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Artistic Director of DAP – comprising Teatro Municipal do Porto, Festival DDD and CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva since July 2022.
Has originally created and implemented the artistic project and strategy of CAMPUS PCS, opening in 9 June 2021.
The collaboration with Teatro Municipal do Porto began in 2017, when Cristina Planas Leitão joined the audience mediation team for the period of DDD - Festival Dias da Dança. In September 2018, she was invited, by then Artistic Director Tiago Guedes, to take over the role of General Coordinator of DDD – Festival Dias da Dança for the edition of 2019, on a full-time basis.
In May 2019, she became the Performing Arts Curator at Teatro Municipal do Porto and DDD - Festival Dias da Dança and in 2021 created the artistic project, guidelines and mission of the new CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva, in an going research around new formats and ways of sustainable research and and support to artists, with a focus on locality.
Since then, has been Performing Arts curator for the regular season of TM Porto, DDD – Festival and CAMPUS PCS.
In July 2022 was nominated Interim Artistic Director and from February 2023 co-Artistic Director, continuing to curate the whole program.
CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva
Artistic Project Developer and Curator
Has designed and developed the overall artistic project of CAMPUS PCS since it's opening in 2021, it's online platform for local artists and functioning method.
Developed the Open Calls for residencies, the studio booking system, co-created the research and investigation program Reclamar Tempo and curates the daily expanded practices.
Mentor
Reclamar Tempo #3 2022-2023 together with Melissa Rodrigues
Reclamar Tempo #4 2024-2025 together with Thais de Menezes
European Projects
Partner member of the 2021-2025 European Project Future Laboratory.