Jonas&Lander’s new creation is a hybrid show between dance and concert music designed for five dancers, a fado singer and three musicians. Like most urban musical trends, such as samba or flamenco, fado has also had its own dances. In Lisbon, the most popular was the Fado Batido, a dance based on energetic and virtuoso tap dancing. In Bate Fado, the duo of performers and choreographers set out to reinterpret and recover the act of tapping Fado, where the dance emanates from the percussion instrument in dialogue with the voice and guitars. Bate Fado is the first step towards recovering the dance that fado has long lost.

artistic direction, choreographed by Jonas&Lander ‧ research Jonas, Lander Patrick ‧ performed by Catarina Campos, Jonas, Lander Patrick, Lewis Seivwright and Melissa Sousa ‧ bass Yami Aloelela ‧ guitar Tiago Valentim ‧ 1st Portuguese guitar Acácio Barbosa ‧ 2nd Portuguese guitar António Duarte Martins ‧ voice Jonas ‧ music composed by Jonas&Lander ‧ technical direction and sound design Filipe Peres ‧ light design Rui Daniel ‧ set design Rita Torrão ‧ special effects Vítor Estudante ‧ costumes and shoes Fábio Rocha de Carvalho and Jonas ‧ head of production and management Patrícia Soares ‧ coordination support Filipe Metelo ‧ executive production Inês Le Gué ‧ produced by Associação Cultural Sinistra ‧ co-produced by Centro Cultural de Belém, Cine-Teatro Avenida, Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Teatro Municipal do Porto and Theater Freiburg ‧ co-production residency O Espaço do Tempo ‧ creation support Centro Cultural Olga Cadaval, Estúdios Victor Córdon / OPART, Mala Voadora, Pro.dança ‧ research support Casa-Museu Leal da Câmara, LIPA - Laboratório de Investigação de Práticas Artísticas da Universidade de Coimbra and Museu Bordalo Pinheiro ‧ discography Valentim de Carvalho ‧

This project is supported by República Portuguesa - Cultura I DGARTES – Direção-Geral das Artes

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March 30 to April 1 + April 16 and 17 ‧ mala voadora