Voice Workshop

6 - 8 November from 6pm to 9pm, studio O Rumo do Fumo, Espaço da Penha, Lisbon/Portugal

organised by O Rumo do Fumo

Encyclopédie de la parole is an artistic project exploring the spoken word in all its forms. (www.encyclopediedelaparole.org)

Since September 2007, Encyclopédie de la parole has been collecting various recordings and indexing them according to specific phenomena that make up how people speak, such as pacing, chorality, timbre, address, overemphasis, spacing, residue, saturation or melody. From this collection composed now by more than a thousand of audio documents, Encyclopédie de la parole makes use of these recordings to produce works of sound art, performances, shows, conferences, concerts and installations.

The project is led by a collective of poets, actors, visual artists, ethnographers, musicians, curators, directors, choreographers and radio show producers. Its motto is: “We are all experts in speaking.”

I've been working with this collective for the last 5 years, and in this workshop, I intend to share some of the approaches we use on how to work with these audio documents, as well as how to relate to a foreign language that we have never spoken before. Frédéric Danos is a member of l’Encyclopédie de la parole and will join us in this workshop. The workshop will be taught in portuguese and english.

Nuno Lucas

Nuno Lucas was born in Portugal, 1980. Currently lives in between Paris, Lisbon and Seoul. Works as choreographer, performer and teacher.

Began to show ability for comedy at an early age. He studied in the conservatory of music in Funchal and Caldas da Rainha (guitar and voice). Began to show ability for comedy at an early age. He studied in the conservatory of music in Funchal and Caldas da Rainha (guitar and voice). In 2001 made his debut as a performer with the choreographer Miguel Pereira at National Theater D. Maria II. In 2003 he was invited by João Fiadeiro to develop his first choreographical sketches in LAB10. In 2004 obtained his degree in Economics by Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

He created the solo "I could write a song" (2015 - Théâtre de Vanves, France). In collaboration with Hermann Heisig created "Pongo Land" (2008 - Théâtre L'usine, Switzerland) ; with Irina Müller & Hermann Heisig “What comes up, must go up” (2009 - Festival Tanz im August, Germany); with Márcia Lança "Trompe le Monde" (2010 – Culturgest, Portugal) and "Por esse mundo fora" (2016 - Teatro Maria Matos, Portugal); with Pieter Ampe, Guilherme Garrido & Hermann Heisig "a coming community" (2012 – Kunstenfestivaldesarts). He presented his work in Europe, Argentina and South Korea. He worked with many artists emphasizing his experience as a performer with Miguel Pereira, Joris Lacoste, Rita Natálio, Ivana Muller, Mala Voadora and Encyclopédie de la parole.

In his professional training stands out The Choreographic Course of Creation and Research in Forum Dança and the ex.e.r.ce program in the Centre Choreographic National de Montpellier, under the direction of Mathilde Monnier and Xavier Le Roy, where he received a scholarship of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He regularly teaches composition/performance in several countries, for adults as well as for children.

As of 2017, he is a supported artist at O Rumo do Fumo.