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AZA DANCE PROGRAM - Season 2025/26 Here we share a teaser featuring moments from our presentation in January at Academia de Artes do Estoril - Auditório Carlos Avilez With the support of the Municipality of Cascais. @cascais_oficial AZA Dance Program is a program for freelance dancers seeking to maintain continuous training through masterclasses, artistic residencies, and performances, while pursuing a professional contract experience. The program runs for 10 months, from October to July, and is based in Portugal. We will soon announce the opening of auditions for the next season of the AZA Dance Program. This video was edited by Pedro Saudhade with choreography and concept by Inês Pedruco music by Nuno Velosa lighting design by Mariana Dias and Inês Pedruco and performed by: Aldina Taveira, Ália Sousa , Alice Neto, Alice Ravaioli, Andrea Pieri, Bruno Costa, Carolina Pereira, Catarina Silva, Claudia Bellomo, Claudia March, Clotilde Vaida, Eva Piteira, Thelma Jorge and Tomás Fernandes

AZA DANCE PROGRAM | Audition OPEN for Season 2026/27 Selected applicants will be invited to attend an in-person audition at our studio on July 11. Application deadline: June 27 at 00:00 Audition invitations will be sent out on a rolling basis as applications are received. Once selected, you’ll receive all further details via email. This next edition will bring exciting new surprises, including a lineup of guest artists-some returning from our other seasons, and others joining us for the first time. Stay tuned for the full announcement! The AZA Dance Program is a one-year pre-professional training program designed for dancers aged 18 and above, with solid experience in the field of dance. It offers daily classes in classical and contemporary technique, creative processes, and performance opportunities with guest choreographers. Once selected, you’ll receive all further details via email. For questions, feel free to contact us at the email provided on our website. We can’t wait to meet the next generation of AZA dancers! Link at the bio to APPLY.

O AZA Dance Program abre uma convocatória para 1 jovem criador/a interessado/a no desenvolvimento de uma peça original em formato site-specific. Esta residência foca-se na experimentação e pesquisa em diálogo com a arquitetura e os elementos exteriores da nossa parceira, da CASA – Laboratório de Criação (Parede). O Projeto: O criador selecionado irá trabalhar com um cast de 14 bailarinos do programa para desenvolver uma nova obra. O processo culmina numa apresentação pública no dia 16 de maio, composta pela peça desenvolvida em residência e pela apresentação de um trabalho autoral/repertório do próprio criador. MAIS INFORMAÇÕES: link na bio

Sasha KALININA - AZA GUEST ARTIST 26’ joined the dancers of the AZA Dance Program for an incredible masterclass, challenging them through a movement language and technique that felt unfamiliar at first …yet, in the end, revealed how much they all have in common. It was an inspiring and enriching experience for everyone involved. We were left wanting more

The AZA Dance Program welcomed the final-year students of the Liceo Coreografico Tito Livio from Milan ✨ @liceocoreuticotitolivio On Wednesday, February 25th, we gathered at the Auditório Fernando Lopes-Graça, in Parque Palmela, for a meaningful moment of artistic exchange and shared experience. A day to connect, create and celebrate dance beyond borders 🤍 With the support of the Câmara Municipal de Cascais. Suport - @cascais_oficial

Donnie Duncan was our first guest artist of April! He accepted the challenge of coming to teach a masterclass to the dancers of AZA Dance Program. We were able to make the most of this opportunity since Donnie is part of the cast of dancers for Rosalía’s Lux Tour. The work he brought, created by himself, was highly challenging and detail-oriented. Thank you for the hours of work shared , they were incredible. See you next year (with more time). 🍀

AZA DANCE PROGRAM - Season 2025/26 Here we share moments from the presentation in January at Academia de Artes do Estoril - Auditório Carlos Avilez Photography: Pedro Saudadhe @saudadhe Choreography - Direction: Inês Pedruco @ipedruco Produção: Mariana Dias @mariana.daze With the support of the Municipality of Cascais. @cascais_oficial #dançacontemporânea #dancephotography #contemporarydance

We had our last guest artist before the break of the AZA Dance Program dancers. Catarina Casqueiro joined us for the past week, diving into an intense process of creation and composition, challenging the dancers to their limits. It was a week filled with dedication, great energy, and strong commitment from everyone involved. Thank you for everything, Catarina ♥️

AZA x Ca.DA We were involved in a collaborative process with the dancers of the Almada Dance Company. Every day, the dancers from the AZA Dance Program went to the company’s studio, where they collaborated choreographically with one another. It was a week full of challenges, guided by Bruno Duarte and Inês Pedruco. At the end of the process, in a site-specific approach and with the authorization of Casa da Cerca in Almada, we filmed the final outcomes. Once again, thank you for this collaboration, which was truly important for us. @companhiadedancadealmada @brunoduartej

RITA CARPINTEIRO & BERNARDO BEJA were last week’s guest artists. With them, they brought challenges that were not only choreographic, but also deeply interpretative. It was a full week of pure exploration. Thank you so much ♥️

Our first February guest artist: Beatriz Mira 🤍 Three intensive days of composition proposals, choreographic phrases, and partner contact work. Thank you for everything shared during these days. See you next year

Deeogo Oliveira was this week’s Guest Artist. The dancers had access to different floor work technique tools and were also challenged to compose. They were intense and demanding days. Thank you @deeogo.momentum once again for your sharing ♥️