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Tânia Carvalho (born Viana do Castelo, 1976) is a Portuguese artist with a career spanning over 20 years. Best known as a choreographer, she also works in other artistic fields, such as music, drawing and film.
Tânia Carvalho | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, choreographer, dancer |
Carvalho was born in Viana do Castelo and lives in Lisbon.[1]
Carvalho's choreography work includes pieces for the Lyon Opera Ballet (Xylographie),[2][3] the Company of Elders in London (I Walk, You Sing),[4] the National Ballet of Portugal (S),[5] the Paulo Ribeiro Company (How will I do this? interpreted by Leonor Keil),[6] and Dançando com a Diferença (Doesdicon).[7]
In 2018, Teatro Maria Matos, Teatro São Luiz and the National Ballet of Portugal performed the Tânia Carvalho Cycle to celebrate her twenty years of artistic creation.[8][9]
She has been developing several musical projects, of which stand out, among others, Madmud, Idiolecto and dubloc barulin.[10] She occasionally composes soundtracks for her creations, as well as for other choreographers, such as Luís Guerra.[11]
In 2018, Carvalho directed A Bag and a Stone – dance piece for screen, her first film.[12][13]
She was part of the international network of programmers and choreographers Modul Dance (2011-2014)[14][15] and programmed the national section of the Cumplicidades Festival (Portugal, 2018).[16] She participated in the Festival Best Of (Les Subsistances, Lyon, 2018), with The Recoil of Words.[17]
In 2021, Tânia was one of four women invited to develop a choreography for the Ballet National de Marseille, within a program that includes pieces by choreographers Lucinda Childs, American, Lasseindra Ninja, Guyanese, and the Irish Oona Doherty.[18]
In 2022, as part of the Portugal-France Cultural Season, the Théâtre de la Ville dedicates a focus on her work, presenting several shows in Paris. [19]
Winner of the Young Creators Award 2000 (Programa Jovens Criadores), with Inicialmente Previsto,[20] she participated, in that capacity, in a festival in Sarajevo.[21] She was also awarded the 2012 Prémio Autores and the 2021 Prémio Autores from the Portuguese Society of Authors, for the creation of Icosahedron and onironauta.
Choreography
- Por Baixo de Mão (2021)[22]
- Young Dancers Project (2021)[23]
- one of four periods in time (2021)[24]
- onironauta (2020)[25]
- muiças (2019)[26]
- S (2018)[27]
- Doesdicon (2017)[28]
- Grasped By Intuition (2017)[29]
- GLIMPSE – 5 Room Puzzle (2016)[30]
- Xylographie (2016)[31]
- Weaving Chaos (2014)[32]
- Síncopa (2013)[33]
- Coral (2013)[34]
- The Recoil of Words (2013)[35]
- 27 Bones (2012)[36]
- Icosahedron (2011)[37]
- Der Mann ist verrückt (2009)[38]
- Danza Ricercata (2008)[39]
- But From Me I Can't Escape, Have Patience! (2008)[40]
- Orquestica (2006)[41]
- Exploding In Silence Never Becomes Disturbing (2005)[42]
Music
Visual art
- Exhibition by Tânia Carvalho and Luís Guerra, in partnership with Dançando com a Diferença, Galeria Marca d’Água, Funchal, 2019[46]
- Toledo, by Tânia Carvalho (within BoCA - Bienal de Artes Contemporâneas), Teatro da Politécnica, Lisbon, Palacete Viscondes de Balsemão, Porto[47] and Teatro Viriato, Viseu, 2017[48]
- Dessins, by Tânia Carvalho, KLAP Maison Pour la Danse, Marseille[49]
Film
- 2000 – Young Creators Award from Programa Jovens Criadores, with Inicialmente Previsto[20]
- 2012 – Best Choreography Award from Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, with Icosahedron[50]
- 2019 – Citizen of Merit by the Viana do Castelo City Council[51]
- 2021 – Best Choreography Award from Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores, with Onironauta∫[52]
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