A performance disguised as a sleepover. It explores heartbreak—understood not only as romantic heartache, but as a metaphor for the frustration that defines our times. In an informal setting, the audience and performers share the stage in a flow of conversation, improvisation, and vulnerability. Each performance is unique: an invitation to take risks and find the courage to experiment through imperfection. 

Artist Residencies

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Uma performance disfarçada de festa do pijama. Parte do heartbreak, entendido, não só como desgosto amoroso, mas como metáfora da frustração que marca o nosso tempo. Em cenário informal, público e performers partilham o palco num fluxo de conversa, improvisação e vulnerabilidade. Cada apresentação é única: um convite ao risco e à coragem de experimentar a partir da imperfeição. 

Slumber Party: Heartbreak Edition ― João Oliveira & Mariana Pontes Barbosa

With the aim of supporting independent artistic creation, this program hosts artists and collectives working in the field of dance or in areas of artistic intersection, both national and international, for a maximum period of two weeks.

Applications are accepted continuously throughout the year, and residencies are scheduled in our calendar on a first-come, first-served basis. Since their beginnings, the EVC have been a space where multiple languages coexist, directly meeting the needs of the artistic community.
