Bactéria

Artistic Director of DAP - comprising Teatro Municipal do Porto, Festival DDD and CAMPUS Paulo Cunha e Silva since July 2022.

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.

2024

coArtistic Director & Curator

2023

coArtistic Director & Curator

2022

Curator

2021

Curator

2019

Executive coordination

2017 & 2018

Audience Mediator

Festival DDD 2018 – Program

Festival DDD 2017 – Program

Publications and Texts

The Gurus Are Over Text for Festival DDD 2022 Program

From 2023 onwards is fully responsible for the whole program.

Since 2019, co-curator of the festival and all parallel programs. Has developed the program of DDD CAMPUS, 3D and Guests implemented from 2021 edition onwards.

Until 2022, 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, with an attention to locality, intersections of dance and other disciplines, hybrid formats and communities.

From 2023 edition onwards, is fully responsible for the whole program.

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 of DDD+FITEI (800k).

Audience mediator for the 2017 and 2018 editions, establishing connections with schools, associations and bridges with the main program.

European Projects and Networks

Partner member of Big Pulse Dance Alliance - EU Project 2025 - 2027.

Partner member of network Grand Luxe.