CARLA JORDÃO
Born in Lisbon (Portugal) 1982
Lives and works in Cologne (Germany)
SPECIES
2020 Founds the dance Company SPECIES
EDUCATION
2014-2016 Master degree in Dance Composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts
2000-2004 Graduated from the University of Lisbon in dance & stage performance at the Escola Superior de Dança - Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa (Superior Dance School of Lisbon - SDS)
2024-2025 Further education in cultural management at the Kölner Institut für Kulturarbeit und Weiterbildung (Germany)
August 2025- July 2026 Working in the artistic office of THEATER DER KLÄNGE, in Düsseldorf.
CHOREOGRAPHIC WORKS _ selection
2024 THE COMMUNITY Stuttgart
2024 A UNIVERSAL HOSTILITY Cologne/ Essen
2023 A UNIVERSAL REACTION Cologne
2023 A UNIVERSAL POSITIVITY Cologne
2022 A UNIVERSAL PERSON Cologne
2021 A UNIVERSAL OPINION Cologne
2021 A UNIVERSAL IDENTITY Cologne
2020 A UNIVERSAL POWER Cologne
2020 Marcel Duchamp Die Braut von ihren Junggesellen entblößt, sogar … Cologne
2019 A UNIVERSAL WEAKNESS (Winner of the Kölner Tanztheaterpreis 2019) Cologne
2018 "Under water in a virtual room" Cologne
2018 Needless, Needles (Nominated for the Kölner Tanztheaterpreis 2018) Cologne
2018 we’re not the only objects in this room (Co-creation with Céline Bellut) Cologne
2017 cut fold paste (co-creation with Stephanie Miracle) Portugal
2016 Projects of the uncounscious (Think big Residence), Hannover
2016 Extraschicht – Lange Nacht der Industriekultur (Unna) and Welttheater der Straße (Schwerte)
2016 Traits of Character (developed during the Inkubator residence), Cologne
2016 Drafting Plan (co-creation with Stephanie Miracle), Essen/Cologne
2016 Skeletal automaton and Unruhe, Cologne
2013 me you you me (in Residency and Masterclass in CAE (Centro Artes e Espetaculo) , Figueira da Foz
2012 Self portrait (in Residency and Masterclass in L'AGORA Guilers premiere at the festival La Becquée, France
2012/2011 La ligne de vie (Choreography for the Companhia de Dança de Almada) Portugal
AWARDS
2019 Winner of the Kölner Tanztheaterpreis with the piece A UNIVERSAL WEAKNESS
2018 Nominated for the Kölner Tanztheaterpreis with the piece Needless, Nedless
2015 1. Prize in Köln and in Budapest with the piece Drafting plan
RESIDENCIES
Residenzen
2016 Think Big-Residency, Staatstheater Hannover
2016 Inkubator-Residency, Tanzfaktur Cologne
2012/13 Residency and Masterclass in Centro Artes e Espetáculo, Figueira da Foz
2012 Residency and Masterclass in L'AGORA Guilers France
PERFORMER / DRAMATURGY / OTHERS
2025 Regie und Choreografie Assistenz in “Lost Paradise” von Kristof Szabo
2024 Dramaturgin in “TO THOSE WHO DON'T” von SONDER:SAMMLUNG:5
2023 Outside eye in MATA DORA, by El Cuco Projekt
2023 Outside eye in ANTHROBOT, by DIPHTHONG
2023 Dramaturg in the piece MODUS H20, by Lena Visser and Nati Blanco
2022 Performer in "CAPTCHA", by El Cuco Projekt
2021 Performer in "just before falling", by El Cuco Projekt
2020 Performer in "Screaming matter", by El Cuco Projekt
2019 Dramaturg in the piece "MIRA 9" by Julia Riera
2019 Dramaturg in the piece "INTER.PHASE" by Adrián Castelló
2019-2021 In the artistic direction of „SoloDuo Festival NRW + friends" Cologne
2018 Performer in the Research-Project "Underbounderies" by Bianca Mendonça
2017/18 Dramaturg for "El Cuco Project"
since 2017 team member of the Choreografen-Netzwerks Barnes Crossing
2015 Assistent of Johannes Wieland in “BLACK.SILENTMOVIE.REALFICTION.BLACK”
2009 Assistent of Célestine Hennermann in "Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst"
2007-2008 Performer in the Kamu Suna Ballet Company under the direction of Cesar Moniz
2005-2012 Performer in the Companhia de Dança de Almada