O Canto do Cisne (Swan Song) - recreation

2021

"O Canto do Cisne" was one of the last pieces danced by Ballet Gulbenkian before its extinction. Challenged by Companhia Nacional de Bailado (National Ballet of Portugal), the choreographer revisits her piece together with the original artistic team.

Dance Bailarina Dance (Dance Ballerina Dance)

2013

In “Dance Bailarina Dance”, a commission by Companhia Nacional de Bailado (National Ballet of Portugal), Clara Andermatt turns to the great American musicals from the 1940s and 1950s, jointly signing this new creation with composer João Lucas. Images from the screen are recreated onstage, in an approach that is simultaneously risky, experimental, and conducive to reflection. The music is interpreted by the Circular Orquestra Ensemble, conducted by Pedro Moreira.

Deriva (Drifting)

2011

A book by Alexandre O’Neill, called “Uma Coisa em Forma de Assim”, gave the name to a programme devised by Companhia Nacional de Bailado, the National Ballet of Portugal, to commemorate the 2011 International Dance Day. The National Ballet invited nine of the most well-known Portuguese choreographers – Clara Andermatt, Francisco Camacho, Benvindo Fonseca, Rui Lopes Graça, Rui Horta, Paulo Riberiro, Olga Roriz, Madalena Vitorino e Vasco Wellenkam – to create short pieces for the company’s dancers, to music composed and interpreted by the pianist Bernardo Sassetti. Clara Andermatt’s piece, within this programme, is called “Deriva”.