HOME

HOME  is a space of dreams, desires, memories, and losses—it can be physical, symbolic, or imagined. The Portuguese Contemporary Ballet Company (CPBC) opens its home to be the home of others, becoming a place of encounter and creation through dance. Six choreographers present their visions of  HOME  in four distinct pieces:

• SOPRO – A garden full of metal , by César Fernandes & André Mesquita: “The dance here is lived in the instant — between flesh and shadow, presence and mystery… Each gesture is revelation and silence, a space where the unspeakable manifests itself.”
• HABITA-ME , by Miguel Santos: bodies freed from symbols and cultural references reveal themselves as spaces inhabited by memory.
• LIGHT | TEN , by Beatriz Mira & Tiago Barreiros: In a reflection on lucidity, two characters express themselves in the urgency of interactions that blur the boundary between the public and the private.
• SUITE , by Vânia Doutel Vaz: Suite is constructed from multiple meanings. A dancer encounters her body, the studio, and the stage as intimate, comfortable places, yet full of conflict.

This program inaugurates the  Route of Small Stages , a new line of action by CPBC that aims to bring dance closer to new audiences and contexts. Through this journey, dance is proposed as a means of dialogue and sharing, inviting reflection on the meaning of HOME. Artistic direction: Susana Lima, Suite – Choreography : Vânia Doutel Vaz, Suite – Creation support: Nina Botkay, Suite – Musical arrangement: Santiago Latorre, Suite – Lighting design : Vânia Doutel Vaz, Cláudia Sampaio, Suite – Costumes: CPBC , Suite – Music: Bullitt, by Elephanz | Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune, No. 3, by Isao Tomita, Lighting | Dez – Choreography, costumes, set design and lighting design: Beatriz Mira & Tiago Barreiros, Lighting | Dez – Music: Cemetery, by Project Divinity | Adagiati, by Biosphere | Completely Gone, by Emptyset | Memento Mori, by Patti Smith | Pump Room, by Hildur Guðnadóttir | Complaint of Censored Young Souls, by José Mário Branco, Habita-me – Choreography, concept and conception : Miguel Santos, Habita-me – Creation support: CPBC Dancers (24/25), Habita-me – Music: Chad Lawson | Frank Watlington | Marco Santos & Dustin O’Halloran | Marco Santos and Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil & Tom Tykwer,  Habita-me – Sound design: Miguel Santos, Habita-me – Costumes: Miguel Santos and Carla Pereira (Atelier-Prata), Habita-me – Lighting design : Miguel Santos and Ricardo Campos, Sopro – Choreography, costumes, lighting design: André Mesquita & César Faria Fernandes, Sopro – Set design: André Mesquita & César Faria Fernandes, in collaboration with ceramist Xana Monteiro, Dancers – Casting 1: Maria Mira, Ricardo Henriques, Sara Casal and Tiago Barreiros, Dancers – Casting 2 : Diana Rodrigues, Paulo Miranda, Pedro Castelo and Teresa Silva Dias