YESTERDAY´S TOMORROWS is a series of short performances conceived by Brazilian choreographer Gustavo Ciríaco especially for the public space. Inspired by two influential pedagogical strategies, the presentations have as their common basis the idea of learning as a practice for achieving freedom. Gustavo Ciríaco mixes the approach of German theorist Friedrich Fröbel, creator of the kindergarten, who uses play as an essential tool for understanding the materialities at work in the world, and the perspective of renowned Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire, who advocates a critical pedagogy where the learner is recognised as a co-creator of knowledge.
© Mariana Lopes
© Mariana Lopes
© Mariana Lopes
© Mariana Lopes
Credits
CONCEPTION, CHOREOGRAPHY AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION
Gustavo Ciríaco
GUEST COLLABORATORS, PERFORMANCE
Filipe Caldeira, Lewis Seivwright, Joana Levi, Sara Zita Correia and Tiago Barbosa
SET DESIGN AND OBJECTS
Ali Talaat
MUSIC
Ricardo Gomes
ADMINISTRATION AND PRODUCTION DIRECTION
Missanga Antunes
PRODUCTION
Ephemera Collection | Névoa-Nada
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Materiais Diversos & Escola Superior de Dança (Lisbon), VAGA - Space for Art and Knowledge (Ponta Delgada), AND LAB (Lisbon), Gymnasium (Lagos), MAAT - CCDC - (Cairo), Casa de Dança de Almada (Almada), O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-O-Novo) - Co-production Residency
FUNDING
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, GDA Foundation, AFAC - Arab Funds for Arts and Culture
© Sara Pinheiro
Gustavo Ciríaco is a Brazilian choreographer and transdisciplinary artist who moves between dance and the visual arts. With a site-specific character, his works foster dialogue between context and architecture, geography and dwelling, reality and fiction, in an ongoing research into the extensive fields of dance-making. His work has been presented in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia at festivals, museums and art institutions.