Born in Portugal, Cidade graduated from EPAOE/Chapitô – Professional School for Performing Arts and Stage Crafts (Lisbon, PT) in 2010, where he specialised in contemporary dance and aerial acrobatics. In that same year he did an internship with Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo before he moved to the United Kingdom to further invest in his learning process and to continue working as a freelance performer. Whilst in the UK Cidade studied at Northern School of Contemporary Dance, the National Centre for Circus Arts and The Actors’ Temple. In 2015 he moved to Berlin, where he is currently based, and started creating his own work. His pieces have been created and presented in Germany, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Greece and the UK.
To this date he’s created:
Forever More (2020) - in collaboration with Ferdinand Breil: coproduced by and performed at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin (DE). Supported by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa des Landes Berlin
While the Others Go Wild (2017, 2018, 2019): performed at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin (DE). (#2) Festival Danzad Danzad Malditos, Pamplona (ES). (#3) Pocket Dance Festival, Thessaloniki (GR). And What? Queer Arts Festival (UK). Supported by Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Lake Studios Berlin, Zawirowania Dance Theatre (PL), City of Warsaw and Open FLR (IT), Arts Council England.
The Whale in the Room (2018): performed at Tanzzentrale, Nürnberg (DE), De Figuranten, Menen (BE), Theater im Delphi, Berlin (DE). In co-production with Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi Berlin and Supported by Tanzzentrale der Region Nürnberg e.V. (DE), Acker Stadt Palast (DE), De Figuranten (BE)
Eternal Return (2016): performed at Stara Prochownia Theatre, Warsaw (PL) and Acker Stadt Palast (DE). Supported by Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Acker Stadt Palast (DE), City of Warsaw, Zawirowania Dance Theatre (PL)
Before I Go (2015): performed at Lake Studios and Acker Stadt Palast (DE), Supported by Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte, Lake Studios Berlin, Acker Stadt Palast (DE)
