Repertoire

• @ Paula Caldas

  Gnawa (2009)

  Choreography: Nacho Duato Music: Hassan Hakmoun, Adam Rudolph, Juan Alberto Arteche, Javier Paxariño, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Velez, Kusur and Sarkissian Lighting: Nicolás Fischtel Costume: Luis Devota and Modesto […]

  Gnawa (2009)

  Choreography: Nacho Duato Music: Hassan Hakmoun, Adam Rudolph, Juan Alberto Arteche, Javier Paxariño, Rabih Abou-Khalil, Velez, Kusur and Sarkissian Lighting: Nicolás Fischtel Costume: Luis Devota and Modesto Lomba Restaging: Hilde Koch and Tony Fabre (1964-2013) Organization and original production: Carlos Iturrioz Mediart Producciones SL (Spain) Duration/cast: 23 minutes with 14 dancers Premiere: 2005 | Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago/United States Debut SPDC: 2009 | Teatro Sérgio Cardoso, São Paulo/SP – Brazil Nacho Duato was inspired by the nature of Valencia, surrounded by sea and sun, and by Mediterranean aromas, colors and flavors, to create Gnawa. The Gnawas are a mystical Islamic fellowship. Duato is interested in gravity and the use of the solo as key elements in constituting his dance. This interest is renewed in a ritualistic tone involving a musical trance that leads to (and is driven by) the movement of the bodies.
• @ Fernanda Kirmayr

  Só Tinha de Ser com Você (2020)

  Choreography and lightning: Henrique Rodovalho Music: Album Elis & Tom – Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Gene Lees); Photography, Modinha (Antonio Carlos Jobim); Por Toda […]

  Só Tinha de Ser com Você (2020)

  Choreography and lightning: Henrique Rodovalho Music: Album Elis & Tom - Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Gene Lees); Photography, Modinha (Antonio Carlos Jobim); Por Toda Minha Vida, Soneto de Separação, O que Tinha de Ser, Brigas Nunca Mais (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes); Só Tinha de Ser com Você, Inútil Paisagem (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Aloisio de Oliveira); Retrato em Preto e Branco (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Chico Buarque de Holanda) Costume: Cássio Brasil Scenario: Letycia Rossi Choreography Assistant: Vivian Navega Duration/cast: 34 minutes with 12 dancers Premiere: 2005 | TeatroAlfa, São Paulo/SP – Brazil Debut SPDC: 2020 | Teatro Sérgio Cardoso, São Paulo/SP – Brazil Só Tinha de Ser com Você (It only Have to be with You, in portuguese) is a sensitive and singular choreographic reinterpretation of the album Elis & Tom (1974), a classic of Brazilian music. This great success by choreographer Henrique Rodovalho was originally created in 2005 for his company, Quasar Cia de Dança, and now it has a special version designed for the dancers of São Paulo Companhia de Dança. “This first reassembly of a show by Quasar Cia de Dança“ just had to be ”with SPDC. It is a beautiful meeting in the Quasar / Rodovalho style of dancing with all the technical improvement of São Paulo Dance Company”, comments Rodovalho.
• @ Rodolfo Dias Paes (DiPa)

  Respiro (2020)

  Choreography: Cassi Abranches Soundtrack: Beto Villares, with participation of Siba, Érico Theobaldo, Fil Pinheiro, Mauricio Badé and Julia Valiengo Lightning: Gabriel Pederneiras Costume: Verônica Julian […]

  Respiro (2020)

  Choreography: Cassi Abranches Soundtrack: Beto Villares, with participation of Siba, Érico Theobaldo, Fil Pinheiro, Mauricio Badé and Julia Valiengo Lightning: Gabriel Pederneiras Costume: Verônica Julian Choreography Assistance: Filipe Bruschi Duration/cast: 15 minute with 8 dancers Debut SPDC: 2020 | Teatro Alfa, São Paulo/SP – Brazil Respiro (breath) evokes a pause, a break or simply the act of breathing. In this work, the choreographer is inspired by the feelings of losses and gains perceived by the dancers during the pandemic and incorporates elements that start from the fullness of meditation and explode in an apex of well-being to suspend the present from a reality, sometimes asphyxiating.