16 OCT 2026 / 10h30
CCL – Centro Cultural de Lagos
Upon reservation
M6 / 65'
This performance is a sort of living organism that encapsulates the performers.
In appearance and in their verbal discourse, the performers stroll through Lisbon on a day trip. They engage in small talk and share memories through which they create an archaeology of what they mean to one another.
But alongside the “small talk”, the bodies project a collective imaginary space where each body area is a potential docking point, of gaps, suggesting events outside those bodies or even creating a third body: a body of bodies.
As bodies ignite, the spoken word opens up to unpredictability. It becomes vulnerable to a state of non-correspondence with gestures or reveals a symbiotic relation between movement and the spoken word. The body’s action makes the “small talk” throb, giving visibility to the sociological dimension but above all to the performance’s existential, absurd and tragic-comic dimensions that we sustain in everyday life. The body opens cracks in the words and we dive into the abysses that resonate within these dialogues that seem to say: “everything is alright.”
Artistic Direction and Creation: Henrique Furtado Vieira
Cocreation and Performance: Catarina Vieira, Leonor Mendes, Sérgio Diogo Matias
Light Design, Technical Direction and Scenic Space: Hugo Coelho – Aldeia da Luz
Sound creation and Original Music: João Bento
Costume Design: Rita Álvares Pereira
Costume Assistant: Ana Sofia Vicente
Scenic Construction: Rita Pico
Dramaturgical Support: Joclécio Azevedo
Production: O Rumo do Fumo
Management: Vítor Alves Brotas | Agência 25
Coproduction: CCB – Centro Cultural de Belém
Coproduction Residency: O Espaço do Tempo
Artistic Residency and Support: Forum Dança, O Rumo do Fumo, Pro.dança, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa /Pólo Cultural Gaivotas – Boavista
Acknowledgment: Maria Antónia Matias, Marta Ramos, Marta Vieira, Miguel Pereira, Sofia Dias, Tânia Guerreiro, Tiago Barbosa, Tomás Mendes, Vera Mantero, Vítor Roriz
Project financed by: República Portuguesa – Cultura | Direcção-Geral das Artes
Project co-financed by: Garantir Cultura, Compete 2020, Portugal 2020 and European Union through European Regional Development Fund – ERDF
O Rumo do Fumo is financed by pela República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direcção-Geral das Artes
Henrique Furtado Vieira is a dancer, performer and choreographer based in Lisbon. Initially trained in Energy and Environmental Engineering, he later developed his artistic education in several French institutions, including INSA Lyon, the CDC of Toulouse (Extensions), and the Prototype II and Dialogues III programmes at the Royaumont Abbey.
Since then, he has built a practice that moves across choreographic creation, performance, and collaboration with various artists, such as Bleuène Madelaine, Eric Languet, Aurélien Richard, Céline Cartillier, Tino Sehgal, Salomé Lamas, André Uerba, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz, Ana Renata Polónia, Vera Mantero, Boris Charmatz and Tania Soubry. More recently, he has collaborated as a dramaturg with Nicolas Hubert (Compagnie Épiderme) and Giulia Arduca (Compagnie Ke Kosa).
His artistic work, presented in national and international institutions, is marked by the layering of styles and genres, the presence of spoken word in dance, and the imaginative spaces it evokes. His creations are often developed in synergy with other artists, such as Bibi Ha Bibi (with Aloun Marchal), Stand still you ever-moving spheres of heaven (with Chiara Taviani) and Morrer pelos Passarinhos (with Lígia Soares).
In parallel, he is engaged in research, pedagogy and writing related to dance, collaborating with different structures and projects. He co-curated the second edition of the project Matéria alongside Catarina Vieira and Josefa Pereira, organising monthly open gatherings for the sharing of artistic practices.
In recent years, he has also deepened his interest in pedagogy with children and adolescents, leading workshops and educational projects across the country. As an emotional education facilitator, he is certified by the LUPA programme of Escola das Emoções and trained in Nonviolent Communication, with a focus on its application with children. Nourished by these experiences, he is committed to creating spaces of relation and expression where each person – and, in particular, each child – can feel safe, seen and valued.
