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Artistic director of Fool's Cap, Vinicius Carvalho is as a director, choreographer and performer. His background mixes theatre, mime and dance. Originally from Brazil, he trained in physical theatre at the University of Campinas in Sao Paulo, then in mime at the International School of Corporeal Mime in London.
Since 2017, Vinicius has been training in classical and contemporary dance in establishments such as Studio Harmonic, Micadanse and La Ménagerie de Verre in Paris, and at the Seoul Tanz Station in South Korea. Over the past ten years, he has presented his work in Europe, in the United States, Brazil, India and South Korea. He is engaged in choreographic research on movement and expression. At the heart of his work: listening, precision and playing on stage. Besides the shows of his own company, ("Attachés"; "Contes & Histoires Project"; "Hans Pfaall" and "Solo de la chaise"), he has also worked with other companies such as: Elsa Chêne (Belgium) "MUR / MER"; Ambitus Theater (UK) "Love across the Line"; Action Transport Theatre (UK) “Adrift”; Les Foules (UK) "The Resources of Quinola"; Theatre de l'Ange Fou (US) "Waiting for Ulysses" and "A Promethean Dream". Teaching credits include: University of Essex; UCL - University of Central London; Physical Fest Liverpool; Les Foules; Micadanses, Studio Bleu and Drama School Mumbai. Vinicius is part of the Incubateur de chorégraphes run by La Fabrique de la Danse (France) for the season 2020/21. |
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TABLE PIECE
April 2020
Performer Confinement #stayhome Paris |
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ATTACHÉS
May 2018
Choreographer and performer Fool's Cap · Vinicius Carvalho Théâtre Gérard Philipe, Montpellier - Festival Mime-in-Motion |
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ONCE UPON A TIME MARIE-ANTOINETTE
December 2019
Co-director and performer Fool's Cap · Vinicius Carvalho Conciergerie, Paris |
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MUR / MER
October 2019
Performer Elsa Chêne Sadlers Wells, UK |
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SOLO OF THE CHAIR
May to August 2019
Performer Fool's Cap · Vinicius Carvalho Petite France, South Korea |
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LOVE ACROSS THE LINE
March 2018
Performer Ambitus Theatre R&D in London |
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CHAIR PIECE
August 2017
Performer La Villette Paris |
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TERABAC
May 2017
Performer Terabac Theatre Brighton Fringe Festival, UK |
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THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURE OF ONE HANS PFAALL
July 2015 to February 2017
Co-director and performer Fool's Cap / Vinicius Carvalho "Carvalho is certainly one of those actors who seem able to defy the laws of gravity" (A Younger Theatre) "Carvalho creates a splendid mixture of fantasist, fool and adventurer" (Reviews Gate) Venues: New Diorama Theatre, Pleasance Theatre, The Space, Putney Arts Theatre, Guildhall Arts Centre, The Poly, Mercury Theatre, The Spring Arts and Heritage Centre and Auditorium Comunale (Sardinia, Italy), 19thBRM (New Delhi, India) |
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THE UNTOLD TALE
February 2015
Performer Fool's Cap Theatre Pleasance Theatre, New Diorama Theatre (London) |
STREETS OF FREQUENCY
October 2014
Performing and co-directing Fool's Cap Theatre Rich Mix, CASA Latin American Theatre Festival |
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WAITING FOR ULYSSES
July 2013 to August 2014
Performer Theatre de l'Ange Fou The White Church Theatre Project (Wisconsin USA) |
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MORTE E VIDA SEVERINA
December 2006 to August 2008
Performer Galeria4 TUSP, Brazil |
"Carvalho is certainly one of those actors who seem to defy the laws of gravity.”
- A Younger Theatre
- A Younger Theatre
