CURRENT COLLABORATIONS
UMBRALES
​(2019)

Seeking the supreme harmony, the being is called to the earth. In five notes, five senses, five elements, the spirit is led to enter the temple of the body. The light asks for the shadow, the night asks for the day and the heart descends deeper. The journey of the dual soul that seeks to navigate the labyrinths of its mythology. A prayer, an offering, a passage. 
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A dance performance short-film between two beings. director Inês Sambas and dancer Mónica Roncon weave together an intimate journey throughout death and rebirth.
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photo credits: José Pinto da Cruz
UNIVERSUS ENSEMBLE
​(since 2018)

​The UniVersus Ensemble is a musical group created by José Manuel Freire after the publishing of the "UniVersus" project. This literary and musical work, which was presented to the public in 2012, has several influences and languages. The concerts feature original repertoire that appear as sound illustrations of the subjects addressed in the book.

The Ensemble's performances are intended to inspire the public into connecting to the sacred dimension of Life, the Being and the Universe. In these troubled times, let us look for those moments of intimacy, allowing us to experience true rapture and introspection. 
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photo credits: Mónica Musoni

​LAMENTO
(since 2017)

Ongoing show in Danza Duende for three dancers. Carolina Fonseca, Cristina Manrique and Mónica Roncon present a show about conflict and war in its broader sense, and on how to work ourselves through pain and suffering.

​Through the artistic gesture, the expression through the skin, the blood, the heart... A never ending love story.  Premiere at Sazz-n Jazz  (Brussels, May 2017)
SALAMANTRAS - DANZA DUENDE COMPANY 

SALAMANTRAS was created in 2003 in Portugal after musician Roby Lakatos asked Myriam Szabo to join him on stage with other dancers. They would only dance with his ensemble 10 years later, but in the meantime the group performed with several bands and musicians in different European festivals. Originally called SALAMANTRAS - Gipsy Duende Company, the group is a fruit of the Danza Duende vision:  an  intense investigation, not  only on  Gipsy Dances and Music from all over the world, but also on the very core of the human being, through the heart of arts as a path for education.