Dancefloor
Pacap 8 / Mystery School of Choreography
Teatro do Bairro Alto
24 and 25 May, 2025 | Sat and Sun
MYS
Mystery School of Choreography
Escola mistério de coreografia
L’école chorégraphique du mystère
Escola Misteriosa de Coreografia
Tajymnŏ szkōła choreografije
Schule der Mysterien in der Choreografie
Μυστηριώδες σχολείο χορογραφίας
Tajemnicza Szkoła Choreografii
Escuela Mística de Coreografía
مدرسه رمز و راز طراحی رقص
Mysterium Skola för Koreografi
Escuela Coreográfica del Misterio
コレオグラフィーのミステリースクール
How do we passionately integrate ancient knowledge in uncomfortable times?
At Teatro do Bairro Alto, a community of artists & dreamers will bring a multidimensional experience of their journey in a crystalline evening of MYS and guests.
The performance unfolds and shape-shifts through ceremonies of desire, and invitations of reconnection. Magical child meets queen of cups, interspecies songs are channelled for other possible worlds while the full moon howls through ruins of yesterday and tomorrow.
As above so below, through material and quantum activations, we set intention for a space where bodies meet imagination and reality.
Love is a mystery, and every practice is a ritual.
“Astral on the Dancefloor”, an encounter of fine lines between quantum feelings and quantum spaces.
Artistic direction & MYS concept Meg Stuart
Artistic colaboration Ana Rocha
Participants Ana Szopa, António Bollaño, Arash Khakpour, Emily da Silva, Guillermo Tarasewicz, Isabela Rossi, iSaAc iSaBeL Espinoza Hidrobo, Julia Kosałka, Kaya Freeman, María Ibarretxe, Martha Kotsia, Michiru Shin, Natacha Campos, Raul Aranha, Salomé Pham-Van-Hué, Sepideh Khodarahmi, Śomi Śniegocka, Therese Bendjus, Tiago Vieira
Live Sound Pedro Melo Alves & Jari
Lights & Technical Direction Santiago Rodríguez Tricot
Production Forum Dança
Coproduction Teatro do Bairro Alto, Goethe-Institut Portugal, as part of the KULTURfest
PACAP 8 Activities
PACAP 8 / Mystery School lectures
Support and Partnerships
Co-Production PACAP 8: Culturgest | Teatro do Bairro Alto | Anda & Fala | Walk e Talk | Goethe-Institut Portugal, in the scope of Kulturfest festival.
Co-producer in Residency PACAP 8: O Espaço do Tempo
Support PACAP 8: Alkantara | Casa da Dança – Almada | Fundação GDA | Kees Eijrond Foundation | OPART, E.P.E/Estúdios Victor Córdon | O Rumo do Fumo | Piscina
Top image credits © Aline Belfort