INÊS BARAHONA
(Lisbon, Portugal, 1977)
She graduated in Philosophy and has a Masters in Aesthetics and Art Philosophy by the Faculdade de Letras (University of Lisbon).
She is the founder and director of Formiga Atómica together with Miguel Fragata, and she is co-creator of the following shows: “A Caminhada dos Elefantes”/“The March of the Elephants”, “The Wall”, “A Visita Escocesa”, “Do Bosque para o Mundo” and “Montanha-Russa”.
She directed the pieces “A Verdadeira História do Teatro” (2012) for Teatro Maria Matos and “A Verdadeira História da Ciência” (2013) and “Direito de Autor” (2014) for the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
She has worked in different creative areas, namely text and dramaturgy, with Madalena Victorino (“Caruma” and “Vale”), Giacomo Scalisi (“Teatro das Compras”), Teatro Regional da Serra de Montemuro (“Sem Sentido”), Catarina Requeijo (stage assistance for the performance “Amarelo”, text of “A Grande Corrida” and “Muita Tralha, Pouca Tralha”), and Circolando.
Under Madalena Victorino’s direction, she was a part of the Centro de Pedagogia e Animação of Centro Cultural de Belém, where she developed projects connecting arts and education for schools, families, and specialized audiences, between 2005 and 2008. In 2008 she developed, alongside Madalena Victorino and Rita Baptista, the book “O Livro Escuro e Claro” for Direção-Geral das Artes, whose distribution she accompanied, providing training for teams and teachers. That same year, she collaborated in the conception of the exhibition “Uma Carta Coreográfica”, by Madalena Victorino, for the Direção-Geral das Artes. She was a part of Giacomo Scalisi’s team in the inauguration of Teatro Municipal de Portimão, in the area of Production and Community Relationship Building, between October and December 2008.
She provides training in the areas of communication and writing for adults at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Sou – Movimento e Arte, L2G, Circolando, and Artemrede.
MIGUEL FRAGATA
(Oporto, Portugal, 1983)
He studied at Oporto’s German School. He graduated in Drama by the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema. He completed his BA in Theatre at the Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo.
He is the founder and director of Formiga Atómica (FA), together with Inês Barahona. In 2018, he premiered the performance “Montanha-Russa” (FA; TNDMII, TNSJ, Teatro Virgínia and Terres de Paroles Festival co-production; a project subsidized by DGARTES in its research phase). In 2016 he conceived and directed the piece “Do Bosque para o Mundo” (FA; São Luiz Teatro Municipal co-production) whose French version, “Au-Delà de la Forêt, le Monde” (2017), was co-produced by Théâtre de la Ville (Paris) and is nowadays touring in France, having been presented in the 72nd edition of the Avignon’s Festival (2018). That year, he also conceived and directed “A Visita Escocesa” (FA; TNDMII co-production), “Pedro, Pedra e Grão” (Teatro Viriato co-production) and “A Grande Demonstração de Xilofagia” (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian – Programa Descobrir).
In 2015, he conceived and directed the shows “The Wall” (FA; research phase subsidized by DGArtes; TMM, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Teatro Viriato, Teatro Virgínia, CCVF and Centro de Arte de Ovar co-production) and “O Homem sem Rótulo” (EGEAC co-production). In 2013 he has conceived, directed and performed the show “A Caminhada dos Elefantes”/“The March of the Elephants” (FA; financed by DGArtes and co-produced by TMM, Teatro Viriato, CCVF and Artemrede) whose French version, “La Marche des Éléphants” (2016) is showing, on tour, in France and Belgium.
In 2013 he directed, together with Giacomo Scalisi, the 5th edition of the project “Teatro das Compras”, an EGEAC production for Festas de Lisboa. He created and performed several pieces integrating the previous editions of the same project.
He collaborated as a performer in shows by Jorge Andrade (Mala Voadora), Madalena Victorino, Cristina Carvalhal, Jacinto Lucas Pires, Catarina Requeijo, Giacomo Scalisi, Rafaela Santos, Vera Alvelos, Bruno Bravo, Diogo Dória, Claudio Hochmann, Pompeu José, José Rui Martins, José Carretas, Gabriel Villela, Agnès Desfosses, amongst others. In cinema, he has worked with Pedro Palma and Maria Pinto.
He develops projects that connect arts and education regularly, through the making of artistic workshops, staged visits and small pieces for several institutions. He also collaborates with book publisher Orpheu Negro, by creating staged readings.
