New artistic residence at Teatro Aveirense
Published at — 21 November 2025
Along these days, Teatro Aveirense has been the laboratory for a new creation. The music of The Doors and Antonín Dvorák can be heard, and the natural hustle and bustle of an artistic residency can be felt in an intense, demanding and productive work routine.
This dynamic is thanks to the Nuisis Zobop company, in a new creation by choreographers Hugo Calhim Cristóvão and Joana von Mayer Trindade, entitled ‘Quando Vem a Taciturna de Limiar em Limiar o Presente Frágil’.
With a cast of four dancers, this new creation invokes, in the words of the company, ‘the Mahavydias, fierce goddesses of impure wisdom that hurts and laughs, Fernando Pessoa raving “East to East of the East”, Camilo Pessanha exuding melancholy between linen sheets, Al Berto distilling fear into poetic ether, Paul Celan invoking the “Song of a Lady in the Shadows”’.
This is the fifth artistic residency resulting from the show, having already passed through Casa Varela in Pombal, Teatro Viriato in Viseu, Teatro Stephens in Marinha Grande and Fábrica ASA, at the Vila Flor Cultural Centre in Guimarães. After its stay at Teatro Aveirense, it will move on to Armazém 22 – Kale, in Vila Nova de Gaia, and the Nuisis Zobop Creation and Research Centre, at Espaço Agra.
The premiere is scheduled for 14 February 2026, during the GUIdance Festival in Guimarães, with a performance at Teatro Aveirense scheduled for 20 February.
This dynamic is thanks to the Nuisis Zobop company, in a new creation by choreographers Hugo Calhim Cristóvão and Joana von Mayer Trindade, entitled ‘Quando Vem a Taciturna de Limiar em Limiar o Presente Frágil’.
With a cast of four dancers, this new creation invokes, in the words of the company, ‘the Mahavydias, fierce goddesses of impure wisdom that hurts and laughs, Fernando Pessoa raving “East to East of the East”, Camilo Pessanha exuding melancholy between linen sheets, Al Berto distilling fear into poetic ether, Paul Celan invoking the “Song of a Lady in the Shadows”’.
This is the fifth artistic residency resulting from the show, having already passed through Casa Varela in Pombal, Teatro Viriato in Viseu, Teatro Stephens in Marinha Grande and Fábrica ASA, at the Vila Flor Cultural Centre in Guimarães. After its stay at Teatro Aveirense, it will move on to Armazém 22 – Kale, in Vila Nova de Gaia, and the Nuisis Zobop Creation and Research Centre, at Espaço Agra.
The premiere is scheduled for 14 February 2026, during the GUIdance Festival in Guimarães, with a performance at Teatro Aveirense scheduled for 20 February.
