Pantera

2022

"Pantera" is the new co-creation of Clara Andermatt and João Lucas. Centred on the work of the musician Orlando Barreto, better known as Pantera, it aims to pay tribute to the creativity and affection of the iconic figure of Cape Verdean music. 

Parece que o Mundo (It Seems the World)

2018

“Parece que o Mundo” brings together Clara Andermatt and the composer João Lucas, who has been a long-time collaborator of the choreographer. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s "Palomar", the piece encourages the act of observing, while examining the subjective relation that is established between the observer and the one being observed. On stage, a diverse group of dancers and musicians share an expressivity which interweaves the gestures of the bodies with the sounds of musical instruments in motion.

A Educação da Desordem - projeto em mutação (Educating Disorder - a project in mutation)

2018

In “A Educação da Desordem”, Andermatt and dancer Mickaella Dantas explore and develop experimental work in the fields of Dance, Performance and Photography. “A Educação da Desordem” unrolls as a conference-performance, where the artists explore topics such as image, publicity, and ethics, proposing new relations between Art, Body and Diversity.

 

Suspensão (Suspension)

2016

“Suspensão” is an enigmatic performance of an experimental nature that brings together Clara Andermatt and two composers, Jonas Runa and António Sá-Dantas, for a co-creation and a joint interpretation in different artistic fields. Light-sensitive sensors distributed throughout the stage are activated by the interference of the body, creating sound that is modulated by the movement of the interpreters, in a game of shadows and light that proposes new interactions between sound and movement.

 

Durações de um Minuto (The Duration of a Minute)

2010

Invited by Jorge Salavisa, at the time director of one of the most important venues for the performing arts in Lisbon, the São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Clara Andermatt and the film director Marco Martins speculate over how each minute is spent along our lives, and the way people relate to time and memory. “Durações de Um Minuto” is a piece based on texts by Gonçalo M. Tavares. The dancers, actors and musicians were asked to contribute biographical details for the construction of the performance.

So Solo

2009

Within the course of a productive and multifaceted career that encompasses different spheres, collaborations, and fields, “So Solo” is Andermatt’s first full-length solo work that she interprets herself. It was considered by the specialized dance criticism as one of the best pieces presented in Portugal in 2009.

In my Mind

2007

Two bodies, two electric guitars. A concert-performance conceived and interpreted by Clara Andermatt and Vítor Rua, that tells a story of electrifying encounters and confrontations, in the voluptuous union between movement and sound.

As Ondas (The Waves)

2004

For the creation of “As Ondas”, Clara Andermatt invited the actor and theatre director João Garcia Miguel, and the renowned actor and drama teacher Michael Margotta. Based on Virginia Woolf’s novel, the performance intertwines dance, theater and music, to transpose to the stage the meanders of the inner self, an existence murmured only to ourselves.

La Tienda

2004

Festival X, directed by João Garcia Miguel, invites Clara Andermatt to create a piece to be presented at old Ribeira Food Market, in Lisbon. “La Tienda” is performed by the choreographer herself and by the Cape-verdian dancer Avelino Chantre.

Dançar Cabo Verde (Dancing Cape Verde)

1994

In 1993, Jorge Salavisa, who was responsible for the Dance programme for “Lisbon'94 - European Cultural Capital”, invited Clara Andermatt and Paulo Ribeiro to travel to Cape Verde to work together on a new piece, based on the encounter with the dances and the music from that country. “Dançar Cabo Verde” signals the start of a new relation between Portuguese contemporary dance and traditional African expressions, and a long and remarkable collaboration of Clara Andermatt with that country.

ARTEJO'89

1989

Short piece co-created by Clara Andermatt and Paulo Ribeiro, with artistic direction by Rui Horta, presented at ARTEJO'89, an initiative of Lisbon City Council.

Lib(e)ra

1987

Short piece co-created by Clara Andermatt and João Fiadeiro. Presented at the Festival de Artes e Ideias, in Lisbon.