In this interview, choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira talks on his work CARCAÇA, shortlisted for The Rose International Dance Prize 2025. In CARCAÇA, Marco uses dance as a research tool for community, the construction of collective identity, memory and cultural stagnation.

He reflects on how the performance brings clubbing and street dancers in conversation with folklore concepts, and how he used the choreography to explore these ideas of identity and the connection between past and present.

This episode is part of Meet the Contenders, a series where Sadler’s Wells speaks to the choreographers nominated for The Rose International Dance Prize, which celebrates original dance creations from across the globe.

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