The presence of word in dance with Henrique Furtado Vieira / O Rumo do Fumo
What if words could dance? What if the body could speak?
In this workshop, we explore how words—spoken, fragmented, invented—can inhabit the body and transform dance. More than a narrative resource, words emerge as a physical presence, as gestures that vibrate and alter the quality of movement.
Through theater and dance practices, improvisations, and performative games, we investigate the tension and dialogue between body and language: how movement gives body to words and how words, in turn, can reconfigure movement. Aimed at interpreters, actors, dancers, performers, students, and those curious about the performing arts, this training offers a path to discover how body and word feed off each other in the same creative impulse.
Throughout the sessions, participants are invited to investigate how thought moves, how words are transformed into action, how the imaginary alters the body, and how words are converted into choreographic material.
Credits
Henrique Furtado Vieira
Graduated in energy and environmental engineering, currently a dancer, performer and choreographer, Henrique Furtado Vieira lives in Lisbon. He carried out his artistic training in several French institutions (INSA Lyon, Extensions – CDC Toulouse, Prototype II and Dialogues III – Royaumont abbey). He develops his artistic practice mainly between choreographic creation and collaboration as a performer with various artists such as Bleuène Madelaine, Eric Languet, Aurélien Richard, Céline Cartillier, Tino Sehgal, Salomé Lamas, Ana Renata Polónia, André Uerba, Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz, Vera Mantero, Boris Charmatz e Tania Soubry. From time to time, he dedicates himself to research, pedagogy and writing in relation to dance, in different contexts and through multiple partnerships (O Rumo do Fumo, Unlock Dancing Plaza, Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte, Colectivo 84, Comédias do Minho, GrETUA...), and more recently he has been involved as a dramaturg in the choreographies of Nicolas Hubert (Compagnie Épiderme) and Giulia Arduca (Compagnie Ke Kosa). He curated the second edition of the MATÉRIA project, together with Catarina Vieira and Josefa Pereira, organizing meetings, open to the community, on a monthly basis, to share artistic practices. His works are often created in synergy with other artists such as Bibi Ha Bibi, with Aloun Marchal, Stand still you ever-moving spheres of heaven, with Chiara Taviani, or To Die for Little Birds, with Lígia Soares. In his shows / performances, the overlapping of styles and genres, the vocal presence in dance and the space(s) of imagination have a prominent place. He has collaborated and presented his work in institutions such as Aerowaves, CDC Toulouse, Göteborg Theater and Dance Festival, Roma Europa Festival, DNA Network, Porto Municipal Theater, Temps d’Image Festival, Espaço do Tempo, CCB, among others.
Timeline
4 - 7 November 2026, Espaço da Penha, Lisboa
2 - 5 July 2024, Espaço da Penha, Lisboa
1 - 2 February 2024, GrETUA, Aveiro
24 - 28 May 2021, Espaço da Penha, Lisboa
