DANCE, TRADITION AND IDENTITY
Presente – Companhia de Dança
Friday, June 2nd, 2023 at 11:00 am
Cine Teatro João Ribeiro (Vouzela).
Binaural Nodar, the Municipality of Vouzela and the Vocational School of Vouzela are pleased to announce a contemporary dance show aimed at the local school community, with the presentation of two works created by Presente – Companhia de Dança from the region’s music and folklore traditions.
Presente – Companhia de Dança has as its main objective to establish bridges between training and the professional world, having in its cast finalist students of the Secondary Dance Course, former students and teachers of the school, also aiming at contributing to an effective audience development, especially in places in the Viseu region where contemporary dance has not been presented on a regular basis.
TODA A NOITE ATÉ SER DIA (ALL NIGHT UNTIL DAY)
This piece began with a research of the Viseu region’s folklore tradition, followed by visits to various folkloric groups in the municipality of Viseu, to learn their dances. In the studio, the dancers improvised from this repertoire, creating other fictional or invented dances and songs. This piece brings together the memories of those visits and the dances that were already in the body (from the dance stories of each participant), thus creating several layers of meaning.
Artistic and technical credits:
Duration: 20/30 minutes
Artistic direction and creation: Filipa Francisco
Co-creation and interpretation: Catarina Keil, Pedro Gomes, Rafaela Rodrigues, Sara Santos (12th year students of the Secondary Dance Course 2016/17)
Musical Direction: Ana Bento and Bruno Pinto
Co-creation of the song “Ao Cantar da Cotovia”: Ana Bento, Bruno Pinto, Catarina Keil, Pedro Gomes, Rafaela Rodrigues, Sara Santos
Artistic Direction Assistance: Susana Gaspar
Technical Direction and Light Design: Cristóvão Cunha
Costumes: Collective Creation / Torredeita Folklore Group
Photography and Video Recording: Tomás Pereira
Production: Lugar Presente Dance School
Institutional Partnership: Municipality of Viseu – Viseu Terceiro Programme
Acknowledgments: Lino Pereira, Torredeita Folklore Group, Pindelo de Silgueiros Folklore Group, Verde Gaio de Lordosa Folklore Group, Mundão Folklore Group
E DEPOIS DA DANÇA (AND AFTER THE DANCE)
This piece was created as the result of analyzing traditional dances from local folk groups, as well as their own intrinsic languages and types of social engagement. This is a choreography that aims not only at creating something based on a popular language, but also to incorporate the intricacy of the human relationships that are present in the folk dance tradition… These relationships are generated not only in the spaces of the folkloric groups, but also between the artistic team who creates and performs the piece.
Artistic and technical credits:
Duration: 20/30 minutes
Artistic direction and creation: António M. Cabrita
Co-creation and interpretation: Cecília Borges, Daniela Dias, Mariana Silva, Sara Nogueira, Marco Esteves and Mauro Bastos (12th year students of the Secondary Dance Course 2017/18)
Music: Artur Fernandes
Costume Design: Nuno Nogueira
Technical Direction and Light Design: Cristóvão Cunha
Production: Lugar Presente Dance School
Institutional Support: Viseu City Council – Viseu Culture Program
Acknowledgments: Casa do Povo de Abraveses Folklore Group, Torredeita Folklore Group, Verde Gaio de Lordosa Folklore Group
Binaural Nodar is a cultural organization supported by the Government of Portugal – Culture | General Directorate for the Arts
A Binaural Nodar é uma estrutura cultural apoiada pelo Governo de Portugal – Cultura | Direção-Geral das Artes.