Brother is choreographed by a constant mimicry between the performers that are the generators of movement, behaviors and patterns. Non-verbal vocabulary appears and over time, it becomes regenerated and transformed by the individual commitment or unlocker manifestations. Movable bridges emerge and fade away between the now and the faraway. At the macroscale, it is a thought about heritage, memory, codes, learning and transmission processes.
MARCO DA SILVA FERREIRA (Portugal)
Born in Santa Maria da Feira, Marco began his dance career in 2004. Since then he has worked with: Companhia de Dança do Norte; Companhia Tok’art in Made in time (2011) and You never know how things are going to come together (2012); Companhia Instável in Fuga sem fim (2011). In 2012 Marco performed in Hofesh Shechter’s project Shelters; Elisabeth Lambeck’s EXIT 211-A; Sylvia Rijmer’s Anatomization at CCB boxnova, and Victor Hugo Pontes’ projects Rendez-vous and A strange land. He won Eurobattle 2009 in the "New Style" category and also won the TV show So you think you can dance - Portugal.
As a choreographer, he premiered his first solo Nevoeiro 21 in Palcos Instáveis at Campo Alegre theatre (2012). It has also been presented in the Solos Festival (Lisboa, Évora and Torres Vedras), as well as in maisImaginarius 2012.
In May 2013 Marco premiered the award winning piece of maisImaginarius 2013 Réplica...éplica...éplica, a site-specific solo dance work. In June, Marco created A ilha with Victor Hugo Pontes, during a dance residency provided by 37.25-Núcleo de artes performativas and Walk&Talk Azores festival.
Por minha culpa, minha tão grande culpa, a co-creation with Mara Andrade, was presented in Palcos Instáveis in October 2013 and in GUIdance 2014. In 2014 Land(e)scape, a multi-disciplinary collaboration with a visual artist and sound installation was presented in Imaginarius; in 2014 Hu(r)mano premiered, and has been selected to represent Portuguese Young artists 2015.
In January 2017, Brother, Marco’s new group piece, premiered in Teatro Municipal do Porto . Rivoli.
