Born in 1986, Marco da Silva Ferreira is a rising Portuguese choreographer on European stages. Prior to discovering street dance in his hometown Santa Maria da Feira at the age of 16, his main body practice came from professional swimming. He received a degree in physiotherapy before fully dedicating himself to dance, first as a dancer and since 2015 also as a choreographer. 2022 was a remarkable year for him, with three creations: førma Inførms (for South African dance company Via Katlehong), Fantasie Minor (duo inspired by Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor) and Carcaça. After seeing Carcaça – touring widely, and co-produced by Big Pulse Dance Alliance, where Ferreira is one of six ‘scaling up artists’ – I interviewed him online to find out about its background.
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