Ana Rita Teodoro
Ana Rita Teodoro
Common Dreams happens between seeing and not seeing, in the encounter of Ana Rita Teodoro with Joana Gomes. Two dancers dedicated to tactile communication unfold in singular dances, full of detail. Based on the idea that dance has something similar to a dream, they produce movements and sensations difficult to capture in image and translate into words. Common Dreams proposes to remove the visual — as proof of the real — from the hierarchy of senses and create a poetic musical plot, accessible to the reverie of dreams and dances.
Do you remember your dreams? Have you ever known within a dream that you were dreaming? Can a dream solve problems? Can we communicate with animals or ancestors in a dream? Can a dream see the future? Can we dream the same dream?
10 OCT 2025
FRI 21:00
11 OCT 2025
SAT 19:00
Audiodescription
11 OCT
SAT, 7:00pm
Stage recognition for people with visual impairments (blind and low vision)
11 OCT
SAT, 6:00pm
Interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language
9, 10 e 11 OCT
THU, SEX e SAT
The show includes moments of audio description, incorporated into the songs and soundtrack, describing concrete and poetic situations.
School session
9 OCT
THU 3:00pm
Dream and choreography
Ana Rita Teodoro with the complicity of Joana Gomes
Musical composition
João Polido
Light design
Laura Salerno
Dance
Joana Gomes, Ana Rita Teodoro e ‘serpenteadores’ Adriano Vicente, Bruno Brandolino, Joana Simões, João dos Santos Martins, Leo Lopes, Nicole Gomes, Natacha Campos e Suiá Ferlauto
Sung and told
por Guarda-Rios, trio vocal composto por João Neves, Mariana Camacho e Susana Nunes
with adaptations of traditional melodies
por Guarda-Rios
Lyrics
por Ana Rita Teodoro com Guarda-Rios
External gaze and movement research
Sofia Kafol (Ana Rita Teodoro e Joana Gomes) e Francisca Pinto (serpenteadores)
Costumes
Leen Van den Bogaert
Photography
José Carlos Duarte
Administration
Sofia Lopes, Lysandra Domingues, Andrei Bessa, Catalina Lescano
Production
Associação Parasita e Culturgest
Co-production in residence
O Espaço do Tempo
Residence
Estúdios Victor Córdon, Rumo do Fumo, Espaço Parasita
Parasita is a structure funded by the República Portuguesa – Ministério da Cultura/Direção-Geral das Artes
