Ana Rita Teodoro

Ana Rita Teodoro

Common Dreams

Ana Rita Teodoro

Common Dreams

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?

© José Carlos Duarte.

10 OCT 2025
FRI 21:00

11 OCT 2025
SAT 19:00

Buy Tickets
Emílio Rui Vilar Auditorium
14€ (discounts)
Duration Aprox. 1h20
M/12

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

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