Event description
In the first edition of BISONTE, choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira will present his work CARCAÇA. The choreography of this dance piece starts with the movement of the feet, before the dancers gradually begin to put together a lively, rebellious and carnivalesque performance.
The company, made up of ten dancers including Marco da Silva Ferreira himself, is a team that physically, intuitively and unpretentiously explores its collective identity, piecing together a performance from elements of the body, dance and culture.
Sophisticated steps, performed with simple sneakers, will bring not only the sound to the stage, but also bursts of kinetic, thermal and light energy. The physical sounds are accompanied by the sound of João Pais Filipe's drums and Luís Pestana's electronic music. These live elements form an accelerated soundtrack that intertwines traditional music (e.g., fanfares and marches), postmodern music and club music (techno trance, dub).
The choreography for CARCAÇA was inspired by 2020. CORPOS DE BAILE, created in 2020 with the Companhia Nacional de Bailado, was the starting point for the collective's research, which allowed them to analyse the relationship between identity and leg movements.
Marco da Silva Ferreira was born in Santa Maria da Feira in 1986. He started training in 1996, when he took up professional swimming. In 2002 he gave it up and concentrated on bodywork in the performing arts. His path has been self-taught, exploring dance styles that are common in urban contexts and originate from Africa. Between 2002 and 2010, the direction and vocabulary of dance became increasingly diverse and closer to contemporary improvisational tools and composition. In 2010, he won the television competition "So You Think You Can Dance - Portugal".
The performance Brother (2016) established the artist's discourse as an author, reflecting on dance and its meaning in the contemporary world. In his work, he makes connections to the origins of dance and draws a line that is defined by the contemporary body.
In 2018-2019 Marco was Associate Artist at Teatro Municipal do Porto, and in 2019-2021 he became Associate Artist at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen in Normandy.
Artistic Director and Choreographer: Marco da Silva Ferreira
Artistic Consultant: Catarina Miranda
Dancers: André Garcia, Fábio Krayze, Leo Ramos, Marc Oliveras Casas, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Maria Antunes, Max Makowski, Mélanie Ferreira, Nelson Teunis, Nala Revlon
Light design by Cárin Geada
Score and technical director: João Monteiro
Music: João Pais Filipe (percussion) Luís Pestana (electronic music)
Costumes: Alexandra Protic
Scenography: Emanuel Santos
Anthropological studies: Teresa Fradique
Folk dances: Joana Lopes
Production Management: Mafalda Bastos
Production: Joana Costa Santos, Mafalda Bastos
Production Structure: Pensamento Avulso
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Generally Produced with: Teatro Municipal do Porto, Centro Cultural de Belém, Big Pulse Dance Alliance, co-produced by Naujas Baltijos šokis (Lithuania), Julidans (Netherlands), Tanz im August/HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Germany), Dublin Dance Festival (Ireland) and ONE Dance Week (Bulgaria), Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie, La briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de Marne, Maison des arts de Créteil, KLAP- Maison pour la danse, CCN-Ballet National de Marseille, Charleroi danse, centre chorégraphique de Wallonie - Bruxelles, December Dance (Concertgebouw and Cultuurcentrum Brugge), La rose des vents - scène nationale Lille Métropole - Villeneuve d'Ascq, TANDEM Scène Nationale Arras-Douai
