In each of his creations, Ferreira—self-taught choreographer, former swimmer turned multi-style dancer—examines the place of dance in society as a social movement, with the aim of creating a community of identities and merging traditional and urban dance forms. In his iconoclastic F*cking Future, with its pop and rock inflections, he draws a parallel between the military body and the militant body to offer a narrative of emancipation: “Can bodies escape martial control within a society undergoing militarisation?”
One by one, the performers enter the stage haloed in bluish light, “skating” in mauve socks across a floor as slick as a mirror. A metronomic beat, strobe lights… the beginning of a journey experienced collectively by a family of performers who embrace diversity, connected to one another and open to the world. A squad in improbable uniforms—bare backs clad in chainmail, blue vinyl trousers shaping androgynous silhouettes—swaying in unison, between close-contact combat and club scenes, caresses and gestures of self-defence. Until a gentle song carries them into a slow, dizzying drift.
