Balleteatro

Balleteatro began in Porto in 1980, founded by Jorge Levi with Isabel Barros and Manuela Barros, and was legally constituted on 11 February 1983: the first contemporary dance company in Porto and the first professional school of dance and theatre in Portugal.

A professional company supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Porto City Council, with its own auditorium, training centre and professional school. It performed in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, Brazil and the United States.

Awards

• A La Calidad Europea (Spain)
• Empresa Revelação · Associação Espaço T
• Prémio Almada 2000 · Ministério da Cultura

Selected choreographies

• 1982«Máquinas»
• 1982«Sailing»
• 1985«Depressão e Expressão»
• 1986«Três Coreografias para uma Peça»
• 1987«O Acto dos Três Loucos»
• 1989«Último Louco»
• 1990«Memórias de uma Aldeia»
• 1995«Tanta Cama Nesta Vida»
• 1996«Pearl» · original music by Jorge Levi
• 2000«Relações»
• 2001«Free Flow»
• 2002«Interiores»
• 2004«Les émotions des jeunes portugais»
• 2005«O Corpo»