Before the street dance was discovered at the age of 16, Portuguese choreographer Marco Da Silva Ferreira was a competitive swimmer. Before he was fully committed to dancing, he studied health science, first of all, dancers, and choreography. That’s winning the Portuguese version So do you think you can dance Da Silva Ferreira shifted from business to contemporary dance and cooperated with the famous choreographer (such as Hofesh Shechter).
Corpse It is the latest work of DA Silva Ferreira and was selected as the Rose International Dance Award. This is the first primitive dance creation award in the world. Dance information caught up with Da Silva Ferreira before the premiere Corpse Prize and work before the Australian Perth Music Festival.
What does the Rose International Dance Award mean?
“The Rose Award has always been an incredible gift-I can never imagine it. Even if I do not win the award, I have become one of the four finalists. This is a great achievement. This is not only personal verification And also show that people are paying attention to the correlation of today’s dance.
The nomination not only reflects my work, but also reflects the contribution of many people participating in this project and others. I believe this has brought hope to the Portuguese dance community, which indicates that it is possible and continue to move forward. What we create can and should be seen.
The exposure of the nomination also allows Corpse Stimulate curiosity and attract more extensive audiences. This is an opportunity for this work exposition that can affect more people, the community, and hope to stimulate people’s changes in mentality, sensitivity and future. “
At present, who has a great impact in your choreography practice?
“I started dancing in my teens. Until then, my body exercises were still rooted in exercise, especially swimming. I believe that in intuitively, the duplicate and overall feeling of my swimmers feel in me. Power -related driving force related to dance during physical exercises.
On the other hand, dance has always been related to the style of my generation, and popular culture has played an important role. The relationship between dance and music is always very natural for me. As I grow older, I am more and more involved in the club and street dance culture.
At present, I will be regarded as an exploration collective, usually related to the culture, social or structural issues related to the body organization. Of course, in the process of doing this, I sought a critical and provocative reflection, but its core is always the problem of dance in the establishment of a society, what role in anthropology and even philosophical files. “
What are your attention in your career?
“My focus is consistency and listening. People who work with me are very important to me. For more than ten years, I have established a working relationship that has become friendship. I always strive to ensure that the structure of this production and creation of contemporary works is It is more moral, progressive, sustainable and caring.
I am very interested in keeping intimacy with others so that we can enlarge their voice. Chorus is an artistic form, so it has important and sensitive effects today. We need to treat it with caution, avoid repeating past errors, and build works that resonate with meaning or declaration. Therefore, I try to ensure that the artistic objects are consistent with as much as possible with the creation process. “
You can grab Corpse From February 7th to 9th, at Perth International Festival. For more information, please visit www.perthfestival.com.au/program/season-2025/carcaca.
Written by dance Informa’s Tamara Searle.
