Dates / Schedules
Thursday and Friday, november 19 and 20 2026 8:00pm
Este Mundo is a creation centered on gesture, breath, and the quality of presence. Movements are built from simple figures inspired by the elements—air, light, warmth, weight, stability—and develop a succession of situations rather than a linear narrative. Sound and light accompany the bodies without illustrating them, leaving the audience space for observation and listening.
Each performer brings their own singularity and unique way of inhabiting movement. Differences in bodies enrich the dialogue between them, transforming each gesture into living language and poetry. Bárbara explores lightness, Sofia verticality, Sara warmth and energy, Telmo weight and stability, and Joana suspension and balance.
The dramaturgy is constructed from these states, with constant attention to what circulates between bodies, breath, and light. My own journey is part of this process: openness to play, listening, and presence in the moment.
Este Mundo is a journey—from shadow to fragile clarity, from tumult to inhabited silence. Slowness becomes strength, gentleness becomes courage, and each singularity becomes light. The audience is invited to observe, feel, and inhabit time with us.
Every gesture, every breath, every silence counts as much as movement itself. It is a space of poetry and play, where shared experience takes precedence over performance, and the diversity of bodies becomes both strength and beauty.
Este Mundo is not just a performance: it is a living, inhabited space where poetry emerges from attention to others, to oneself, and to the world. — Bouchra Ouizguen
Audio description available at all sessions.
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Biography
Bouchra Ouizguen is a Moroccan dancer and choreographer, born in 1980 in Ouarzazate. She lives and works in Marrakech, where she has been actively contributing to the development of the local choreographic scene since 1998. Her work is enriched by her interests in cinema, literature, and music.
In the groundbreaking Madame Plaza (SACD Choreographic Revelation Award), she shares the stage with artists rooted in the Aïta tradition. She continued her collaboration with these artists in Ha! (2013). In February 2014, she created Corbeaux, a sculpture-like piece for 17 dancers, presented at the Art In Marrakech Biennale. In 2015, she brought together four artists who had previously participated in her works to create Ottof. In 2017, she conceived Jerada for the dancers of Carte Blanche, the Norwegian National Contemporary Dance Company (Critics’ Award for Best Dance Performance in Norway).
In 2022, she created Eléphant, a choreographic and musical work. They Always Come Back, a performance designed for and with a group of amateur participants, was presented during the 2025 edition of the Festival d’Avignon. Her works have been shown internationally at institutions such as the Tate Modern, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Power Station of Art in Shanghai.
Dançando com a Diferença (DcD) is a Portuguese contemporary dance company recognized for artistic innovation, technical excellence, and the promotion of bodily diversity. Since its founding in Madeira in 2001, DcD has highlighted the importance of the Non-Normative/Dissident Body on national and international stages. The company fosters artistic literacy, cultural inclusion, and the personal and professional development of its performers.
Under the artistic direction of Henrique Amoedo, DcD combines artistic creation, research, and educational action, developing structured projects with social and cultural impact in Portugal and abroad, aiming to strengthen social cohesion, intergenerational dialogue, and democratized access to art.
Ages
+6
Data sheet
Choreography / Direction Bouchra Ouizguen
Performers/Dançando com a Diferença Bárbara Matos, Joana Caetano, Sara Rebolo, Sofia Marote, and Telmo Ferreira
Costumes and Scenography Bouchra Ouizguen
Light Design Bouchra Ouizguen and Cristóvão Cunha
Sound Design Bouchra Ouizguen and Márcio Faria
Co-Production Fundação de Serralves (Festival DDD-Dias da Dança), Alkantara (in collaboration with Centro Cultural de Belém), and Teatro Viriato
Dançando com a Diferença
Artistic Director Henrique Amoedo
Assistant Director Cláudia Nunes
Production Dançando com a Diferença
Executive Producer Nuno Simões
Producer Milton Branco
Communication Cláudia Caires Sousa
25th Anniversary Consultant Paula Mota Garcia
Photo: ©Martim Leitão
Discounts
DISCOUNTS are only valid for CCB production and/or co-production shows and for tickets with a price above €12, with the exception of CCB cardholders, the discount is applied to values above €8.
50 % people with specific needs and free for accompanying person
50% for Arts and culture professionals
50% for unemployed
30% for CCB Card’s holders (individual, Senior, Youth and Family)
20% for people over 65 / for under 30s / students / for groups of more than 20 people
Tickets at €5 for Artistic Schools
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