2019

Bisonte

artistic direction and choreography

Marco da Silva Ferreira

performers

Anaísa Lopes, André Cabral, Duarte Valadares, Eríc Santos, Leo and Marco da Silva Ferreira

artistic direction assistant

Pietro Romani

technical direction and light design

Wilma Moutinho

musical direction

Marco da Silva Ferreira, Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins

sound design

Rui Lima and Sérgio Martins

set designer

Fernando Ribeiro

costumes

João Rôla

executive production

Joana Costa Santos

production

Pensamento Avulso - Associação de Artes Performativas

coproduction

Teatro Municipal do Porto (PT); São Luiz Teatro Municipal (PT); Théâtre de la Ville (FR); Charleroi Danse (BE)

Residencies

O Espaço do Tempo (PT); Teatro Municipal do Porto (PT); Centro Cultural Vila Flor (PT); Charleroi Danse (BE); Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie; La Place de la Danse Centre de Developpement Chorégraphique National Toulouse – Occitane (FR)

Diffusion

Art Happnes

Support

Direção Geral das Artes

Thanks

Companhia Instável, mala voadora

Marco da Silva Ferreira is supported by “Associate Artist Residency” from centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie - director Alban RICHARD

Drawing from autobiographical fragments,Bisonte dances the euphoria and melancholy, aching unraveling of a long-term love
From the rupture, a wound opens—tender and raw—revealing a landscape of fragility where desire, sexuality, and pleasure are questioned and reimagined.
The stage becomes a ring or an arena where six performers conceal themselves behind seemingly empowered figures. They embody the clash of raw, conflicting emotions, the false social truths in which they do not belong, and reveal what was once meant to remain hidden.
Hypermasculinity, queer culture, beauty, and power are invoked in a metamorphosis waiting to unfold.