Fall

About

Everyone has fallen someday. Remember that time when you tripped on the sidewalk? But here’s an interesting question: why do we fall? “Cair”, a dance performance intended for young audiences, approaches gravity, the force that pulls everything to the center of the earth and without which we could not even begin to crawl, from an intriguing angle, with two dancers who invite the audience to join them for a journey across the galaxy. After you fall, you learn to get up and keep walking. But… what if we were able to fly? The show is based on 2014’s “Fall”, aimed at adults.

Born in Guimarães, Portugal, in 1975, Victor Hugo Pontes studied Fine Arts at Faculdade de Belas Artes of Universidade do Porto, attended the Norwich School of Art & Design in England, and completed the professional theater courses of Balleteatro Escola Profissional, in Porto, where he also teaches since 2003. Pontes also attended the Devising and Directing (Encenação e Teatro) course offered by English company Third Angel and commisioned by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, and participated in Projet Thierry Salmon – La Nouvelle École des Maîtres, directed by Pippo Delbono, in Belgium and Italy.

Direction and Choreography: Victor Hugo Pontes
Set Design: F. Ribeiro
Lighting Design: Wilma Moutinho
Original Score: Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins
Dramaturgical Support: Madalena Alfaia
Performance: Joana Castro and Valter Fernandes
Production Direction: Joana Ventura
Executive Production: Jesse James
Co-Production: Nome Próprio, CCVF and Teatro Maria Matos
Nome Próprio is subsidized by Secretaria de Estado da Cultura / DGARTES