Parade of time
A timeless parade flowing like a flashmob in constant metamorphosis, Desfile do Tempo simultaneously celebrates change and tradition, the fusion of languages and the spontaneity of collective expression. More than a parade, it is an immersive experience that pulses to the rhythm of time and the body, inviting participants and the public to immerse themselves in a present that is constantly under construction.
Here the body is the first instrument, conscious and expressive, and all the other instruments become natural extensions of this body in movement. A living path that influences and shapes the performance, a large-scale game that awakens the senses, refines attention and plays with the relationship between body, time and space. Inspired by the traditions and cultures of other times, it fuses them with the present, creating the culture of today that will be the tradition of tomorrow.
Marco Santos | Creation, Musical Direction and Training
Artist, creator and active musician for over 20 years, with drums, percussion and composition as his main instruments. For the last 17 years he has been based between Holland and Portugal, coming to Portugal regularly to work with various artists or authorial projects and traveling the world giving workshops and concerts collaborating with various artists such as: Sara Tavares, Lura, João Afonso, Luis Pastor, Doudou N’diaye Rose, Haay Sacksioni, Gilles Apap, Uxia Senlle, Rui Horta, Clara Andermatt, Rui Lopes Graça, Nederland Dans Theater (NDT) among many others…
With his versatility, he has collaborated with various artists and festivals in the fields of music, dance and theater, approaching music from various perspectives. At the same time, he has concentrated on his own creations and compositions, releasing some albums of his own and in collaboration with others. He has received public attention and won some international jazz competitions and nominations.
Through rhythm with movement (body percussion), he promotes the “Body” as the main instrument, providing training for musicians, dancers and actors. He is the founder of the United Art Movement (UartM) based in the Netherlands, creating an annual event since 2015 with the main aim of promoting the union of various art forms on one stage, and thus praising art as the best tool for unifying people. As a result of this associative work and cross-disciplinary programming, but also of his professional career as a musician, composer and performer, it was on his permanent return to Portugal in 2022 that he founded the United Art Movement Association, based in Lisbon, with the aim of disseminating, programming, creating, organizing and promoting cultural, artistic, pedagogical, therapeutic, research and publishing activities. Within UartM in Portugal, he is also the founder of Pulsar – Companhia do Corpo, where he promotes the dialogue between music, dance and theater through a single instrument – The Body.
www.pulsarcompanhiadocorpo.com
Rui Aires | Training
Musician and sound designer. He began his musical studies at the age of 7 at the Sociedade Musical Santa Cecília, in Aveiro. For the last 14 years he has been studying percussion more consistently, particularly traditional Iberian percussion. He attended the music production course at the “Escuela Creativa de Madrid”. His work includes the following projects: “Charanga” (Megafone Award @ Bons-Sons Festival 2014), “Retimbrar”, “TEM.PÔ”, “Eliseo Parra & Las Piojas” (Madrid), among others. With these projects he has performed mainly in Portugal and Spain, but also in France and the UK. Between personal projects and collaborations, he has participated in 16 music albums to date. As a sound designer, he graduated from the “Escuela Superior de Imagem y Som – CES” in Madrid with a degree in “Sound for Cinema”. Works in this area include: “Mr. Trance”, an animated TV series by Valerio Veneras, “[NO-RES]”, a documentary by Xavier Artigas (awarded “Best National Documentary” @Documenta Madrid 2012).
Margarida Soares | Training and Production
Born in Beja, she began her music studies at the Baixo Alentejo Regional Conservatory.
She studied scenography at the António Arroio Art School and musical theater at the School of Social Dances and Performing Arts.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law in Lisbon and became a member of the University of Lisbon and Miosótis choirs, both directed by Luís Almeida.
She has lived in Lisbon, Toulouse, Paris and Madrid and, since 2018, has dedicated herself partly to the management and education of social impact projects, collaborating with schools, companies and social organizations around the world, particularly in Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Brazil.
A collaborator at Rizoma, a performer and producer at Pulsar – Companhia do Corpo, and a student of video, sound and motion design, she continues to explore and improvise the limits of multidisciplinarity.
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