Danced with various companies, in his native country Portugal, Germany and The Netherlands, having worked with choreographers like Rui Horta, Paulo Ribeiro, Mark Haim, Joachim Schlömer, Michael Schumacker, Paul Selwyn Norton, Amanda Miller, Katie Duck and others. As a teacher and ballet master, he guested with companies like Batsheva Dance Company, Charleroi-Danse, Dans Groep Kristina de Chatel, Dance Works Rotterdam, PlanK, Ultima Vez, Geneva Ballet, Komisher Oper Berlin, Frankfurt Ballet, Innsbruck Ballet, Nuremberg Ballet, Theater School Amsterdam, SNDO, Park Studio Amsterdam and others. Worked as a resident ballet master for the companies Lisbon Dance Company, Pretty Ugly Dance Company, Truus Bronckhorst and Dancers and Gulbenkian Ballet. Teacher with the Escola Superior de Dança since 2005, for contemporary and classical dance techniques, contemporary repertory and improvisation. He received the Adami performance award at the Bagnolet Festival in 1994 and the mention by the Holland Dance Festival director’s Samuel Wuerston, of ‘Unsurpassed Master of His Instrument’, in 1998.
Master Class - Contemporary Dance Technique/ Improvisation
Contemporary dance technique class:
The object of study throughout the course of the classes will be the concepts and trends of contemporary techniques, through the approach and mix of various techniques, methods and concepts, used in various forms and trends of Contemporary Dance (Counterpoint, Gaga, Contact Improvisation,Flying Low).
Improvisation:
In the work sessions the object of study will be a method of live composition through improvisation, based on a mix of different ‘Live Composition’ approaches, movement analisys and improvisation technologies.
Contact: Practical / Practical and Laboratorial
Contemporary dance technique class: Classes will be composed of various elements supported by a progressive structure of technical and physical exercises.
Improvisation: The structure will be in three parts, theoretical suport, practical exercises and a Improvisation Jam, in order to apply and consolidate the research done in each session.