ECO Project - Emerging in Creation and Orientation
The ECO Project – Emerging in Creation and Orientation is an initiative by Play False Associação Cultural aimed at supporting young emerging choreographers in developing their first works or consolidating their artistic intentions. This program seeks to enhance research and innovation in dance by promoting the development of new artistic languages and methodologies. It provides access to rehearsal space as well as comprehensive guidance and support across various aspects of artistic production.
ARTISTS / SUPPORTED PROJECTS
2025
INÊS BARROS
Originally from Alcobaça, she began her studies at the Alcobaça Dance Academy (2011–2019). In 2019/20, she joined ProjectoQuorum, performing works by Lua Carreira and Miguel Ramalho. In 2020, she became part of the young company In TranzYt, performing pieces by Ana Casquilho, Fábio Lopez, Cristina Pereira and Vasco Macide, Tiago Manquinho, Ayano Tatekawa, and Miguel Esteves. With Compagnie Illicite Bayonne, she was part of the artistic cast of the ballet La Belle au Bois Dormant, and in 2023 she joined the Companhia de Dança de Almada.
SUPPORTED PROJECT: CONCIERGE
The concept of CONCIERGE originates from the album Hotel Heaven by Yellow Days. Its portrayal of a mythical hotel served as the starting point for this creation. The solo explores the unique atmosphere of this imagined “Hotel Heaven”: a luxurious space imbued with an underlying sense of strangeness, where appearances often conceal deeper realities.
BEATRIZ VALENTIM
Born in Póvoa de Varzim in 1995, she is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She began her dance studies through the Royal Academy of Dance and completed the Professional Dancer Training Course at the National Conservatory Dance School in 2013. She furthered her training through the Elit Training Program of the Budapest Dance Theatre Company and the F.O.R. Dance Theatre of the Olga Roriz Company. She holds a degree in Sociology from ISCTE-IUL and completed the Postgraduate Program in Contemporary Dance at ESMAE, finishing as a scholarship recipient of Camping 2020 at the Centre National de la Danse, Paris. She has worked with Olga Roriz, Renato Zanella, Jérôme Bel, Raimund Hoghe, Francisco Camacho, Né Barros, Jonas & Lander, among others.
SUPPORTED PROJECT: ASSIMÉTRICO
The project explores the porous boundaries between music and dance, composition and performance, sound and movement. By focusing on the importance of the collective, Assimétrico challenges conventional notions of pairing and binary structures, instead proposing a space where bodies and instruments merge in unexpected ways.