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Lisbon 2026 — Production Program & Running Order
The Significance of the Lisbon Stage: The Lisbon 2026 Moveable Festival represents a landmark moment of cultural diplomacy, uniting elite pre-professional ensembles from across the United States with local artists in Portugal. By stepping outside the high-pressure environment of traditional competitions, these performers are engaged in a pure celebration of global heritage, technical growth, and artistic unity. This one-day headline showcase provides a world-class platform where diverse movement disciplines—from classical South Asian storytelling and historic American tap to contemporary concert dance—intersect on a single stage. For the dancers, this performance is more than a showcase; it is a life-changing educational milestone that fosters global citizenship and creates core creative memories that will shape their paths as future artistic leaders.
About the Producer: As a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, our focus since 2000 has been to foster meaningful, non-competitive performance experiences in world-class venues globally. Across 50 international productions, we have provided pre-professional artists with a grand, supportive spotlight. Here, directors and performers shine together, showcasing individual heritage, building cross-cultural bridges, and creating artistic core memories that echo for a lifetime.
Section 1: The Production Running Order
Performance Day: Lisbon Week One
- The Chain • Don't Look Down • Witches • Water Step by Step
- Top Hat • Little Bitty Pretty • These Boots • Blue Skies ReCreation Tappers
- Choli Amplifier, Act One Classical, Sunny Sunny, GujaraDurga, Kla Cashma, Punjab Folk Farm, South Inda Modern, Final VO, Naatu Naatu Rhythmaya (One set)
- Special Guest Choreography LOCAL PORTUGAL GROUP 1
- Reckoning Step by Step
- One • It Don't Mean a Thing • Come Dance with Me • Uptown Funk ReCreation Tappers/span>
- Libertango Step by Step
- Special Guest Choreography LOCAL PORTUGAL GROUP 2
- Voice / Thodayam • Voice 2 / Ulagam • Voice 3 / Suriti Thrillana • Voice 4 / Maithreem Kalavaridhi (One set)
- That's My Show • Blackbird • Wanted Man Step by Step
- Yankee Doodle • Sway • Anything Goes ReCreation Tappers
Performance Day: Lisbon Week Two
- Special Guest Choreography LOCAL PORTUGAL GROUP Part 1
- Rise up, Let's Go • I Will Carry You • Dont Speak • I Talk the Talk • Black Velvet • Yes, Yes I can • Exile • Starstruck Elations Dance (One set)
- Part One-A Shishya Arts (Song 1)
- Special Guest Choreography LOCAL PORTUGAL GROUP Part 2
- Part One-B Shishya Arts (Song 2)
- Special Guest Choreography LOCAL PORTUGAL GROUP Part 3
- Part One-C Shishya Arts (Song 3)
- Special Guest Choreography LOCAL PORTUGAL GROUP Part 4
- Part Two Shishya Arts (15 mins)
- Everybody's Free Danceworks
- Exit Music Joppa
- Something to Believe in Danceworks
- Freedom Joppa
- Unforgettable Forces Danceworks
- Girl With One Eye Joppa
- Howlin' For You Danceworks
- Life Joppa
- Body Language Danceworks
- Terpischore's Flock Joppa
- Shake it to the Max Danceworks
- Que Forca / Daughters of the Storm Joppa
- Tina's Turns Danceworks
Section 2: Ensemble Profiles & Directory
Danceworks Studios of New Jersey
One of New Jersey’s premier institutions, DanceWorks offers comprehensive, elite technical education across multiple genres. Grounded in a philosophy that prioritizes growth and emotional resilience over trophies, their touring company prepares young artists for prominent international platforms.
Elations Dance Center
Celebrating over 15 years of artistic training, Elation Dance Center blends individual artistic exploration with athletic versatility. The center is highly celebrated within regional networks for its warm environment, technical scope, and emphasis on inclusive community values.
Joppa Dance
Operating out of The Dance Place, Joppa Dance is highly regarded for its expressive contemporary frameworks and experimental choreography. The ensemble brings striking athletic technique to cross-cultural environments, sparking unforgettable storytelling without boundaries.
Kalavaridhi Center for Performing Arts
Founded in 2001, Kalavaridhi is dedicated to preserving, instructing, and promoting the classical South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam. Under the leadership of Guru Sheela Ramanath, the academy builds cross-cultural bridges by presenting complex ancient repertoire on globally recognized stages.
ReCreation Tappers
Bringing the dynamic velocity and rhythmic syncopation of classic American tap to Europe, this collective features premier percussive dancers. Their sets celebrate standard technical precision while demonstrating complex narrative arrangements.
Rhythmaya Dance
Formed with a profound vision of carrying cultural traditions forward, Rhythmaya beautifully fuses high-energy Bollywood genres with classical Kathak storytelling. From basements to major arenas like halftime shows, their team instills confidence, diversity, and mutual respect in hundreds of movers.
Shishya Arts
Shishya School focuses its curriculum on exploring cultural lineage and artistic identity through rigorous training in classical Indian fine arts. Their students investigate the complex historical and philosophical backgrounds behind movement to shape innovative, grand-scale productions.
Step by Step Dance Studio
Established in 1994, Step by Step provides world-class technical education in a supportive and inclusive community space. Their performers leverage performance-based workshops to cultivate global citizenship, taking custom choreographic works onto historical stages worldwide.
Section 3: Production Partners
Logistics Acknowledgement: Performing Arts Educators is grateful for production support, transportation links, and staging systems arranged via Greatdays Group Travel, Travel 4 Experiences, and Pedro Fidalgo Marques of Oeiras Dance.
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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to meaningful, non-competitive performance experiences.
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