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.

Performing:
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ATTACHÉS
May 2018
Choreographer and performer
Fool's Cap · Vinicius Carvalho
Théâtre Gérard Philipe, Montpellier - Festival Mime-in-Motion
ONCE UPON A TIME MARIE-ANTOINETTE
December 2019
Co-director and performer
Fool's Cap · Vinicius Carvalho
​Conciergerie, Paris
MUR / MER
October 2019
Performer
Elsa Chêne
​Sadlers Wells, UK
SOLO OF THE CHAIR
May to August 2019
Performer
Fool's Cap · Vinicius Carvalho
​Petite France, South Korea
LOVE ACROSS THE LINE
March 2018
Performer
Ambitus Theatre
R&D in London
CHAIR PIECE
​August 2017
Performer
La Villette
Paris
TERABAC
May 2017
Performer
Terabac Theatre
Brighton Fringe Festival, UK ​
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)
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
WAITING FOR ULYSSES
July 2013 to August 2014
Performer
Theatre de l'Ange Fou
The White Church Theatre Project (Wisconsin USA)
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