Filipa Francisco
Studied at Escola Superior da Dança in Lisbon, with the Trisha Brown Company and at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York and with dramaturge André Lepecki. She has worked with the choreographers and directors Francisco Camacho, Vera Mantero, Silvia Real, Madalena Vitorino, Rui Nunes, Aldara Bizarro, among others. Recent production highlights include “Leitura de Listas” with André Lepecki, “Dueto” created with Basque choreographer Idoia Zabaleta, “Para Onde Vamos?”, part of the celebrations of the Centenary of the Republic, and “Vento & Pássaros” for young audiences. She has developed training and creation projects with prison inmates in Castelo Branco (Project REXISTIR). In 2007/2008 she coordinated “Nu Kre Bai Na Bu Onda” – a training and creation project in the Cova da Moura neighbourhood that resulted in the performance “Íman”. Filipa Francisco is an associate artist at Materiais Diversos.