Theater

Bachelor and Master in History of Art by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto. Doctorate in Architecture (Program Problems of Architecture and modern city: theory, history, projects) by ETSA of the University of Valladolid. She has been a professor at ESAP since 1986. She is Coordinator of the Autonomous Section of Theory and History and Vice-President of the Scientific Council of ESAP. He has been developing research in the field of Theory and History of Architecture and History of Photography, and it is worth mentioning the participation in two completed FCT projects: Photography, Modern Architecture and the "Oporto School": Interpretations around the Teófilo Rego Archive (2013-2015) as responsible researcher, and Modernismos do Sul (2014-2015), as a member of the research team.

Francisco José da Cruz de Jesus Degree in History - History of Art (Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra, 1994), Master in History of Art (Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, 1999), doctorate in Sociology in the Specialty of Sociology of Art and Culture (University of Beira Interior ). He is a professor at ESAP in the areas of Social Sciences and Theory, History and Art Criticism since 2001. He was Coordinator of the Autonomous Section of Social Sciences in the 2010-2012 biennium. He is the author of several articles on social history of art and sociology of art in national and international publications.

PhD researcher in Plastic Arts and Visual Arts - Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra (2013/2016). Diploma of Advanced Studies in Plastic Arts and Visual Arts - Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra (2006/2008). Recognition of Master Degree. School of Music and Performing Arts (ESMAE), 2012. Bachelor's Degree in Theater - Costume Design - ESMAE (2004). Technical-Professional Course of Fashion Design - Artistic and Professional School Tree (1999). Member of the research group Mode: Modes of Artistic Knowledge - Faculty ofBelas Artes de Pontevedra (2013/2016). Lecturer at the. (ESAP) - from 2003 to date. Lecturer at ESMAE - from 2004 to 2013. Professional experience in Costume Design, Scenography and characterization for theater, opera, cinema and advertising, over 10 years.

Henrique Muga. Degree in Psychology (University of Porto, 1986), Master in Social Psychology (University of Porto, 1998), and PhD in Social Sciences - research line Psychology of Art (Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 2015). He has taught at ESAP since 1987. He is the author of several articles and books in the field of architecture and cinema. He coordinated, in partnership with Porto Lazer, the project "Urban Art - Intervention in Boxes of Electricity", Largo de S. Domingos. He was Chairman of the Pedagogical Council and Deputy Director of the Board of Directors. He is currently integrates CESAP`s Direction.

 Jorge Palinhos has a degree in Modern Languages and Literature, and a Master's degree in Terminology and Translation, with a thesis on Text Studies, and a PhD in Cultural Studies. In theater he is the author of several plays published and presented in Portugal, Brazil, Spain, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Serbia, Germany and the USA. He was awarded the Miguel Rovisco Prize 2003, the 2007 Manuel-Deniz Jacinto Prize, and was a finalist of the António José da Silva Prize in 2011. He collaborated with different Portuguese and International theatre groups and venues. He was a playwright and guest dramaturgist for the European Capital of Culture Guimarães 2012. He is in the Editorial Board of Aniki journal, and vice-director of Plateia.  

With a degree in Theology (1990) and the completion of complementary subjects that enable me to teach Portuguese in the 2nd and 3rd Cycles of Basic Education, I finished Master's Degree in Educational Sciences - Psychology of Education (2001) and PhD in Language and Literature (2010). In the middle (2005), I also did a postgraduate degree in Information and Communication Technologies.

After a period of a few years teaching in the 2nd Cycle of Basic Education, since 1997 I teach in higher education, in the Jean Piaget Higher Education School, in undergraduate and masters courses in the education of pre-school teachers and teachers. 2nd Cycles of Basic Education. Also at the Oporto Superior Arts School, since 1999, at the Degree in Theater, in the area of ​​Dramatic Arts (I once taught Textual Analysis and Literary Theory).

She began as an actress in 1985 at TEUC. Graduated in Modern Languages and Literatures. He studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in Paris and a postgraduate degree in European Dramatic Arts. He has performed regularly in the theater, and his work at TNSJ has been emphasized since 1996. He recently performed in Heiner Muller's Quartet, enc. Carlos Pimenta, Neva by Guillermo Calderón, enc .: João Reis and com As Ondas, from Virginia Woolf, enc. Sara Carinhas participated in the Santiago to Mille festival in Chile. In the cinema stands the Place that you occupy of Pedro Filipe Marques and the Court of the North of João Botelho. He has participated in several series and soap operas for the television and has directed of actors in Made to the Beef. His most recent plays are the opera Clowns of Leoncavallo, Hamlet of Bunuel and Dress of Bride of Nelson Rodrigues. She has been an Interpreter since 1999.

Luisa Pinto é doutorada em Estudos Artísticos, Artes/Estudos Teatrais e Performativos pela Universidade de Coimbra. Mestre em Teatro/Encenação, pela Escola Superior Artística do Porto - ESAP. Encenadora, professora de Teatro  na ESAP e investigadora/colaboradora no Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo-FCT. Diretora Artística da Companhia de Teatro Narrativensaio-AC. Enquanto encenadora levou à cena mais de trinta peças, entre elas, Missa do Galo de Carlos Tê, Sicrano de Bergerac de Jorge Louraço Figueira, Onde o Frio Se Demora de Ana Cristina Pereira, Gota D’água de Heron Coelho a partir da obra de Chico Buarque, Cânticos de Barbearia de Carlos Tê, O Deserto de Medeia de Marta Freitas, O Filho Pródigo de Helder Wasterlain e João Maria André, entre outros. Os seus espetáculos circulam por todo país e também a nível internacional como Espanha e Brasil, onde normalmente orienta também oficinas de teatro. As suas criações marcam presença regularmente em festivais de teatro como o FITEI, Festival de Almada, Vinte e Sete, Serralves em Festa, Festa do Avante, entre outros. Além da formação em teatro, em 1989, concluiu o curso de Moda da Escola de Moda Gudi, foi premiada pelo Instituto de Comércio Externo de Portugal – ICEP - com um estágio em Paris, onde fez uma especialização em figurinos. Ao longo dos anos, a par com a encenação, desenhou figurinos para várias companhias de teatro e para filmes, entre eles, Alice de Marco Martins. Nos últimos anos, assina também a cenografia e os figurinos dos seus espetáculos. Entre 2007 e 2015 foi Diretora Artística do Teatro Municipal de Matosinhos Constantino Nery. Foi ideóloga e Diretora Artística do Cena Contemporânea de Matosinhos em Português – Festival de Teatro. Desde 2006 investiga e realiza projetos de Teatro em Contexto Prisional. Foi autora e apresentadora de programas de Televisão para a RTPN. Foi diretora de imagem de canais de Televisão como RTPN, MTV Portugal e Porto Canal. Foi corealizadora do documentário Rompendo os Muros da Prisão - O teatro como meio de reinserção de reclusos.

University Degree in Philosophy at Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (FLUP); Postgraduate Degree in Philosophy of Education at FLUP; Master’s Degree in Contemporary History (History of Drama) at FLUP; Doctor’s Degree in Artistic Studies – Drama and Performative Studies (work in progress) at Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra; Graduate in Classical Ballet at the Royal Academy of Dancing; 4^th Grade in Piano and Musical Education at Conservatório do Porto; Professional actress in national and foreign companies (Italy); Actress in building up voices in cartoons at Estúdios Somnorte and Cinemágica. Drama teacher at Escola Superior Artística do Porto and Escola Superior de Educação Paula Frassinetti.

Maria de Fátima Alves Sales Varão. Degree in History - Archeology (University of Porto, 1986). PhD in Architecture, with Thesis Januário Godinho in Portuguese Architecture or the other face of modernity (Modern Architecture and Restauration program, University of Valladolid, 2001). Fellow of FCT, program PRAXIS XXI (1995-1999). Lecturer at ESAP (since 1987), currently teaching at the Integrated Master's Degree in Architecture and Visual Arts Licenciatura Photography, Intermediate Plastic Arts, Audiovisual Cinema, Multimedia Communication Design and Theater. Coordinator of the Autonomous Section of Theory and History (2010/2012). Researcher at CEAA (UI & D 4041 of FCT) and coordinator of the Modern Architecture theme - preservation and dissemination. IR of the Group of Theory, Critics, History and Practices of Contemporary Art of CEAA (2010/2012).

Né Barros, choreographer and researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Aesthetic Group, Policy and Knowledge of the University of Porto where she completed Post-Doctorate in the area of ​​Aesthetics and Performances. PhD from the FMH (U.T.L.), Master in Dance, Laban Center City University, London, Superior Theater Course (ESAP). Artistically, he began his training in classical dance and later works contemporary dance and choreographic composition, in the United States, Smith College. Choreographed for Balleteatro, National Ballet Company, Gulbenkian Ballet and Aura Dance Company. Assistant Professor at ESAP. Author of the book Materiality in Dance, Dance: Body and House, Co-Editing Performative Arts: New Speeches, Family Pictures, Displacements of Intimacy, Unframing Archives. Has several articles published. Co-editor of the "Aesthetics, Politics and Arts" and War Machine Collections (FLUP). Founder and co-director of the international film, memory and ethnography film festival - Family Film Project and Balleteatro.

PhD and Master in Cognitive Sciences, University of Minho. Degree in Psychology, by the University of Minho and in Theater - Interpretation, by ESMAE - School of Music and Performing Arts. As an actress, she has worked with numerous national and international filmmakers. As playwright she already has more than twenty written and staged pieces, some of them edited. As a director, she has been developing a regular work, highlighting the pieces premiered by the Reasonable World, which she founded and directs. Since 2006 he has been teaching in artistic, professional and higher schools. She is director of the Department of Theater and Cinema of ESAP - Escola Superior Artística do Porto. She is an integrated researcher at CEAA - Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo, in the group of Art and Critical Studies.