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António Cabrita has a degree in dance by the Escola Superior de Dança in Lisbon (2008), was formed in the the National Conservatoire Dance School (2000), he also studied dance at the Joffrey Ballet School in NY (2001), cinema at the New York Film Academy (2001), and studied advertising at the Restart - School of Creativity and New Technologies in Lisbon (2004). He works as an dancer, choreographer, film-director, photographer and musician. In the last years he worked in pieces from several choreographers, like Rui Horta, Né Barros, Silke Z, António Tavares, Tânia Carvalho, between others. Also he participated as guest in projects like Colina, and festivals, Repérages, and Temps D’image. He founded and worked as a artistic director of - Espaço M - in Lisbon between 2003 - 2004. Between 2003 and 2005 he directed two independent projects - Solos 1=1+3+12+132 and ÉHORA. With his solo “Volatil” he was invited to participate in the first solo dance festival in Lisbon. Worked in several companies and projects like; Escena Subteranea, Teatro em Branco, projecto Compota, Companhia Instável, Balleteatro, CeDeCe, companhia Paulo Ribeiro, Dançarte, between others. Since 2009 collaborates with the company CIM - with people with cerebral paralysis. He develops, as a video designer, several works for dance and theatre pieces. Collaborates in dance and technology projects like EDGE, Emotinal Energy, where the body interaction with computer generated images in real time is the main subject of the work. As a photographer he exhibits works like; “Magma” and a fusion between New York and Barreiro (his hometown in Portugal). He was nominated for the Portugal Dance Awards 2009. He is a resident artist in the german company “Resistdance/Silke”. He directed in 2009 the To fail Project. He teaches composition and video workshops . At this moment is choreographing for the company QuorumBallet, touring with the piece Icosahedron from Tânia Carvalho, and developing the ACSC project.
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