About Marco da Silva Ferreira Marco was born in 1986 and graduated in physiotherapy from Instituto Piaget, Gaia (2010), a career he never took up, but which focussed his studies on Health Sciences. From 1996 he concentrated his interest in body practices through sport, specifically high-performance swimming. In 2002 he abandoned this to focus on the performing arts. His path was self-taught through dance styles that flowed in an urban context, pop culture and clubbing connections – often with afro-descendant influences. Between 2002 and 2010 his focus and the language of his dance became increasingly diverse and closer to contemporary improvisation and composition. In 2010, he won the TV contest So You Think You Can Dance Portugal. Marco has been a professional dancer since 2008, performing the work of choreographers including André Mesquita, Hofesh Shechter, Sylvia Rijmer, Tiago Guedes, Victor Hugo Pontes and Paulo Ribeiro among others. As a choreographer Marco’s career highlights include HU(R)MANO (2013), which was included as part of the Aerowaves Priority Companies (2015) and was performed nationally and on the international circuit until 2018.
BROTHER (2016) consolidated Marco’s practice of seeking to explore and reflect on dance and its meaning today, creating connections with its origins and drawing a line made from the contemporary body. It premiered at Teatro Municipal do Porto- Rivoli and has toured extensively nationally and internationally, having also participated in Aerowaves Priority Companies in 2018. Bisonte (2019) is a performative identity that floats in an artificial space between hysteria and melancholy, playing with gender masks, power and fragility. Corpos De Baile (2020), choreographed for the Portuguese National Ballet Company, plays with the idea of personal identity inside a corps de ballet and ignited the research for C A R C A Ç A (2023). SIRI (2021) is a collaborative work with the Portuguese filmaker Jorge Jácome as part of the Foundation d’entreprise Hérmes - New Setting Program. This sci-fi dance piece featured light robots and humans dancing together. førma Inførma (2022) premiered with the South African Company Via Katlehong in Julidans fesHval. This dance piece crosses pantsula dance with other street dances staking a ritual of claim – space, time and presence.
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