CARCAÇA
Marco da Silva Ferreira
Ten performers alternate between rage and tenderness, hope and disillusionment: in his explosive CARCAÇA, choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira drives his dancers to a frenzy of boundless movement, through a raw yet precise dance.
By blending urban dance styles with traditional dances banned by the Portuguese dictatorship, he evokes history by linking it to the present. It is a history he chooses to convey through bodies that pound the floor, accelerate, vibrate and transform, thereby embodying a disillusioned yet determined youth.
In a rebellious, carnival-like style, accompanied by live music, CARCAÇA celebrates the power of the collective. It’s a wild, frenetic burst of energy that courses right through you!
Next performances
Prices and offers
Full price
CHF 40.-
Concessionary rate
From CHF 15 to CHF 25
AVS, AI, unemployment, young people aged up to 26, people with reduced mobility, residents of Vernier, 20ans20francs, Passedanse
mélimélo Offer
20% off your basket when you buy 5 shows
Artistic and Choreographic Direction
Marco da Silva Ferreira
Artistic Assistant
Catarina Miranda
Cast
André Speedy, Cacá Otto Reuss, Fábio Krayze, Marc Oliveras Casas, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Maria Antunes, Max Makowski, Mélanie Ferreira, Nelson Teunis, Nala Revlon
Original cast
Leo Ramos
Lighting and technical direction
Cárin Geada
Music
João Pais Filipe (percussion) and Luís Pestana (electronic music)
Costumes
Aleksandar Protic
Set design
Emanuel Santos
Anthropological research
Teresa Fradique
Portuguese folk dances
Joana Lopes
Production
P.ulso
Distribution
Art Happens
Co-production
Teatro Municipal do Porto, Centro Cultural de Belém, Big Pulse Dance Alliance, co-produced by New Baltic Dance (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, the National Choreographic Centre of Caen in Normandy as part of the Ministry of Culture’s ‘Associate Artist in Residence’ scheme, La Briqueterie – CDCN of Val-de-Marne, Maison des arts de Créteil, KLAP – Maison pour la danse, CCN-Ballet National de Marseille, Charleroi danse, Centre Choregraphique 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
Support
Portuguese Republic – Culture, DGARTES – Directorate-General for the Arts
Artistic residencies
A Oficina (Guimarães), Ballet National de Marseille, Escola Superior de Dança (Lisbon), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemoro-Novo), Teatro Municipal do Porto
Marco da Silva Ferreira
Marco da Silva Ferreira is originally from Santa Maria da Feira. Whilst studying physiotherapy at the Piaget Institute (Gaia), where he graduated in 2010, he began swimming intensively, before turning his attention to the performing arts.
Get in touch
By phone
Monday to Thursday, 2–5 pm
+41 (0)22 795 00 04