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Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Porchester Hall, Porchester Rd, London W2 5HS
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 October 2025, 7pmPrice: £18, £15 Conc.
A new performance commission that explores self-defence as choreography.
“If the Black body at rest is suspicious and when in movement a threat, Pontes and Ferreira find within this choreographic act possible strategies to re-elaborate imaginaries, proposing changes in the symbolic meanings of the Black presence in a world that is not yet able to grant these lives existence and dignity.”
– Maria Luiza Meneses – translated from Portuguese by Philip Somervell
Repertório N.1 is the final piece of a trilogy by Brazilian artists Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira. Drawing on postcolonial, gender and race studies, the Repertório trilogy, a long-term performance project, interrogates the mechanisms of brutality and attempts to dismantle them. Through a vocabulary of poses, gestures and collective actions, Repertório N.1 creates an experimental space where the body becomes a site of protection, carrying histories, pleasures and vulnerabilities into the performance space. The performance on 18 October the artists will be followed by a conversation with Imani Mason Jordan.
The performance contains full nudity and may not be suitable for all audiences.
Repertório N.1 is co-commissioned by Serpentine and Dance Umbrella (UK), Something Great (Germany), Wiener Festwochen (Austria), Arsenic (Switzerland), Viernulvier (Belgium) and Festival DDD/ Teatro Municipal do Porto (Portugal). The world premiere will take place in London, October 2025 before touring internationally in 2026.
Davi Pontes is an artist, choreographer, and researcher. Graduated in arts from the Universidade Federal Fluminense and holds a Master’s degree in arts from the same institution. He studied at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espectáculo ESMAE (Porto, Portugal). Since 2016, he has presented his work in art galleries and national and international festivals, mainly at the University of Pennsylvania (USA), My Wild Flag (Stockholm), Pivô (São Paulo), Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon), Rua das Gaivotas 6 (Porto), Bienal Sesc de Dança, MITsp – Mostra Internacional de Teatro de São Paulo, Les Urbaines festival (Switzerland), Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo), Valongo International Image Festival (São Paulo), Itaú Cultural Rumos Program 2021, Panorama Festival (Rio de Janeiro), 5th Itaú Cultural Dance Exhibition (São Paulo), Artfizz – HOA Gallery (USA), and residencies at ImPulsTanz 2022 [8:tension] Young Choreographers’ Series (Austria), La Becque (Switzerland), Pivô Art Research Program, MAM Rio Arts Research Residency Program, and Escola Livre de Artes – ELÃ among others. Awarded artist at ImPulsTanz – Young Choreographers’ Award, 2022 (Austria).
Wallace Ferreira is a choreographer, performer and visual artist. She graduated from the Escola Livre de Artes da Maré (ELÃ) and the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage. She is the winner of the ImPulsTanz – Young Choreographers’ Award 2022 and the FOCO ARTRIO Award 2024.
Through interdisciplinary practices, her creations provoke ruptures between dance, performance, visual arts, and the study of images choreographed by dissident bodies, attempting to archive actions that elaborate resistance and summon ways of remaining in the world. Moved by the challenges of tensing the present, since 2018 she has presented her works in art galleries, national and international festivals as 35ª Bienal de São Paulo, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery (NY), Bienal Sesc de Dança, MITsp, Santarcangelo festival (IT), Les Urbaines festival (Switzerland), Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo), Julidans Festival (NL), Anozero’24 Bienal Coimbra (PT), Serralves Museum(PT), Festival Salmôn (ESP), Panorama Festival (BR), Rumos Itaú Cultural (BR), Artfizz – HOA Gallery (USA), My Wild Flag (Stockholm), ArtRio, Lateral Roma, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, SP- ARTE, Display (CZ), Festival Plateforme Parallele, International Dance Festival München.
In collaboration with artist Davi Pontes, she develops the choreographic practice trilogy Repertório, which explores dance as a form of self-defence training.
Within the Ballroom/Vogue culture, she holds the title of Legendary Mother of the Kiki House of Mamba Negra. She is also the director of the pieces ATRAQUE and Vogue Funk, creating spaces through practices that activate the body as a historical agent, repositioning naturalised codes in social spheres and articulating strategies to subvert established languages.
Imani Mason Jordan is an interdisciplinary artist and writer interested in poetics and performance. As part of the curatorial duo Languid Hands (2019-2024), they curated numerous exhibitions and public programs exploring the work of black artists in the UK and internationally. Imani is the author of the forthcoming book-length experimental poem PIVOT (2026, HELA PRESS) and Director of PAPERFLESH PUBLISHING, a small press and editorial studio for experimental literature by black writers.
Serpentine: Kostas Stasinopoulos, Curator, Live Programmes, Daisy Gould, Assistant Curator, Live Programmes, Isobel Peyton-Jones, Producer and Andy Downie, Production Manager, Velocet.
Dance Umbrella: Freddie Opoku-Addaie, Artistic Director & Co-Chief Executive and Jessica Greer, Festival Producer.
Porchester Hall, Porchester Rd, London W2 5HS
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 October 2025, 7pmPrice: £18, £15 Conc.
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Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
Davi Pontes and Wallace Ferreira, Repertório N.1, 2025, performance still. Porchester Hall, London, 18-19 October 2025. Co-commissioned by Serpentine, Dance Umbrella, Something Great, Wiener Festwochen, Arsenic, Viernulvier and Festival DDD/Teatro Municipal do Porto. Photo by Talie Rose Eigeland. Courtesy of the artists, Serpentine and Dance Umbrella.
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