Biographies

Mário Afonso studied at the visual art school António Arroio, in Lisbon. Between 1991/1995 he received a scholarship at Pro.Dança dance school, where he had the opportunity to meet and collaborate with the first line choreographers who started the New Portuguese Dance movement. From 1995 to 1998 Mário Afonso completed his degree on Dance Theater Performance at EDDC-HKA (European Dance Development Center / Hogeschool voor de Kunsten - Arnhem) in the Netherlands.

_Fotografia de Estelle Valente_

BIOGRAFIA - SARA CARINHAS

MIGUEL PEREIRA

Miguel Pereira attended Escola de Danc?a do Conservato?rio Nacional de Lisboa and Escola Superior de Danc?a de Lisboa.

Received a scholarship from the Portuguese Ministry of Culture to continue his studies in Paris (The?a?tre Contemporain de la Danse) and in New York.

As performer he worked, among others, with Francisco Camacho and Vera Mantero.

MMF | Marlene Monteiro Freitas nasceu em Cabo Verde onde co-fundou o grupo de dança Compass. Estudou dança na P.A.R.T.S. (Bruxelas), na E.S.D. e na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa). Trabalhou com Emmanuelle Huynn, Loic Touzé, Tânia Carvalho, Boris Charmatz, entre outros.

Stephan Jürgens holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Choreography and New Media Technologies. His research interests concentrate on designing creative strategies for live performance involving interactive systems. He has been teaching movement research, interdisciplinary choreography and interactive system design in many different learning environments and institutions. Stephan collaborated on several international research projects, all of which investigated the use of recent technology in Contemporary Dance and Digital (Live) Performance.

Jonas Lopes
Jonas was named by his mother, who, in the throes of labour, promises to give her baby a biblical name.
Later, he attends Chapitô school, where he spends three years with teachers like Sofia Neuparth, Amélia Bentes, and António Pires; he participates in an artistic residency in Italy, completes an internship on the stage of the São Luiz theatre, and contemplates the view of the Tagus river over lunch.

Rui Catalão

Nasceu em Lisboa, coreógrafa, professora de dança contemporânea, directora artística do projecto "Criar a Colaborar" e membro da direcção da associação ATLA.

Iniciou a sua formação em Dança com Paula Careto e na Escola de Dança Rui Horta e licenciou-se na Escola Superior de Dança. Realizou workshops com: Clara Andermatt, João Fiadeiro, Paulo Ribeiro, Francisco Camacho, Bernardo Montet, Pedro Berdayes, Dieter Heitkamp, Tere O’Connor, Nigel Charnock, Ramon Oller, Javier de Frutos,

Carlos Pimenta

Born in Lisbon – 1958

Theatre director and actor.

Degree in Communication Sciences (communication, art and culture) – Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Master´s Degree in Communication Science (culture, art, and new technologies) - UNL. PhD candidate in Communication Sciences – Escola de Comunicação Arquitectura Artes e Tecnologias da Informação / Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias.

Arts Management Course (National Institute of Administration). Photography Course at Ar.Co.