"Urban spaces, with their urban grids and architectural lines, are inscribed in a symbolic/cultural universe and carry with them a historical legacy of the past, which must be questioned in the light of the present, in order to adequately project itself into the future.
In order to find a way to dialogue with urban spaces, architecture, memories and the destinations they propose, “Percursos pela Arquitectura” - a project by Instável - Centro Coreográfico - encourages the creation of small choreographic pieces through the exploration of these different places and non-formal contexts for Dance.
Participants find here the possibility of creating a small choreographic piece, in site-specific, from the contamination with the space in which the body is inserted, discovering and establishing new relationships with the inhabited place through experimentation, analysis and reflection - fundamental principles of this project.
Since 1999, initially promoted by the Núcleo de Experimentação Coreográfica (NEC), the project has been developed in different contexts and spaces. More recently, we have presented at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto – a project integrated in the Advanced Training in Interpretation and Choreographic Creation (FAÍCC) - Open House Porto (2017, 2018 and 2019), Faro Municipal Museum, Casa da Arquitectura, Festival Lá Fora (Évora), Ilustração à Vista (Ílhavo) and at the Cineteatro Alba (Albergaria-a-Velha)."
Companhia Instável
Photo 1 - © José Miguel Silva \ Fernando Pimenta in "Untitled (2019)", by Catarina Saraiva, Fernando Pimenta, Pedro Galante and Thamiris Carvalho, in “Percursos pela Arquitectura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and accompaniment artistic by Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 2 - © José Miguel Silva \ Fernando Pimenta and Catarina Saraiva in "Untitled (2019)", by Catarina Saraiva, Fernando Pimenta, Pedro Galante and Thamiris Carvalho, in “Percursos pela Arquitectura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment of Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 3 - © José Miguel Silva \ Carolina Vasconcelos in "Desencontros", by Carolina Vasconcelos, Larissa Dias and Matilde Tudela, in “Percursos pela Arquitetura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira aand the artistic accompaniment of Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 4 - © José Miguel Silva \ " Tentativa de corpo ‘fluxível’, sob contexto específico (como sempre haverá de ser)", by Fabrício Enzo, in “Percursos pela Arquitetura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment by Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 5 - © José Miguel Silva \ Sofia Alvernaz and Ana Rita Xavier in "Café Varanda", by Ana Rita Xavier, Carlos Deusodeu, Sofia Alvernaz, in Paths for Architecture at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and accompaniment artistic by Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 6 - © José Miguel Silva \ Lara Serpi and Andrea Gomez in "Euclid's Dreaming", by Arianna Romano, Andrea Gomez, Lara Serpi and Maria Pyatkova, in Paths for Architecture at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment by Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 7 - © José Miguel Silva \ Lara Serpi and Andrea Gomez in "Euclid's Dreaming", by Arianna Romano, Andrea Gomez, Lara Serpi and Maria Pyatkova, in “Percursos pela Arquitetura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment by Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 8 - © José Miguel Silva \ Arianna Romano and Lara Serpi and Arianna Romano in "Euclid's Dreaming", by Arianna Romano, Andrea Gomez, Lara Serpi and Maria Pyatkova, in “Percursos pela Arquitetura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment of Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 9 - © José Miguel Silva \ Matilde Tudela, Fabrício Enzo, Larissa Dias, Douglas Melo and Carolina Vasconcelos in "Experiência 102", by Fabrício Enzo and Maria Inês Costa, in “Percursos pela Arquitetura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment of Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.
Photo 10 - © José Miguel Silva \ Elsa Pereira in "Um Café", by Bernardo Santo Tirso, Douglas Melo and Elsa Pereira, in “Percursos pela Arquitetura” at FAUP, 2019, with the artistic direction of Ana Figueira and the artistic accompaniment of Ana Figueira and Mafalda Mendonça.