In CARCASS, Marco da Silva Ferreira uses dance as a tool for research into community, the construction of collective identity, memory and cultural crystallization. The choreography, initially based on a set of jumping legs as an agitator and gas pedal, gradually takes shape as a vibrant, rebellious, carnivalesque body.

The 10 performers form a collective that seeks its collective identity in a physical, intuitive and unpretentious flow of body, dance and culture. They start with familiar footwork from clubbing, ball battles, cyphers and the studio, and move on to standardized, unchanging folk dances linked to their memory/heritage. These dances of the past had crystallized and were unable to integrate new definitions of bodies, groups and communities considered minor. We had to break with the authoritarian, totalitarian and paternalistic past. In CARCASS, an exercise that integrates past and present is proposed. Reflection on: How do you decide to forget and create memory? What role do individual identities play in building a community? What drives identity? What world runs through the individual and collective body? Or rather, which bodies traverse the world? The steps, complex but performed in simple sneakers, will bring not only sound to the stage, but also exchanges between kinetic, thermal and luminous energies. The physical sounds are accompanied by drums played by João Pais Filipe and electronic music by Luis Pestana. These elements, performed live, form an accelerated soundtrack with references to traditional music (e.g. fanfarre, marching), postmodern music and clubbing music (Techno/trance/dub).

Born in Santa Maria da Feira, Marco began his dance career in 2004. Since then he has worked with: Companhia de Dança do Norte;  Companhia Tok'art in “Made in time” (Jan’2011) and “You never know how things are going to come together” (Feb,2012) choreographed by André Mesquita; In 2012 Marco performed Elisabeth Lambeck solo “EXIT 211-A,  Sylvia Rijmer solo “Anatomization” and Hofesh Shechter piece “Shelters” to Companhia Instável. Marco has been dancing in Victor Hugo Pontes projects “ Fuga sem fim” to Companhia Instável, “Rendez- vous”(2011) , “A strange land”(2012), “Zoo” (2013), “Fall” (2014) and "Se Alguma Vez precisares da minha vida, vem e toma-o" (2016). In 2014 Tiago Guedes performed “Hoje” and in 2015 danced Paulo Ribeiro solo “Modo de utilização”. As a choreographer, Marco premiered his first solo “Nevoeiro 21” in Palcos Instáveis at Campo Alegre Theatre (2012). In May 2013 Marco premiered the award piece of maisImaginarius “Réplica...éplica...éplica”, a site-specific solo dance. In June, Marco created “A ilha” with Victor Hugo Pontes provided by 37.25-Núcleo de artes performativas and Walk&talk Azores festival. “Por minha culpa, minha tão grande culpa” (2013), a co-creation with Mara Andrade, premiered in Palcos Instáveis and in 2014 created “Land(e)scape”, a multi-disciplinary collaboration with a visual artist and sound installation to Imaginarius festival. “HU(R)MANO” premiered in 2014 and still touring.  In 2015 invited by ESTUFA created “b r u t o” a dance piece for non-professional dancers which is been reperformed to another groups in workshop context. “brother” is Marco’s last creation and will premiere in March 2017 in Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon.

Source: The association Pensamento Avulso 's website

More information: pensamento-avulso.jimdo.com

Born in 1977, Fabien Plasson is a video director specialized in the field of performing arts (dance , music, etc).

During his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (joined in 1995) Fabien discovered video art. He was trained by various video artists (Joel Bartoloméo Pascal Nottoli , Eric Duyckaerts , etc).
He first experimented with the creation of installations and cinematic objects.

From 2001 to 2011, he was in charge of Ginger & Fred video Bar’s programming at La Maison de la Danse in Lyon. He discovered the choreographic field and the importance of this medium in the dissemination, mediation and pedagogical approach to dance alongside Charles Picq, who was a brilliant video director and the director of the video department at that time.

Today, Fabien Plasson is the video director at La Maison de la Danse and in charge of the video section of Numeridanse.tv, an online international  video library, and continues his creative activities, making videos of concerts, performances and also creating video sets for live performances.

Sources: Maison de la Danse ; Fabien Plasson website

More information: fabione.fr