Interview for Deutsche Welle - July 2009

2010-02-08T08:28:00.000-08:00

here is the link:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9xc3l_arts21-experimental-dance-in-potsda_creation

PONGO LAND (2008)

2010-01-02T13:00:00.001-08:00

2009-03-02T13:01:00.000-08:00

Nuno Lucas.

Born in Portugal, 1980. Currently lives in between Lisbon, Paris and Berlin. Works as choreographer and performer.

Began to show ability to comedy at the age of five, imitating public figures, typical characters, singers and voices of animals. Between 1989 to 1991 he lived on the island of Madeira where he began his studies of music (mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric and voice). Throughout the school years he participated in amateur theater shows, ballets and concerts.

In 1998 he moved to Lisbon where he obtained the degree in Economics at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. In 2001 he participated in his first dance workshop and debuting, that year, as a performer with the choreographer Miguel Pereira at Teatro Nacional D. Maria II. In 2003 he was invited by João Fiadeiro to develop his first choreographical sketches in LAB10. Later, he was co-author and performer with Claudio da Silva and Martim Pedroso of "Weekend" (2006). He created two solos "Selfportrait as a dancer" (2007) and "What can be shown can not be said" (2007). In collaboration with Hermann Heisig conceived and interpreted "Pongo Land" (2008) and as part of European ›looping‹ project “What comes up, must go up” (2009) in collaboration with Irina Muller. He presented his work in Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland and Netherlands. He worked with many artists emphasizing his experience as a performer with Miguel Pereira, Nir de Volff and his encounter with Meg Stuart.

In his professional training stranded out The Choreographic Course of Creation and Research in Forum Dança and the ex.e.r.ce program in the Centre Choreographic National de Montpellier, under the direction of Mathilde Monnier and Xavier Le Roy, where he received a scholarship of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

He is part of the network Sweet&Tender Collaborations, a group of 60 artists from around the world.

Currently he’s working in a duet in collaboration with Márcia Lança that will have it’s premiere on the 21 January 2011 in Culturgest, Lisbon.

contact: lucasholdingcompany@gmail.com

NUNO LUCAS

Interview for Deutsche Welle - July 2009

PONGO LAND (2008)