O ÚLTIMO MOMENTO - JOÃO PAULO SANTOS [PORTUGAL]
UNE PARTIE DE SOI
(A part of yourself)
1 june · 9.30 pm
URBAN PARK
Age Rating: For All
Duration: 35 minutes
Une partie de soi (A part of yourself) is a vertical traversal that relates the journey of a life, and shows the individual beyond the acrobat.
In a circle and in proximity, in a refined space reduced to the man, the pole and the circle, João Paulo Santos deploys a dense and powerful choreography, made of ritornellos and stretched time.
As if on a conveyor belt, without ever touching the ground, he tests his apparatus and shows the Chinese pole as it is rarely seen.
Sit down, let yourself go, the body tells you the story of the soul.
João Paulo Santos is graduated from the National Center of Circus Arts (Fr) in 2003, he has created in 2004, with the musician Guillaume Dutrieux, the company O Ultimo Momento within he has created 8 shows to now (cf the historic of the company at the end of the dossier). João is one of the renowned perfomers on the Chinese pole that he has truly launched into a contemporary aesthetic. In 2004, he has been laureate of the European program «Jeunes Talents Cirque» with his first show (Peut-être). In 2006, he has created ‘Contigo’ with the choreographer Rui Horta on the invitation of the SACD for the Sujets à Vif at the Festival d’Avignon. In 2007, he has been selected for the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain.
He often works in Portugal, his country of origin, as a performer and a director, and he was in charge of the artistic direction of the International Circus Festival of Porto in 2018.
He is also videographer, and regularly asked to teach or to stage shows.
He is associated artist to the Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal).
© Philippe Laurençon
