Pantera - Rehearsals ongoing

The rehearsals for the next co-creation of Clara Andermatt and João Lucas - "PANTERA" - are underway. The first rehearsals took place in December 2021, with the performers Avelino Chantre, Diogo Picão Oliveira, Jorge Almeida, Sócrates Napoleão and Kabum (Domingos Sá).

This January, 3 dancers - Djam Neguin (Bruno), Nickita Bulú and Zeca (José Cardoso) - selected by Andermatt and Lucas in the meetings/ audition during the artistic residency of research on the singer-author Orlando Pantera, in Cape Verde in November 2021, arrive in Portugal to join the cast.

Rehearsals take place at the ACCCA studio, in Lisbon, and will last for 3 months until the premiere date at the Grand Auditorium of Centro Cultural de Belém. Two artistic residencies are scheduled, at Musibéria (Serpa) and Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo).

"Pantera" will have a national tour, whose dates will be announced soon. The play will also be presented at the Cape Verdean festival "Mindelact" and in the city of Praia, Santiago.

 

Pantera is a production of the Clara Andermatt Company (ACCCA). Co-production Centro Cultural de Belém, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Cineteatro Louletano and Cine-Teatro Avenida.

These rehearsals had the support of Teatro do Bairro and the institutional partnership of 

Photos by Andreia Cordeiro