coArtistic Director of
DAP - Departamento de Artes Performativas, Porto (PT)
[from July 2022 onwards]
> Festival DDD – Dias da Dança
The collaboration with Teatro Municipal do Porto began in 2017, when Cristina Planas Leitão joined the audience mediation team for the Festival DDD - Dias da Dança period, which continued for the 2018's edition.
In September of the same year, she was invited by Tiago Guedes to take over the role of Executive Coordinator of DDD Festival 2019, on a full-time basis [1st edition of DDD+FITEI].
In May 2019, under the Artistic Direction of Tiago Guedes, she became one of the Performing Arts Curators at Teatro Municipal do Porto and DDD - Festival Dias da Dança.
In 2021 she 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 creation that is the basis of Cristina's programming vision.
In July 2022, she was nominated Interim Artistic Director of DAP and from February 2023 is coARTISTIC DIRECTOR of Teatro Municipal do Porto, Festival DDD and CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva together with Drew Klein.
TMP (season set - jul)
Performing Arts Curator
2022-2023 TMP Program
2021-2022 TMP Program I
2021-2022 TMP Program II
2021-2022 TMP Program III
2020-2021 TMP Program I
2020-2021 TMP Program II
2019-2020 TMP Program I
2019-2020 TMP Program II
Curator for dance, theater and interdisciplinary performances. Has developed the programs of RETRATOS / PORTRAITS and DOUBLE TROUBLE and has followed several local and national coproductions. Has been engaged in presenting artists such as: Batsheva, Bibi Dória & Bruno Brandolino, Catarina Miranda, Cleo Diára, Isabél Zuaa & Nádia Yracema, El Conde de Torrefiel, Flávio Rodrigues, Filipe Pereira, François Chaignaud, Grupo VÃO, Léa Drouet, Lígia Soares Guilherme de Sousa & Pedro Azevedo, Jan Martes, Jonathan Uliel Saldanha, Joris Lacoste, Julian Hetzel, (LA)HORDE / Ballet national de Marseille, Lígia Soares, Luísa Saraiva, Marcelo Evelin, Marco Martins, Philipe Quesne, Raquel André, Rugilė Barzdziukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė & Lina Lapelytė, Sharon Eyal & Guy Behar, Silent Party, Sónia Baptista, Susana Chiocca, Tânia Carvalho.
DDD - Festival Dias da Dança
Curator for dance, specifically developing the program of DDD CAMPUS, 3D, Guests since the 2021 edition.
Has invited performances by artists such as: Ana Isabel Castro, Daniela Cruz, Diana Niepce, Dori Nigro, Emmanuel Eggermont, Faye Driscoll, Gaya de Medeiros, Gustavo Ciríaco, Flóra Detraz, Lia Rodrigues, Matija Ferlin, Meg Stuart, Odete, Piny, Tânia Carvalho, Tatiana Julien, Vânia Doutel Vaz.
Executive Coordinator for the 2019 Edition - responsible for coordinating the team (70 ppl - production, admin, maintenance, communication and technique); establishing the partnerships for the Festival with venues, embassies, sponsors; defining the planning of the Festival; working together with the Artistic direction defining venues and schedules; budget management (800k).
Audience mediator for the 2017 and 2018 editions, establishing connections with schools, associations and bridging with the program.
CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva
Has designed and developed the entire artistic project of CAMPUS PCS since it's opening in 2021, it's online platform 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.
Jury of:
CAMPUS PCS Artistic and Technical Residencies 2021 – 2022 , 2022 - 2023 and 2023 - 2024
CAMPUS PCS Reclamar Tempo #2 and #3 2022-2023
Reclamar Tempo #1 2020–2021
Jury Member
PT23 - Portuguese Platform of Performing Arts / O Espaço do Tempo 2023
Palcos Instáveis 2020, 2021, 2022
Curtas de Dança 2020, 2021, 2022
Aquecimento Paralelo – Teatro Municipal do Porto
In 2016 bactéria proposes to Teatro Municipal do Porto, the project Aquecimento Paralelo that runs monthly since then. Bridging a well-known choreographer invited to present the work at Teatro Municipal do Porto to a local artists, once a month, we invite all audience members, with or without experience to learn the movement quality, sensation or choreographic ideas behind a piece, before they see it. While performers warm up on stage, the audience gets the chance to do the same with a local artist. This short workshop, gives the possibility to have a brief approach to different languages and to create a relation with the performance, different than usual.
Workshops Foco Famílias – Teatro Municipal do Porto
bactéria has been invited to curate and create specific workshops within the context of Foco Famílias 2017 and 2018 – an event created and mediated by PARALELO.
Foco Famílias, is a yearly event, happening in December and includes several activities for all ages, occupying Teatro Campo Alegre.
desNORTE
In 2011, returning to Porto, Cristina initiates desNORTE meetings together with Pedro Rosa, Elisabeth Lambeck, Susana Otero, Andreas Dyrdal and Vitor Hugo Pontes. This initial nucleus becomes flexible from 2012 on, engaging several other artists from the city. desNORTE, would meet nomadically around the city’s dance spaces once a month, and each meeting would be co-organized by 2 local artists. Neither a group, neither a collective, the initiative, hard to define by not defining itself, soon became a very important mo(ve)ment in the city, attracting attentions from media and cultural institutions due to its “artists only” character. Artists alone, no producers, no funding, no selection, able to reflect freely on the state of the arts in the city of Porto.
During this period, several other initiatives came to life upon ignition of desNORTE, such as the contemporary classes at Lugar Instável (that continue until today) and Mostra desNORTE that took place annually from 2013 to 2016 at Mosteiro São Bento da Vitória, with the vital support of Teatro Nacional São João under direction of Nuno Carinhas.
desNORTE had a profound impact in the city, stirring a scene that has always been there, resisting and developing with its natural cycles.
In 2017 desNORTE had a last meeting at Mosteiro São Bento da Vitória /TNSJ in the shape of a residency with the theme Porto - what future? The present members decided to move on to other ventures, in other shapes - the funeral was held on the 14th July 2017.
Conquering the studio: a time for research
Focusing on research and new modes of production promoting relation between artists and communities, Cristina proposed this project to artist led institutions. In Conquering the studio, the local artists choose an international or national artist to work on their research for a week. Together they share ideas and unfold thoughts. Some collaborations still go on presently!
2014
For ballet contemporâneo do norte
Joana von Mayer Trindade invites Lee Meir (DE/ IL)
Nameless Natures
Cristina Planas Leitão invites Mala Kline (SLO)
bear me
2014
For ballet contemporâneo do norte
Pedro Rosa invites Jared Gradinger (DE/ USA)
Microcosmos
Andreas Dyrdal invites Robert Clark (UK)
In Natura
2015
For companhia instável
Catarina Miranda invites Bruno Listopad (PT/NL)
rei morto rei posto
2015
For companhia instável
Marco da Silva Ferreira invites Jorge Jácome
Íris
Cristina Planas Leitão invites Victor Hugo Pontes
FM [featuring mortuum]
2016
For companhia instável
Joana Castro invites Vânia Rovisco
SU8MARINO
Flávio Rodrigues invites Carlota Lagido
AIM