In Cape Verde's Creole Tuntunhi has several meanings, including “meander, going around and around” to reach a given place, a given word, something you want to say. This is what we did to make this show: experiment, talk, improvise… all together, entwining stories and knowledge in a multicultural and intergenerational path.
In its genesis in Almada, the artistic proposal was to unite people around the creation of a performance organized in three stages: training, joint creation and final presentation. During the process we worked on issues like building trust in their bodies, their own imagination and voices, and the importance of imposing these silenced voices in global communities.
According to the programme, “we propose to approach the stories and personal paths, the journeys from birthplaces and the memory objects from these internal and external voyages, as ways to build a common ground, a mindset that leads us to the creation of movements, texts and actions that are part of this show”.
At the invitation of Festival TODOS, the original group was joined by participants from the Arroios neighbourhood, people from the community, students from Camões Highschool, migrants and their descendants from Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Nepal, Venezuela, Pakistan and Portugal. In this new approach, we worked on the original choreographic score to add new movements and new stories. The work process included dance, drama, music, voice, improvisation and composition workshops, not only for the creation of this performance, but also to capacitate and empower the participants through art.
Tuntunhi has artistic direction and choreography by Filipa Francisco and was created under the project “Corre-Mundos-Transformação pela Art'Inclusiva”, which aims to empower personal, social and community development of migrants and descendants of migrants through art. This project, currently fostered by Mundo in Reboliço, was promoted by Associação Almada Mundo with the support of the Municipality of Almada and PARTIS & Art for Change, a partnership programme between the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and “La Caixa” Foundation.
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Tour
Performances included in the project.
2022
Auditorium Osvaldo Azinheira, Almada
May 28 | 29
2023
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
January 29
2024
Camões Highschool Auditorium, Lisbon
September 15
Clippings
Videos
Documentaries, performances and interviews.
Zé Pires
Gallery
Albums and photos
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Team
Tuntunhi 2024
Artistic direction and choreographer Filipa Francisco
Assistant artistic direction and performer Marta Coutinho
Music score José Grossinho
Musicians Nuno Cintrão and Ruca Rebordão
Costumes Eloísa D’Ascenção
Seamstress Carol Peixoto
Technical direction and light design Joāo Chicó
Light operator Paulo Cunha
Sound design and operation Pedro Baptista
Cocreators and performers (Almada) Admila Cardoso, Fernando Chainço, Helder Pina, Helder Ramos, Íris Gonçalves, Izabela Falcão, Jaqueline Spencer, Solange Gomez, Walter Menezes, Yohana Contreras
Cocreators and performers (Lisbon) Aenjhuw Tamang, Bárbara Salvador, Flor Lemoine, Margarida Mendes, Paulo Gavino, Raquel Amaral, Sofia Varanda, Luqman Rawal
Assistant producer Maria Inês Brás, Patrícia Pereira
Administration Rita Maia
Executive producer Helena Maia
Promotor TODOS - Caminhada de Culturas
Partners Anime Paf, Almada Mundo, Municipality of Almada
Support Monte da Caparica Highschool, Camões Highschool
Acknowledgements Andreia Bilé, Adelaide Silva, Alexandrina Águas, Bernardo Amador, Diogo Rocha, Odília Freitas, Fabinho, Laís Andrade, Madalena Sousa, Mariana Tengner Barros, Mónica Duarte, Luís Cruz, Miguel Canaverde, Félix Lozano, José Frade and Zé Pires
Tuntunhi 2022 / 2023
Team
Artistic direction and choreographer Filipa Francisco
Music score and musician José Grossinho
Costumes Eloísa d’Ascensāo
Technical direction and light design Joāo Chicó
Sound design and operation Pedro Baptista
Video-documentary Zé Pires
Cocreators and performers Admila Cardoso, Andreia Bilé, Bernardo Amador, Bdjoy, Diogo Rocha, Fabinho, Fernando Chainço, Helder Pina, Helder Ramos, Íris Gonçalves, Izabela Falcão, Jaqueline Spencer, Laís Andrade, Madalena Sousa, Mariana Tengner Barros, Mónica Duarte, Solange Gomez, Walter Menezes, Yohana Contreras
Assistant producer and assistant artistic direction Maria Inês Brás
Graphics Luís Cruz
Photos Félix Lozano and José Frade
Team Corre-Mundos
Artistic coordinator Filipa Francisco
Social coordinator ANIMEPAF.ORG, Paulo Pires, Ana Castro
Management, direction and production Almada Mundo, Adelaide Silva, Odília Freitas and Alexandrina Águas
Promotor Almada Mundo — Associação Internacional de Educação, Formação e Inovação
Financed by PARTIS & Art for Change from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, BPI and “la Caixa” Foundation
Partners Municipality of Almada; Parish Council of Almada, Cova da Piedade, Pragal and Cacilhas; Parish Council of Charneca da Caparica and Sobreda; Parish Council of Laranjeiro and Feijó; Parish Council of Caparica and Trafaria; Garantir Cultura; Mundo em Reboliço.
Support Monte da Caparica Highschool
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