Piny in residency at Espaço Alkantara

I seek new ways to present and share a process that was and is street, that was and is clubbing, that was and is intimate, that was and is twisted. It doesn't fit neatly into any format, which is why I seek it. It is a practical investigation, based on experience. It is about being present in places and spaces, being part of them, not withdrawing, but being.

I tell stories, share personal archives and others collected over many years. I question performance, I question academia, the body, and I intertwine plants, the city, and social processes of destruction and construction of cultures and bodies. Just like that, in the plural. It literally means to be crossed by something, by many things. To be crossed. To be or to act mischievously, to disturb. To serve me on a platter. To be a cross between two larger streets. To be a crossing.

Overlapping memories and volcanoes.
Street culture and intertwined nature.
Clubbing spaces for a single body.
Dense imagery for a solitary space.
Fabric from the marrow to the cosmos.
Oracles for endless parties.

To (un)resolve the world into a nothingness full of everything.


— Piny

Between 23 February and 8 March, Piny is in residency at Espaço Alkantara, developing her new performance a.travessa.da.


Presentations

DDD - Festival Dias da Dança: April 2026 (premiere)
Teatro do Bairro Alto: June 2026

Credits

Concept, artistic direction, texts and stage experience Piny Sound design and DJ set Leo Soulflow Video editing Pedro Jafuno Graphic design Bruna Borges Video archives Piny's personal archive and OU.kupa festival archive Lighting design Cárin Geada Research and rehearsal support Rebecca Mateus External eye Teresa Coutinho, Melissa Rodrigues, André Cabral Production & Distribution Artist Accompanied by Materiais Diversos, 2026 – 2028 Co-production DDD - Festival Dias da Dança (PT); Charleroi Danse - Centre Chorégraphique de Wallonie-Bruxelles (BE); TBA - Teatro do Bairro Alto (PT) Co-production residencies Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie (FR) - in partnership with CAMPUS PCS (PT); O Espaço do Tempo (PT), as part of the Associate Artist Programme Residency Support Alkantara (PT); A QUINTA, Sandim (PT)