Dance | “Entre Nós” at Palmela Park, Cascais
What lies between us.
A space. A bond. A memory. A distance. A gesture. A knot.
ENTRE NÓS arises from the encounter between dancers and young people with different stories, backgrounds, and life experiences. Through listening, sharing, and movement, the project seeks to discover what brings us together, what we carry within us, and what sometimes remains unsaid.
The knot emerges as both a starting point and choreographic material. It is tied and untied. It tightens, stretches, and transforms. It can bind a body, unite two people, or create a passage. It can be a problem we seek to solve, a memory we carry, or simply a game that takes us back to childhood.
Throughout the process, the participants’ stories become the raw material for creation—not just the difficult experiences, but also the happy memories, the games, the dreams, the affections, and the moments that give meaning to their lives.
In ENTRE NÓS, we do not seek to tell each other’s stories. We seek to create a space where different stories can coexist.
Because we all carry knots.
Some we manage to untie. Others we learn to carry. And there are those that exist only because someone, at some point, decided to tie one end to the other.
And perhaps, in the end, the question isn’t how to untie the knot.
But what we can create among ourselves from it.
Information: dieq@cm-cascais.pt
Support: AZA DANCE, with support from the Cascais City Council
Concept: Inês Pedruco and Mariana Gomes Dias
Choreography: Inês Pedruco, Mariana Gomes Dias, and the Performers
Performers: Dancers from ● 2 | Professional Dance Structure and Young People from the Young Birds Group - Portuguese Red Cross (Lisbon)
Sound Design: Francisco Freire
Lighting Design: Inês Pedruco and Mariana Dias
Audiovisual and Photographic Documentation: Luís Ribeiro da Silva
Production: Mariana Dias
Assistants: Paulo Mota and Catarina Varela
Partnership: Young Birds - Portuguese Red Cross
Support: Cascais City Council
