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
Support
Dream and choreography
Ana Rita Teodoro with the collaboration of Joana Gomes
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 and sound composition
by Guarda-Rios
Lyrics
by Ana Rita Teodoro with Guarda-Rios
Sound design and creative operation
by Mestre André
External perspective and movement research
Sofia Kafol (Ana Rita Teodoro and Joana Gomes) and Francisca Pinto (Serpenteadores)
Costume
Leen Van den Bogaert
Photographs
José Carlos Duarte and Aline Belfort
LGP interpreter
Teresa Vasconcelos
Audio Description Team
Isadora Dantas and Leo Perene (scriptwriting and narration) and Inês Gonçalves (consulting)
Production
Associação Parasita e Culturgest
Executive production
Andrei Bessa e Catalina Lescano
Administration
Sofia Lopes, Lysandra Domingues, Helena Baronet
Communication and press
Manuela Costa
Co-production in residence
O Espaço do Tempo
Residence
Estúdios Victor Córdon, Rumo do Fumo, Espaço Parasita
Parasita is a structure funded by República Portuguesa – Ministério da Cultura/Direção-Geral das Artes
