Um Corpo Que Dança - Ballet Gulbenkian 1965-2005

Um Corpo Que Dança, the newest film by director Marco Martins, is a proposal for the history of the body, showed through the path of the biggest Portuguese dance company of the 20th century. The documentary follows the rise of dance in Portugal along with the country’s political, economic and sociocultural ongoings as background. It is the story of a transforming body that frees itself from a fascist dictatorship, and of a changing society that opens itself to the world. From unreleased archive images and interviews with several creators and dancers, we follow the path of an extraordinary dance company through the movements and words of its protagonists, from creation in the early 1960s to its extinction in 2005.


An initiative of: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian | A film by: Marco Martins | Production: Vende-se Filmes | Co-productiono: RTP | Director: Marco Martins | Assistant director: Rita Quelhas | IImage research and support to the director: Lígia Resende | Photographical research: Sara Coelho | Editing: Rita Quelhas, Catarina Lino | Sound editing and mix: Miguel Martins | Color grading: Mário Gaspar | Original soundtrack: Filipe Raposo | Written by: Marco Martins | In collaboration with: Ana Bigotte Vieira, João dos Santos Martins, Luiz Antunes, Maria José Fazenda | With unreleased archive from: Paulo Sabino | Production and copyrights: Marta Martins | Project coordination: Patrícia Faria | Producer: Filipa Reis

Partnership Circular: Cineclube de Vila do Conde

National Premiere: 16 de Junho 2022.

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