Created by Carla Jordão
Scheduled to premiere on October 11, 2026, on Auditório Osvaldo Azinheira - Academia Almadense

“Entre Braços” (Between Arms) is a piece about closeness and with closeness. The human embrace is an emotional gesture shaped by society. It transmits and reproduces cultural meanings about intimacy, affection, and belonging, expressing social and political codes. This expression occurs in people through specific physical movements: the extension of the arms, the pressure of contact, the duration of the gesture, and the changes in the relationships of proximity and distance between bodies.

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Created by Bruno Duarte
Premiere date and location to be announced

“fenda” (crack) investigates, through cine-choreographic language, the life and legacy of Valentim de Barros (1916–1986), a pioneer of Portuguese dance whose international career was abruptly interrupted by the repression of the Estado Novo regime and punitive psychiatry.

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Emerging Choreographers Programme
Creations by Inês Barros, Rita Carpinteiro and Vitor Afonso
Premiering on April 29th and 30th, 2026, at the Auditório Osvaldo Azinheira - Academia Almadense, Almada

The Emerging Choreographers Programme aims to foster the artistic development of young dancers/choreographers.

In 2026, it will be presented as part of the celebration of Dance Day and will include creations selected from various spontaneous proposals submitted to Companhia de Dança de Almada.

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