De 15 a 19 de julho de 2024
Dos 10 aos 13 anos

Horários

Recepção a partir das 9h e saída até às 17h00

9h30 às 11h00 - Dança Clássica (Francisco Ferreira)
11h00 às 11h30 - Lanche da manhã
11h30 às 12h30 - Dança Contemporânea (Ricardo Ambrózio)
12h30 às 14h00 - Almoço
14h00 às 15h30 - Pilates (Daniela Andana)
15h00 às 15h30 - Lanche da tarde
15h30 às 17h00 - Hip Hop (Vera Carvalhais | Escola Next)

Na sexta, às 18h30, faremos apresentação de algum do trabalho realizado.

Equipamento

As roupas devem ser confortáveis (leggins ou calções, t-shirt e meias ); Para o ballet devem ter maillot e sapatilhas. O cabelo deve vir preso com um rabo de cavalo ou carrapito.

Alimentação

Devem trazer lanche da manhã e da tarde, bem como garrafa de água.

Para os alunos que pretendam as refeições que iremos fornecer:

Segunda : esparguete à bolonhesa e fruta
Terça : salada russa com atum e fruta
Quarta : bifes perú/frango grelhados com batatas, arroz e salada, e fruta.
Quinta : dobradinhos com puré e fruta
Sexta : salsichas com ovos mexidos e arroz e fruta

Caso optem por alguma destas refeições, ou todas, pedimos que tragam de casa uma caixa identificada e um conjunto de talheres, minimizando assim os custos com caixas de alumínio para todas as refeições.

Pagamentos

Os pagamentos devem ser efectuados até dia 5 de julho.

De 15 a 19 de julho de 2024
Dos 6 aos 9 anos

Horários

Recepção a partir das 9h e saída até às 17h00

9h30 às 10h30 - Dança Contemporânea (Rita Judas)
10h30 às 11h00 - Lanche da manhã
11h00 às 12h30 - Estúdio Coreográfico (Daniela Andana)
12h30 às 14h00 - Almoço
14h00 às 15h00 - Hip Hop Break Dance (Wilson Sanches | Escola Next) (não haverá aula na sexta)
15h00 às 15h30 - Lanche da tarde
15h30 às 17h00 - Expressão Dramática (Ângela Ribeiro)

Na sexta-feira, às 18h, faremos apresentação de algum do trabalho realizado.

Equipamento

As roupas devem ser confortáveis (leggins ou calções, t-shirt e meias). O cabelo deve vir preso com um rabo de cavalo.

Alimentação

Devem trazer lanche da manhã e da tarde, bem como garrafa de água.

Para os alunos que pretendam as refeições que iremos fornecer:

Segunda: esparguete à bolonhesa e fruta
Terça: salada russa com atum e fruta
Quarta: bifes perú/frango grelhados com batatas, arroz e salada, e fruta.
Quinta: dobradinhos com puré e fruta
Sexta: salsichas com ovos mexidos e arroz e fruta

Caso optem por alguma destas refeições, ou todas, pedimos que tragam de casa uma caixa identificada e um conjunto de talheres, minimizando assim os custos com caixas de alumínio para todas as refeições.

Pagamentos

Os pagamentos devem ser efetuados até dia 5 de julho.

Os cursos livres são destinados a todos os que, a partir dos 3 anos de idade, tenham como objetivo a aprendizagem da Dança enquanto complemento da sua formação artística ou simplesmente como atividade física e lúdica. O programa destes cursos é constituído por disciplinas de frequência livre, a definir anualmente. Destacam-se:

• Dança Criativa
• Dança Clássica
• Dança Contemporânea
• Barra de Chão
• Dança e Movimento para séniores

Competências a desenvolver

• Adquirir uma consciência do corpo em relação a tudo o que o rodeia;
• Ganhar uma consciência do corpo e do seu potencial de mobilidade;
• Envolver expressividade nos movimentos realizados;
• Desenvolver o espírito criativo e a sensibilidade expressiva e estética em pequenos trabalhos de criação individual e/ou em grupo;
• Unir a motricidade à aquisição de competências relativas à comunicação gestual e mímica, à dramatização, bem como à relação entre movimentos e música;
• Interpretar e executar o material introduzido na aula de forma satisfatória do ponto de vista técnico;
• Desenvolver a motricidade fina;
• Desenvolver a perceção auditiva e visual;
• Desenvolver o sentido rítmico;
• Desenvolver a coordenação;
• Desenvolver o sentido de lateralidade;
• Promover a autonomia e a autoestima;
• Permitir uma atividade de observação e crítica;
• Fomentar a interação social;
• Desenvolver a personalidade;
• Desenvolver competências das técnicas da técnica de cada disciplina;
• Proporcionar um contacto com o mundo da dança.

Horários provisórios 2025/26 

 * Exclusivo para alunos que frequentem Dança Clássica ou Formação Vocacional

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Formação vocacional 1 e 2: Dança Clássica, Dança Contemporânea e Barra de Chão.
Formação vocacional 3 e 4: Dança Clássica, Dança Contemporânea, Reportório Clássico e Barra de Chão.

 * Exclusivo para alunos que frequentem Dança Clássica ou Formação Vocacional

O preço dos cursos de Dança Criativa, Dança Clássica e Dança Contemporânea inclui despesas com o espetáculo final de Dança Clássica (figurino, fotografía e vídeo).

O preço da Formação Vocacional 1 e 2 inclui despesas com os espetáculos de Dança Clássica, Dança Contemporânea (figurinos, fotografía e vídeo).

O preço da Formação Vocacional 3 e 4 inclui despesas com os espetáculos de Dança Clássica, Dança Contemporânea e Reportório Clássico (figurinos, fotografía e vídeo).

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Ao preço do curso acrescem 10€ de reinscrição (até 20 jul.) ou 30€ de inscrição para novos alunos / alunos que renovem a inscrição fora do prazo estabelecido, e 30€ de seguro anual.

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Benefícios, não acumuláveis:

• Inscrição em dois cursos: 20% de desconto no curso de menor valor;
• Frequência de dois elementos do mesmo agregado familiar: 20% de desconto no curso de menor valor;
• Empregados e familiares das empresas/instituições parceiras da Companhia de Dança de Almada: 10% de desconto sobre a opção de pagamento.

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Os cursos realizam-se com o número mínimo de seis alunos.

Calendário 2025/26

Início do ano letivo: 15 set.
Pausa intercalar: 12 a 14 nov.
Interrupção de Natal: 22 dez. a 4 jan.
Pausa de semestre: 26 a 30 jan.
Início 2.° semestre: 2 fev.
Interrupção de Carnaval: 16 e 17 fev.
Interrupção de Páscoa: 31 mar. a 12 abr.
Final do ano letivo: 12 jun. (académico) / data anunciar em julho (artístico)

Inscrições 2025/26

O período de renovação de inscrições de alunos decorre de 16 de junho a 25 de julho de 2025.
A inscrição é feita mediante o preenchimento de uma ficha de inscrição online*, disponível aqui, impressa, assinada e enviada por email para This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ou entregue na secretaria da Ca.DA Escola (segunda a sexta-feira, das 16h às 20h).

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A partir de 1 de setembro de 2025, recebemos inscrições de ex-alunos e novos alunos.
A inscrição é feita mediante o preenchimento de uma ficha de inscrição online*, disponível aqui, impressa, assinada e enviada por email para This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ou entregue na secretaria da Ca.DA Escola (segunda a sexta-feira, das 16h às 20h).

* Excepto Alma Sénior. Ficha de incrição disponível para descarregar aqui (em breve).

As part of a meeting space for the practice and study of Dance, Ca.DA Escola provides specialized artistic training in Dance, offering both vocational and non-vocational courses, and since 2018/19, the Basic and Secondary Dance Course, accredited by the Portuguese Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the Emídio Navarro School Group and the Fernão Mendes Pinto Secondary School, in Almada.

As a repertoire company dedicated to contemporary choreographic creation, Companhia de Dança de Almada has as a priority, in the training of students at its school, the teaching of Classical Dance and Contemporary Dance. Ca.DA Escola thus seeks to develop current technical and artistic languages open to the future. In this sense, different approaches are included in the training that contribute to the knowledge and awakening of artistic creation in practitioners.
Conteúdo partilhado com: Público

Within the community it also promotes activities aimed at various ages, motivations and artistic skill levels, such as: workshops and courses for advanced students and performing arts professionals; dance classes for schools, colleges and centers for after school activities that want to offer this activity to their students, (whether as an extra-curricular activity or integrated into the curriculum).

Ca.DA Escola is a partner of the Escola de Dança NEXT.

Dance contributes to the individual’s development on a physical, emotional, intellectual and aesthetic level. It improves one’s coordination, flexibility and tone and also develops expressive, creative and aesthetic skills. From a psychological point of view it may have a preventive action in emotional and behavioral changes, attenuated by the body language of the individual with himself and in interaction with the group and society. The practice of Dance contributes positively to improving the quality of life and socio-cultural intervention.

REGULAR CLASSES

VOCATIONAL COURSE

BASIC COURSE AND HIGH SCHOOL COURSE

TEACHERS

O Curso Básico e Secundário do Ensino Artístico Especializado de Dança tem como objetivo, proporcionar uma formação completa e profissionalizante, tanto ao nível da interpretação como da criação nas áreas da Dança Clássica e da Dança Contemporânea, num regime de articulação com o Agrupamento de Escolas Emídio Navarro e Escola Secundária Fernão Mendes Pinto, homologado pelo Ministério da Educação, por intermédio da DGEstE - Direção Geral dos Estabelecimentos Escolares.

O plano curricular deste curso inclui as disciplinas de:
Dança Clássica
Dança Contemporânea
Técnica de Pontas
Barra de Chão
Estúdio Coreográfico
Reportório
Outras disciplinas complementares a cada ano, de acordo com a oferta formativa da Escola
 

Projeto educativo

O projeto educativo do Curso Básico e Secundário do Ensino Artístico Especializado de Dança está disponível para consulta nas ligações abaixo.

PROJETO EDUCATIVO

ANEXO 1 -  Programa da Unidade Curricular de Técnica da Dança Clássica

ANEXO 2 - Programa da Unidade Curricular de Técnica de Dança Contemporânea

ANEXO 3 -  Programa das Unidades Curriculares de Expressão Criativa (EC) e de Práticas Complementares de Dança – Composição Coreográfica (PCD-CC)

ANEXO 4 - Programa da Unidade Curricular da Disciplina de Música

ANEXO 5 - Plano Anual de Atividades 2023/2024

ANEXO 6 -  Regulamento Interno (revisto em julho de 2022)

Calendário 2025/26

Início do ano letivo: 15 set.
Pausa intercalar: 12 a 14 nov.
Interrupção de Natal: 22 dez. a 4 jan.
Pausa de semestre: 26 a 30 jan.
Início 2.° semestre: 2 fev.
Interrupção de Carnaval: 16 e 17 fev.
Interrupção de Páscoa: 31 mar. a 12 abr.
Final do ano letivo: 12 jun. (académico) / data anunciar em julho (artístico)

Audições para o ano letivo 2025/26

Candidaturas online, aqui, até 3 de julho de 2025 (2.ª fase); 24 de abril de 2025 (1.ª fase)

Data de audição para o 5.º ano (1.º.grau EAE): 7 de julho de 2025, às 17h30 (2.ª fase); 2 de maio de 2025, às 17h30 (1.ª fase)
Data de audição para o 6.º/7.º/8.º/9.º anos e Secundário (2.º/3.º/4.º/5.º graus e Secundário EAE): 7 de julho de 2025, às 18h30; 15 de maio de 2025, às 17h30 (1.ª fase)

No ano letivo de 2025/26, os alunos admitidos terão de estar inscritos no Agrupamento de Escolas Emídio Navarro ou na Escola Secundária Fernão Mendes Pinto, com quem a Companhia de Dança de Almada tem protocolos para o ensino articulado de Dança em Almada.

Dance classes for schools

Schools, colleges and centers for after school activities based in Almada have the opportunity to work in close partnership with Escola da Companhia de Dança de Almada (Company School).

By providing dance classes, our team can help schools that want to provide their students with extracurricular dance activities or integrate dance as a curricular component.

The Company School offers qualified teachers for each age group, in the following areas:

• Classical Dance (Ballet)
  
• Creative dance
  
• Classical dance through Creative Dance
  
• Contemporary dance
  

Teachers follow educational and methodological guidelines already implemented in the Company School, and have educational support in the implementation and adaptation of methodologies for new groups.

These classes aim to provide a technical and artistic training regime in dance, develop expressive, creative and aesthetic skills and develop and promote dance in a creative and playful manner.

For more information please contact us by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone, 212 500 145, (Monday to Friday, from 16h to 20h).

Intensive courses

Running for a minimum of five days, these courses aim to complete your dance training or complementary areas to dance, offering a space for acquiring knowledge and development in the disciplines proposed.

Anyone interested in furthering their training can register provided they meet the specific requirements for each workshop.

Semana 1 | 14 a 18 de julho de 2025
Semana 2 | 21 a 25 de julho de 2025

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Join our outreach program with two workshops and an info session and get to know the study
program of the Centre for Contemporary Dance (CCD) Cologne.

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Semana 1 | 15 a 19 de julho

Semana 2 | 22 a 26  de julho

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Curso intensivo de verão, dividido em duas semanas e por grupos etários (dos 10 aos 13 e dos 14 aos 18 anos), destinado a alunos com experiência em dança.

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Em atualização.

Students from Escola da Companhia de Dança de Almada, (the Company School), upon presentation of a declaration, benefit from discounts when purchasing products and services from the following institutions:

 Ovelha Amarela, FUNdamental Curiosity Lab: services and discounts

 Marta Russo, Psicologa: services and discounts

  Next - Escola de Dança: services and discounts

 United School: services and discounts | Almada Campaign

 Instituto de Cardiologia Preventiva de Almada: services and discounts

Stetik 4all:  services and discounts

 CompletaMente - Saúde e Educação: services and discounts

Atelier da Vida: services and discounts

Bruno Duarte

Is a PhD student in Contemporary Art at the Universidade de Coimbra, has a Master Degree in Dance Teaching and a degree in Dance from Escola Superior de Dança (ESD) in Lisbon. He was a dancer and performer in Grupo Experimental de Dança (2011/2) and Quorum Ballet (2013). Since 2013, he has been a member of Companhia de Dança de Almada. He was co-producer and performer in the "P48" video dance (2012), presented at the 20th Quinzena de Dança de Almada, and "5" (2013), presented at the Caldas Late Night (Portugal), L'art difficile de filmer la danse (Belgium) and InShadow (Portugal) festivals, the latter winning the award for best videodance in competition - audience choice. As a creator, amongst others, he presented "Metamorphosis" (2011/2), for Culturgest in partnership with ESD, "someone else ago" (2013), for Centro Cultural de Belém’s BOXNOVA programme, “Blömma” (2021) for Estufa, and for Companhia de Dança de Almada, "Riot" (2014), "Fobos" (2017), “SubRosa” (2018), “Inverno” (2019), “A Quiet Moment” (2020), and “Carbono” (2022). In this company, he is also the author of the Itinerant Choreographic Laboratory project, for which he created "Dentro do Abraço" (2016) and "SCENA" (2022). He’s participated in workshops and seminars by Mikael Fau and Pauline Journé (France), João da Silva (Brazil), Siri Dybwik (Norway), Jack Gallagher (USA) and David Zambrano (Venezuela), amongst others. As a choreographer/dance teacher he integrated the European projects CLASH! (2019/21) and Up2DANCE (2020/21). He has taught workshops at venues such as the Beijing Dance Theater (China), Giro8 Companhia de Dança (Brazil), FreeDance (Croatia), DNA (Portugal), amongst others. He’s been a guest teacher at Escola Superior de Dança (2016 and 2019), a teacher at Ca.DA Escola, and a guest choreographer in the Projecto Quorum. He was distinguished with the Almada Artes - Young Talent award, in the “Jovens Talentos 2019” contest, promoted by Almada’s Municipality.

Carla Albuquerque

Carla studied classical dance from the age of seven working under the tutelage of several teachers including Michèle Destréez, Patrick Hurde, Ruth Silk and Mark de Graef. She went on to study modern dance, jazz, tap and contemporary dance. She’s taken part in various complementary training courses in dance including Estágio Internacional de Dança de Lisboa, 14th Barbara Fewster Internship in England, Stage-Danse Monpellier, Master's Class in France amongst others. In 1998 she entered Escola Superior de Dança, Lisbon, where she completed her degree in Dance-Branch of Education in June 2002. Since then she’s given lessons in Classical and Creative Dance and Music and Movement for babies in several schools, having held the post of Director of Education at the Academia de Dança de Lisboa between September 2003 and July 2005. She’s participated in several courses and seminars dedicated to dance education in school and pre-school age including a Pedagogic Internship headed by Professor Alain Davesne, president of Association Française des Maîtres de Dance Classique, Movement Improvisation and Rhythm with Edwin Gordon and Dance in Compulsory Education, supervised by Maurizio Padovan.

Inês Barros

She began her dance studies at Academia de Dança de Alcobaça (2011-2019). For 8 years she developed in Classical Dance, Modern Dance and Contemporary Dance techniques. In 2019/20 she joined ProjectoQuorum having performed pieces by Lua Carreira and Miguel Ramalho. In 2020, she joined the young company InTranzYt Cia, performing pieces by Ana Casquilho, Fábio Lopez, Cristina Pereira and Vasco Macide, Tiago Manquinho, Ayano Tatekawa and Miguel Esteves. In partnership with Compagnie Illicite Bayonne, she was part of the artistic cast of the ballet “La Belle au Bois Dormant”, by Fábio Lopez. In 2023, she joined Companhia de Dança de Almada, performing pieces by Bruno Duarte, Tiago Manquinho, Martxel Rodriguez and Jon Lopéz, Inês Pedruco, Carolina Cantinho, Hugo Marmelada and São Castro. She currently teaches Contemporary Dance (adults) at Ca.DA Escola - Companhia de Dança de Almada’s school.

Inês Coimbra

Is Master in Dance Education and has a degree in Dance (2019) from Escola Superior de Dança (ESD) of Lisbon. She started her dance path at age 6, in Ballet, and in 2010 she joined the Vocational Course at Almada Dance Company school, Ca.DA Escola, which she completed in 2018. As part of her degree, she worked with Barbara Griggi, Sylvia Rijmer, Amélia Bentes, Vitor Garcia, Catarina Câmara, Francisco Pedro, Cristina Graça, Maria Ramos, Jácome Filipe, and Madalena Xavier, among others. She participated in the Erasmus+ program in the University of Chichester. She danced in the project "Compota à solta", with Paula Pinto (2018) and in "A Filha do Tambor-Mor", at Teatro São Luiz (2019). She began her professional career in the same year, as part of an internship at Companhia de Dança de Almada, in which she worked with choreographer Bruno Duarte on the pieces "Fobos" and "Inverno". Currently, she teaches Contemporary Dance Technique and Creative Expression at Ca.DA Escola.

Lúcia Salgueiro

Born in Almada, began her training in ballet and contemporary dance at the dance school of Companhia de Dança de Almada. In 2018, she completed the secondary education of the Dancer Training Course of Academia de Dança Contemporânea de Setúbal - with a main focus on classical dance and Graham's modern dance techniques - where she also joined the Pequena Companhia/Little Company, highlighting her work as an interpreter in choreographies by Élson Marlon Ferreira, Inês Pedruco and Iolanda Rodrigues. In 2018 she moved to London to attend the contemporary dance course at the London Contemporary Dance School, finishing it with merit [BA (Hons)] in 2021. Highlights are the choreographies of her last year of course, “Dream Deprivation” by Yukiko Matsui and “Omniscient-Ego / Spiral / Law of Attraction” by Kloé Dean.

Luís Pulido

Born in 1978, he formally began his musical studies at Academia de Amadores de Música de Lisboa in 1999, where he completed the Basic Guitar Course and the disciplines of Musical Training and Analysis and Composition Techniques of the High School Course. At the same time, he graduated in Teachers of Music Education for Basic Education at Escola Superior de Educação de Setúbal. He attended classical guitar master classes with Dejan Ivanovic and Eduardo Isaac, and the Composition Course at Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. He is a freelance classical guitar teacher and since 2004 has taught music education.

Maria Franco

Born in Almada, Maria began her training in Spanish dance with Célia Neves. In 1975 she attended the Escola de Bailado da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon. In 1979 she graduated from the Conservatório Nacional. She won a scholarship from the Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, in 1986, to study in the USA. She participated in several contemporary dance, Jazz Composition and Improvisation workshops in Portugal and abroad, the highlights of which were working with Stephan Petronio, Carolyn Carlson, Malou Airaud, Zeca Nunes, (ACARTE), Peter Gross, Joseph Russillono, Richard Levi, Michele Kadison, Joe Canteri, Jennifer Muller and Lenny Williams. She attended the seminars for teachers promoted by Escola Superior de Dança, with Barbara Fewster, Director of the Royal Ballet School, obtaining diplomas from the 1st to 8th courses, (O.B.E. - F.I.S.T.D). She has a diploma from the Imperial Classical Ballet School. Maria was a dancer with Grupo Experimental de Dança Jazz and Companhia de Dança de Lisboa. From 1976 to 1998 she taught in Academia Almadense in Almada, where she formed and drove the artistic professional career of numerous young people with the creation in 1990 of Grupo de Dança de Almada, currently Companhia de Dança de Almada. Maria was on the faculty of Estúdio Escola de Dança Clássica Anna Mascolo, (1981-1983). She taught and took over the direction of vocational training courses in Companhia de Dança de Lisboa, (1986-1988). She was on the faculty of Ginásio Clube Português, directing the Jazz dance class, (1984-2013). Since 1990 she’s organised various training activities, internships and workshops for children, youth and adults. In 1998 Maria founded the school of Companhia de Dança de Almada, Ca.DA Escola, of which she is director and teacher.

Maria José Bernardino

Maria was born in Almada in 1971. In 1983 she began her dance training in Academia Almadense under Teresa Resende and Maria Franco. In 1985 she entered integrated vocational training courses in the dance school of Companhia de Dança de Lisboa. (Lisbon Dance Company). From 1990 to 1999 she was a dancer with Companhia de Dança de Almada, the highlights of which were working with Clara Andermatt, Amélia Bentes, Jordi Cortés Molina and Peter Michael Dietz. In 1994 she attended a theatrical initiation course and performed in and co-created all of Maria João Garcia pieces until 1998. As an independent dancer she took part in "Dança com Lorca", ("Dancing with Lorca"), a work by Yolanda Alves and the "Empty Box" project along with Cláudia Dias and Maria João Garcia. She was a dancer with Associação Cultural Ninho de Víboras. Since 1999 she’s teaches Creative, Classical and Contemporary dance at Ca.DA Escola, from Companhia de Dança de Almada.

Mariana Dias

She began her training at the Companhia de Dança de Almada school and graduated from Escola Superior de Dança, with an Erasmus apprenticeship in Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH). She also highlights her training in Flying Low and Passing Through with David Zambrano (2021). As a performer, she worked on national and international projects with different artists such as: Paula Pinto, Ângelo Cid Neto, Amanda Piña and Maja Dahbäck. As a creator, she co-created "Em Laivo" (2020-2022), in partnership with Rafael Pinto, "Protorretrato" (2022), with Eva Aguilar and Bárbara Gomes, and "E DEPOIS ERAM DOIS" (2024), with Francisco Freire. She has a degree in Performing Arts Management/Production, from Forum Dança (2022), and works as a producer for Partícula Extravagante Associação Cultural and, occasionally, for artists such as Mário Afonso and Amélia Bentes.

Raquel Tavares

Born in Lisbon, she has a Master degree in Dance Education (2020/2022) and has a degree in Creation / Interpretation (2010/13), both from Escola Superior de Dança of Lisbon. Started her career in Classical Dance when she was 7 years old, performing several levels of the Royal Academy of Dance method. From 2013 to 2015 she held the Olga Roriz - Dance / Theater training, where she had contact with Olga Roriz, Sylvia Rijmer, Magalie Lanriot, Catarina Câmara, Paulo Reis, Marta Lobato, Maria Cerveira, amongst others. At the same time, she attended the Quorum Project, where she danced pieces by Daniel Cardoso, São Castro, Inês Godinho, Jácome Filipe, and held technical classes with Cláudia Sampaio and Margarida Belo Costa. In 2015 she presented the solo "Campo Estreito. Minado de Sombras", at BlackBox of CCB and in 2016, in the 24th Quinzena de Dança de Almada. Also in 2015, she worked with Benvindo Fonseca, making an excerpt from the play "Edzer". In 2016, she interned and taught repertoire classes at Companhia Olga Roriz, during the creation "Antes Que Matem Os Elefantes". In the same year, she joined the project Contraste, of the Associação Poveira Nós da Dança, where she danced choreographies by Benvindo da Fonseca and Gonçalo Lobato. Since 2017, she has been a dancer at the Companhia de Dança de Almada, where she danced pieces by Bruno Duarte, Luís Marrafa, Margarida Belo Costa, Luís Malaquias, Julia Ehrstrand, Martxel Rodriguez and Jon López, Tiago Manquinho, Inês Pedruco, Carolina Cantinho and São Castro, having participated in national and international tours. As a teacher, she started her career in 2013, teaching at various schools of classical dance, contemporary dance, creative dance, choreographic composition and repertoire. She has been a teacher in vocational dance courses at Ca.DA Escola since 2020.

Rita Judas

Born in Lisbon, she began her dance studies at Academia de Dança de Almada with teacher Maria Franco, and graduated from Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional and later from Escola Superior de Dança, and obtained a postgraduate degree in Dance Training from Faculdade de Motricidade Humana of the Universidade de Lisboa. She has a Master in Cultural Practices for Municipalities from Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. She began her career as a dancer in UPE Dança in 1987, with the choreographer Vasco Wellenkamp. She was a dancer and choreographer with Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo, (1998-2007) and was responsible for the educational programs of the company from 2001 to 2006. As a dancer and co-choreographer, she participated in the Companhia CIM, (Companhia Integrada Multidisciplinar), project in collaboration with Associação VO'Arte and the Associação Portuguesa de Paralisia Cerebral. She participated in the BY-PASS project, (a workshop of Architecture in dialogue with the body in motion), under the direction of Rui Horta in Portugal and Germany. She was a teacher of Creative Movement and Contemporary Dance in the creation project of Centro de Experimentação Artística do Vale da Amoreira. She is currently a teacher of Classical Dance, Floor Barre, Creative Dance, Contemporary Dance, Creative Expression and Choreographic Composition in private schools, public schools, communities, Escola Dança Next and Ca.DA Escola.

Susana Matos

Born in Lisbon, she began her dance studies at the age of 6 with Vera Varela Cid and later with Igor Ivanoff. Between 1986 and 1990, she attended the Training Course for Dance Professionals at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and in 1990 she started in the Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, completing her training in 1992, the year in which she joined the artistic cast of Companhia Nacional de Bailado (CNB). She has a Master's degree in Dance Teaching (2021) and a Degree in Dance Education, from Escola Superior de Dança (2001). In 2013 she completed the Royal Academy of Dance Course (CBTS) in Ballet Teaching Studies. In addition to her activity as a dancer at CNB, over the years she has taught Classical Dance Technique, Pointe Work and Repertoire in several schools and dance academies, and was a Guest Assistant in the discipline of Classical Dance Technique, Vocabulary Analysis, Educational Practices and Physical Condition at Escola Superior de Dança between 2018 and 2023. Since January 2024, she has participated in the CNB Aproximação à Dança (Approach to Dance) Programme with Pointe and Classical Repertoire masterclasses in specialized artistic education and playful/free education. Since January 2022 she acted as a guest teacher at Companhia Quorum Ballet, since April 2023 in Classic Dance Technique classes at Estúdios Victor Córdon, and since September 2023 as a teacher of Classical Dance Technique in the Basic and High School Course at Ca.DA Escola, the Companhia de Dança de Almada’s school.
 

Susana Rosendo

She was born in 1980 and began her dance training with the Royal method. She attended the dance school at the National Conservatory and Maria Franco classes at Academia Almadense. She has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has worked in different nurseries, having been an internship supervisor for the Piaget Institute. She took part in the European UP2DANCE project (2021/2022). She attended the Classical Dance Teacher Training Course organised by Estúdios Vítor Cordon and Professor Luísa Carles in 2020 and 2021. In 2021, she was trained and certified in the Progressing Ballet Technique (PBT) method. In 2022, she attended a postgraduate course in Dance Training at the Faculty of Human Motricity, under the guidance of Professor Luís Xadrez. At Companhia de Dança de Almada, she has taken part in various artistic projects as a performer, trainer and as a supervisor of body expression workshops for children, seniors and people with disabilities. For over 20 years, she has developed various projects with organisations such as Zarabatana and Praznik. She was trained in the ABA method and worked with children on the autism spectrum for five years. In partnership with music teacher Maria João Costa, she has organised music and movement workshops for babies. She is currently a dance teacher at the Ca.DA School for children, young people and seniors and organises movement workshops for the community. In 2017, with Ângela Ribeiro, she created EmbalArte, a theatre group for babies and early childhood, for which they created ‘De Lés a Lés Saberás Quem És’, ‘As voltas que a Terra dá’ in 2019, ‘Do pé para a mão’ in 2020, ‘Abrigo’ in 2022 (a dance and animated forms project for seniors and young people) and ‘E agora?’ in 2024. Since then she has travelled the country presenting these projects and creative expression workshops.

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