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UK Premiere. Portuguese choreographer Rui Horta and circus artist Joao Paulo dos Santos created Contigo as a commission for the Avignon Festival. Using one of the more unusual and most dramatic pieces of circus equipment - the Chinese pole, they tell a heart-stopping story about anger and loneliness. Joao trained at Chapito, the Lisbon circus school, and at the Rosnay Circus school in France. He has worked with Philippe Genty and is a member of the Cheptel Aleikum circus collective. Rui Horta danced with the Gulbenkian Ballet, and for eight years in New York. He formed his own Frankfurt-based company, S.O.A.P., which performed all over the world including several visits to The Place in London. His dance works feature in the repertory of Cullberg Ballet and Netherlands Dance Theatre among others, and he staged Ola Kala for the renowned French aerial circus group Les Arts Sauts. A compelling hour of artistry, strength and physical risk-taking.