1 to 10 apr 2024
creative residency
Performing Arts Centre of the Algarve CAPa
blind dances
Ana Trincão
Portugal
artistic direction Ana Trincão
co-creation, research and performance Elisabete Francisca, Julia Salém e Marta Cerqueira
research Andresa Soares, Joana Gomes
research about audio description Ana Fradique, Joana Gomes
audio description Ana Fradique
sound space Nico Espinoza
stage space Tiago Gandra
design Uranmdia Aragão
photography Cipriano Trincão
creation support Programa em Trânsito/Materiais Diversos; OPART, E.P.E. Estúdios Victor Cordon
artistic residency support Casa da Dança de Almada; Centro Cultural Malaposta, Minutos Redondos, Câmara Municipal de Odivelas, DevirCapa, Companhia Olga Roriz
advertising support Apneia Coletiva Associação Cultural
management Hannya Melo, Circuito Associação Cultural
acknowledgment Sara Magno
co-production Teatro Virgínia
financing Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Direção Geral das Artes, Materiais Diversos
BlindDances is a project that explores a wide spectrum of human sensitivity. The issues surrounding perception, that is, how we perceive and feel what surrounds us, as well as what conditions and empowers us, are the theme of this work. The three performers, with their eyes closed, investigate dances inspired by somatic practices and subliminal communication, challenging themselves to explore possibilities for creating and translating the aesthetic power of dance, based on perception not dominated by sight.