Residency of Bruno Duarte

hosted by Quinzena de Dança de Almada - International Dance Festival

Participating countries:

  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Italy
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • Spain
  • Dance
© Daniel Faro

Period

  • From 05-01-2026 to 30-11-2026
Generation #4

Website

Address

Almada

Project summary

Quebranto is a choreographic solo that reawakens gestures, rituals, and superstitions inherited from a rural Portuguese childhood, translating them into contemporary language through movement and sound. It explores how belief, memory, and energy inhabit the body and can be transformed into vibration. In dialogue with a vinyl turntable and a theremin, the performer creates a living field where gesture becomes sound and sound becomes gesture. Positioned between ritual and abstraction, Quebranto is both invocation and research - a poetic attempt to re-enchant perception and let the invisible become visible through resonance and transformation.
© Claudiu Popescu

Artist

Bruno Duarte

Biography: Bruno Duarte is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the University of Coimbra, holds a Master’s in Dance Education and a Bachelor’s in Dance from Lisbon’s Escola Superior de Dança. He also did the Minor Dancer program in ArtEZ (Netherlands).
He danced with the Experimental Dance Group, Quorum Ballet and Companhia de Dança Contemporânea de Évora and has been a member of Companhia de Dança de Almada since 2013. As a creator, he has presented works in Portugal and abroad, including twelve for Companhia de Dança de Almada and nine for other companies and projects. He has collaborated in European projects, taught workshops internationally, and was assistant choreographer for Giro8 (Brazil, 2025). He received the Almada Arts Award – Young Talent.
Contact: brujoduarte@gmail.com
Website: http://brunoduarte.space
Social media: https://www.instagram.com/brunoduartej?igsh=ZnE0MzU2NXBpbmhl
Work: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0iw6cHNEX9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEntXyFzkd0 https://vimeo.com/248453256

Participating festivals

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