Creation by Vítor Afonso
April 20, 2024, at Academia Almadense, as part of the Commemorative Programme for the 50th anniversary of the 25th of April, the Carnation Revolution (premiere)
ⓒ Hrant Khachatryan
do you consider yourself someone with an active voice? what drives you? what are your triggers? “a silent echo” is a space in which we deal with internal conflicts, in a conversation with ourselves or with others, in a search for freedom of action and expression. Vítor Afonso
Creation and performance: Vítor Afonso
Music: Forest Swords, Adrian Klumpes
Lighting design: Paulo Santos
Rehearsal Direction: Maria João Lopes and Bruno Duarte
Acknowledgments: Carlota Machado, Maria Franco and Hrant Khachatryan
Vítor Afonso, born on the island of Madeira, began his training on the professional course at the Conservatório Escola das Artes, where he came into contact with classical, contemporary, lyrical jazz and afrojazz dance techniques. He worked as a dancer and entertainer in hotels and at the Madeira Casino. Together with the Madeira Ballet Theater - MBT collective, he presented several works in several cities in Russia, where he later received intensive training in classical dance with Alexey Turko, in Saint Petersburg. Later he went to Lisbon, to begin his degree at the Escola Superior de Dança, combining training with collaboration in performances by Sublime Dance Company, Quorum Ballet and Companhia de Dança de Almada. He did masterclasses with several names such as Miguel Ramalho, Gonçalo Andrade, Luís Malaquias, Bruno Duarte and Duarte Valadares. As a performer, he also performed in the opening of the 2019 SPA - Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores awards, choreographed by Margarida Belo Costa; he participated in the “memories” project by IN LIMEN choreographed by Allan Fallieri; was part of “Body Buildings” by Henrique Pina, designed by Victor Hugo Pontes; and in “Duetos'/'Dueto” by Diana Niepce. He is currently a member of the Companhia de Dança de Almada, where he danced, among others, the pieces “RGB” by Jon Lopez and Martxel Rodriguez; “Shortcut” by Inês Pedruco; “Antonius Adalfuns” by Raquel Tavares; “Inverno” and “Carbono” by Bruno Duarte.
Tour
Cer Modern Arts Center, Ankara - Turkey, August 31, 2024
8' | ages 6 and over
