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Video Presentation Chao

CHÃO is a juggling project in favor of gravity, where we seek to reframe failure and turn falling into a moment of discovery. The ground we stand on is more than just a surface — it is fertile soil, open to investigation. The work is structured as an exploratory research process based on the redefinition of error, aiming to subvert the traditional logic of throwing objects by integrating the act of “letting them fall” into the creative and investigative process. Through this approach, we seek to highlight the relationship between juggling balls and the ground, bringing to the center of the work a space that is usually seen as something to be
avoided. CHÃO aims to stimulate the discovery of diverse ways of relating to objects, generating images and visual identities that differ from those traditionally associated with juggling.

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Uatumã Fattori de Azevedo es brasileño y reside en la ciudad de Oporto, Portugal. He holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Political Science from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), is a circus artist trained at the National Circus School of Brazil (ENC-Funarte), specialising in contemporary juggling and floor acrobatics, and has completed Advanced Training in Choreographic Interpretation and Creation (Instável Centro Coreográfico). He has a special interest in creative and research processes in the areas of contemporary dance and contemporary circus. He is currently developing two projects: ‘CHÃO’, a juggling show in partnership with Leonardo Calvino, Teresa Santos and Dídac Gilabert, with support from Companhia Erva Daninha, CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva, fAUNA – Habitat de Criação and DGArtes; and ‘CANOS’, a project to create a solo show in unconventional juggling.

Leonardo Calvino ( artistic name of Iuri Martins) is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist based in Porto, Portugal. His practices are mostly developed around performative arts such as magic, theater, dance, circus and music.

As a creator, his first work is “Inercia”, a contemporary dance and circus piece, premiered in 2021, and his latest creation “Apneia”, co-created with Joana Couto, premiered in 2022 at Teatro Municipal do Porto. Since 2019, he has also been working with dramaturgy, light design and creative accompaniment, highlighting his work in the pieces “If only this was about food” and “Sinto muito”, both by Joana Couto.