Malgré Nous, Nous Étions Lá (In Spite of Us, We Were There) marks the return of Paulo Ribeiro on stage as a ballet dancer. He will dance with Leonor Keil, his wife, choreographer and ballet dancer and this is a duet of intimacy and complicity, but that doesn't seek contextualization. According to Paulo Ribeiro's words, it is an "extraordinary object": it exists because the ballet dancers exist, it is his duet speaking for them. In spite of them.

Paulo Ribeiro and Leonor Keil Choreography and performance
Bernardo Sasseti, Gilbert Becaud, Barbara Travadinha Music
Nuno Meira Lighting effects Paulo Américo video

Co-production Paulo Ribeiro Company and Centre Chorègraphique National de Caen | Basse-Normandie
Executive Production Paulo Ribeiro Company (Sandra Correia)

Structure financed by the Ministry of Culture  - Institute of Arts/ with residence in Teatro Viriato – Viseu  and with the support of Viseu’s Municipality.
Supports > Câmara Municipal de Lagos, Teatro Viriato, Teatro Nacional S. João, Centro Cultural de Belém, Centro Cultural Vilaflor, Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Teatro Municipal de Bragança, Teatro Municipal da Guarda.
Thanks to Hotel Montebelo

Production:
Centro Cultural de Belé