Marco da Silva Ferreira

With a handful of shows, Marco Da Silva Ferreira has put his native country, Portugal, on the contemporary dance map. His dance style, often enhanced with traditional movements or gestures borrowed from club culture, champions diversity. Ferreira sharpens the eye of the audience, as evidenced by the recent successes of Brother and Carcass. Fantaisie minor offers a new perspective on his creative process. Over Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor, the choreographer has created a provocative duo where each step glides and each footwork is astounding. Tapping into the origins of urban dances, Ferreira’s language is breathtaking in its apparent complexity. The duo mutes into a duel and the music of Schubert forges ahead. Swapping pointes for boots, the two performers hover between the burlesque and the classical. There is a sweetly crazy energy coming off this Fantaisie minor and permeating the dancers’ bodies. This is not a minor but a major pas de deux.

Marco da Silva Ferreira

Marco da Silva Ferreira started working as a choreographer in 2004 in Portugal and he worked as a dancer with André Mesquita, Hofesh Shechter, Sylvia Rijmer, Tiago Guedes, Victor Hugo Pontes and Paulo Ribeiro. His choreographic work has emerged from urban practices in a continuous reflection on the meaning of today’s emerging dances through abstract and autobiographical expressionism. He was associated artist with the Teatro Municipal do Porto from 2018 to 2019, and with the centre chorégraphique national de Caen en Normandie in 2019-2021 (for whom he created Fantasie minor in 2022).