Marco da Silva Ferreira

CARCAÇA

'A breathtaking journey.'

Télérama, Paris

Australian Exclusive / Dance / Portugal

Dance as rebellion and celebration. Ten performers electrify the stage, their sneakered footwork mixing with drums and electronic music to create a live soundtrack. Taking street dance, hip-hop battles and club culture as its base,
CARCAÇA reclaims traditional European folk dances with an explosion of energy.

Dates & Times

7 – 9 Feb
Fri & Sat 7.30pm
Sun 5pm

Duration 75mins

Access

Sun 9 Feb | Tactile tour and audio described performance 

Tickets

$59 - $79

Festival Club membership prices available.

Location

Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA, 174/176 William St, Perth WA 6000

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Notes

  • Latecomers only admitted at a suitable break in the performance.
  • Contains partial nudity.

Dance as rebellion and celebration. Ten performers electrify the stage, their sneakered footwork mixing with drums and electronic music to create a live soundtrack. Taking street dance, hip-hop battles and club culture as its base,
CARCAÇA reclaims traditional European folk dances with an explosion of energy.

More info

Artistic Director & Choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira
Artistic Assistant Catarina Miranda
Performers André Speedy, Cácá Otto Reuss, Fábio Krayze, Marc Oliveras Casas, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Maria Antunes, Max Makowski, Mélanie Ferreira, Nelson Teunis, Nala Revlon
Original Cast Leonor Ramos
Sound Technician João Monteiro
Lighting Designer & Technical Director Cárin Geada
Music João Pais Filipe (percusionist) & Luís Pestana (eletronic music)
Costume Designer Aleksandar Protic
Scenographer Emanuel Santos
Anthropological Studies Teresa Fradique
Portuguese Folk Dance Joana Lopes
Production Director Mafalda Bastos
Executive Producers Mafalda Bastos & Joana Costa Santos
Production Structure P.ulso
Diffusion Art Happens
Images José Caldeira
Co-Production Teatro Municipal do Porto, Centro Cultural de Belém, Big Pulse Dance Alliance, co-produced by New Baltic Dance (Lithuania), Julidans (The 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, centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie dans le cadre du dispositif Résidence d’artiste associé du ministère de la Culture, La briqueterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne, Maison des arts de Créteil, KLAP- Maison pour la danse, CCN-Ballet National de Marseille, Charleroi danse, centre chorégraphique 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

Supported by República Portuguesa – Cultura, DGARTES – Direção Geral das Artes

Artistic Residencies A Oficina (Guimarães), Ballet National de Marseille, Escola Superior de Dança (Lisbon), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-novo), Teatro Municipal do Porto