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SATURDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2026, 9.30PM
A Luminosa Violência da Perfeição
Inspired by Maurice Ravel's Pavane pour une infante défunte, the performance unfolds as a choreographic procession in which slowness and intensity coexist. Drawing on the idea of the pavane – a processional dance of melancholic character – it develops a physical reflection on postponing the end of youth and on all that remains to be lived. Between restraint and release, the bodies move through an expanded sense of time that seems to conceal a constant urgency. The movement oscillates between resistance and escape, evoking images of cavalries in transit and wild forces seeking liberation. In this uninterrupted journey, the performance questions duration, memory and the possibility of stepping beyond oneself, proposing the possibility of the freedom to run in circles endlessly.
Daniel Matos (Lagos, 1996) began his studies in Visual Arts before graduating in Dance from the Escola Superior de Dança – IPL. His work develops through multidisciplinary practices, exploring the body as a biographical field and embracing the present as a political space of transgression, ritual and affection. Since 2014, he has been an artistic collaborator, performer and rehearsal assistant with the duo Ana Borralho & João Galante. As a performer, he has collaborated with Angélica Liddell, Romeo Castellucci, Rui Horta, Luís Marrafa, André Uerba, Amélia Bentes and Davis Freeman. He has been invited to share his creative processes at the Conservatori Superior de Dansa de València, the Escola Superior de Dança, the Paulo Cunha e Silva Campus and A PiSCiNA. Since 2017, he has presented his work as a choreographer.
Direction Artística, Coreografia e Concepção Plástica – Daniel Matos
Cocriação e Interpretação – Lia Vohlgemuth, Joana Simões, Claudio Murabito, Margarida Paiva, Florencia Martina e Nuno Velosa
Colaboração Artística, Fotografia e Vídeo – João Catarino
Consultoria Artística – Beatriz Marques Dias
Música Original (A partir de Pavane pour une Infante Défunte, de Maurice Ravel) – Joana Guerra
Interpretação Musical ao vivo – Joana Guerra and Orquestra do Algarve
Maestro – Pablo Urbina
Orquestradores e Arranjadores – Students of the University of Aveiro
Figurantes Crianças – Students of CAMADA Centro Coreográfico
Cenografia – João Catarino, Joana Duarte and Daniel Matos
Desenho de Luz e Direção Técnica – Ana Carocinho
Figurinos – Marina Tabuado
Direção de Produção – Joana Flor Duarte
Coordenação de Produção – Diana Martins
Comunicação e Assessoria de Imprensa – this is ground control
Coprodução – Teatro das Figuras, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Cine-Teatro de Torres Vedras, Teatro Municipal da Covilhã and Município de Lagos
Residências de Coprodução – O Espaço do Tempo and Teatro José Lúcio da Silva
Apoio à Residência – GrandStudio Brussels – Materiais Diversos, Trois C-L (Luxembourg), Estúdios Victor Cordon, Cine-Teatro Louletano, CAPA Devir, O Rumo do Fumo, Fórum Dança, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva and CAMADA Centro Coreográfico
Apoios – Teatro Experimental de Lagos, LAC – Laboratório de Atividades Criativas, casaBranca associação cultural, CAMADA Centro Coreográfico, University of Aveiro, JoPAuto SA, ESTUFA Plataforma Cultural
Produção – CAMA a.c.
This project is funded by DGArtes – Ministry of Culture, Sport and Youth / Portuguese Republic.
Ages 16 and up
Duration 60 minutes