Sónia Baptista & Espiões de Filipa Francisco
Spies – Apocalypse How
- 20.11 — 22.11 2026
- Performances
- world premiere
- Jardins do Bombarda / Sala Estúdio Valentim de Barros
- 12€ (See discounts)
- ages 16+
- 1H
- In Portuguese, with descriptive surtitles in Portuguese and English
The apocalypse has never felt so close and never been so ridiculously absurd.
Spies is a choreographic project by Filipa Francisco that spans nearly three decades. It stems from a singular concept: choreographers and performers exchange roles, placing themselves under each other’s gaze or revisiting their personal dance histories.
In this third edition, Sónia Baptista is invited to choreograph Miguel Pereira, Filipa Francisco, Francisco Camacho, and Sílvia Real — figures who profoundly shaped her own education and trajectory in dance. This encounter is both a tribute and a challenge.
If:
“It is easier to imagine the end of the world
than the end of capitalism”
however:
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
than are dreamt of in your philosophy,”
therefore…
Note it down
Post-show talk with Sónia Baptista, Filipa Francisco, the performers and Carlota Lagido (in Portuguese) on 22 Nov.
Accessibility
In Portuguese with descriptive surtitles in Portuguese and English.
The venue is accesible for people with reduced mobility.
Credits
Original title Espiões – Apocalypse How Artistic direction Sónia Baptista on a project by Filipa Francisco Co-creation and performance Filipa Francisco, Francisco Camacho, Miguel Pereira, Sílvia Real Technical Director and Lighting Design João Chicó Photography Alípio Padilha Video Raquel Melgue Production and distribution Mundo em Reboliço Co-production Eira and Real-Pelágio Artistic Residencies Alkantara, OPART, E.P.E. / Estúdios Victor Córdon Support O Rumo do Fumo
Sónia Baptista (Lisbon, 1973) is a choreographer, dramaturg and performer. She trained in the Contemporary Dance Performers Course at Fórum Dança and was awarded, with distinction, a Master Researcher in Choreography and Performance by the University of Roehampton, London, UK. Her work has been recognised with awards from the Ministry of Culture and the Portuguese Society of Authors (SPA). Her artistic language is multidisciplinary, blending classical texts, philosophical writing, pop culture, gender issues, and queer and ecofeminist contexts.
Filipa Francisco studied dance, theatre, improvisation, and dramaturgy at the Escola Superior de Dança, with the Trisha Brown Dance Company, at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York, and with dramaturge André Lepecki. Among her works, she highlights Íman with young people from the Cova da Moura neighbourhood (Projecto Nu Kre Bai Na Bu Onda) and A Viagem with folk dance groups. Filipa performed in Francisco Camacho’s Gust, More, and À Força. She also performed in Sílvia Real’s Um solo para dois intérpretes, was assistant in Tritone, and replaced the...