27 Nov

20:00

Theater Rotterdam

Schouwburgplein 25, Rotterdam

Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira explores new ways of coming together, building community, and resisting the forces that shape our future in this powerful dance performance.

Fri, 27 Nov 2026 20:00

Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Sat, 28 Nov 2026 20:00

Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam

F*cking Future

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Portuguese choreographer Marco da Silva Ferreira performs in his own latest work F*cking Future. Together with an ensemble of eight performers, he explores new ways of coming together, building community, and resisting the forces that shape our future.

F*cking Future choreographs the friction between militancy and militarization, exploring and challenging the systems that shape bodies and behaviors. On a quadrifrontal stage, drawing from those very same systems, a collective marches between rigidity and dilution, discipline and desire, invoking new forms of union and insurgency — we remain here, resisting through movement.

"In the stunning opening performance F*cking Future, Portuguese choreographer and dancer Marco da Silva Ferreira (...) transforms his concerns about military expansion and the erosion of queer rights into a mesmerizing, masterfully constructed octet." - ★★★★☆ de Volkskrant

"Without a doubt: F*cking Future embodies dance that is mesmerizing, energetic, exhilarating and comforting. Simply put: dance at its finest." - Theaterkrant

About Marco da Silva Ferreira

Marco da Silva Ferreira (1986, Santa Maria da Feira) graduated as a physiotherapist but ultimately chose a career in dance. After a background in competitive swimming, he developed himself as a self-taught dancer in urban and street styles, influenced by pop culture and clubbing. In 2010, he won So You Think You Can Dance – Portugal and went on to work as a dancer with, among others, Hofesh Shechter and Paulo Ribeiro. In 2026, he received the Chanel Next Prize.

As a choreographer, he broke through with Hu(r)mano (2013) and BROTHER (2016), both selected for Aerowaves. This was followed by works such as Bisonte (2019), Corpos de Baile (2020), SIRI (2021), and C A R C A Ç A (2022). Recent works include a folia (2024) and F*cking Future (2025).

"We are ghosts. Ghosts of queer warriors who died in war under a system of militarisation. Queer bodies returning as spectres to challenge ideas of masculinity. These are bodies in resistance. But rather than simply saying 'no' to traditional notions of masculinity, I want to offer something I can say 'yes' to."

The performers' individual physiques and diverse dance backgrounds – ranging from hiphop and contemporary to flamenco, clubdance and Angolan kuduro – create subtle, and at times striking, differences in energy and movement quality. For one performer, a sudden contraction of the torso resembles a classic contemporary dance contraction; for another, it reads as a hip-hop pop; for yet another, as an abrupt shoulder hit.

Team

artistic direction and choreography Marco da Silva Ferreira artistic and dramaturgy assistance Catarina Miranda, Cristina Planas Leitão performers Catarina Casqueiro, Eríc Amorim dos Santos, Fábio Krayze, Doisy Bryan, Marco da Silva Ferreira, Matias Rocha Moura, Max Makowski, Nala Revlon performers (trainee) José Santos performers (residency) Mélanie Ferreira music Rui Lima, Sérgio Martins light Teresa Antunes, Rui Monteiro costumes and set Marco da Silva Ferreira production direction Mafalda Bastos production assistance Ana Lopes production structure P-ulsa diffusion ART HAPPENS coproducer Maison de la danse, Lyon/Pôle européen de création, in support of Biennale de Lyon (FR) Sadler's Wells (UK) Charleroi danse, centre chorégraphique de Wallonie - Bruxelles (BE) Teatro Municipal do Porto (PT) PACT Zollverein (GE) Points Communs - Nouvelle Scène nationale of Cergy-Pontoise / Val d’Oise (FR) Théâtre National de Chaillot (FR) Julidans Amsterdam (NL) TANDEM Scène nationale (FR) La Place de la Danse – CDCN Toulouse / Occitanie (FR) Tanz im August / HAU Hebbel am Ufer (GE) Centro Cultural de Belém (PT) With the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direção-Geral das Artes residency coproducers O Espaço do Tempo; Centro de Criação de Candoso, Teatro Municipal do Porto; CRL-Central Elétrica