Quorum Ballet

IMPACTO

Man changed and changed the world.
He turned it into a global village. He has been both the agent and the subject of change, he is the creator and the creation.
The good and the bad side of the technological effects are difficult to separate because one does not exist without the other.

Human kind has never had such means at his disposal nor has he had to face so many challenges of identity. Technological means gives us freedom but at the same time raises walls around ourselves which isolate us.

Communication is everything and is everywhere but loneliness was never so present and never was a man so far away from his kin.

On the other side we communicate more and more easily through channels than through direct human contact. The danger lies in our acting in the real world as if we were in virtual reality.

In these days we live enclosed in ourselves although we are in constant communication with the world. Never has man felt so alone.

Dancers: Henriett Ventura, Mónica Gomes, Filipe Narciso, Elson Ferreira, Inês Godinho

Choreography & Concept: Daniel Cardoso
Dramaturgy: Pedro Alves
Music: Peter Gabriel, High Light Tribe, Nine Inch Nails, René Aubry
Light Design: Daniel Cardoso, Thomas Toutain

Quorum Ballet

Quorum Ballet founded by Daniel Cardoso is a contemporary repertoire dance formed by a permanent technical and administrative team, composers and six dancers, some of which came from the extinct Ballet Gulbenkian, Portugal, the National Dance Company of Lisbon, the Martha Graham Dance Company, New York, and the Peter Schaufuss Ballet, Denmark. The Company has appeared extensively in the US, Europe and also Asia in several stages such as Musikhuset Theater in Denmark, Downtown Festival in New York, Cultural Center of Macau in China, Esplanade in Singapore, Casa da Música and many others in Portugal. The company has worked with guest choreographers such as Jonathan Hollander or Thaddeus Davis among others. In 2009 the Company was awarded the prize for Best Contemporary Dance Company in Portugal. Currently the Quorum ballet has scheduled a tour to China, Russia and the United States. Quorum Ballet was considered a "6 stars company" by the Danish press.

This performance is part of the 12th European Dance Festival. You can buy a General Entrance card for all the performances of the festival in Rialto for €20. Admission free for students and dance professionals.