France-Portugal 2022 Season: Over 200 artistic projects created

The France-Portugal 2022 Season has produced and presented over 200 artistic projects between the two countries.

One of them was led by the dancers from the Portuguese company Dançando com a Diferença (Dancing with the Difference).

"It's an inclusive company, there are people with disabilities and people without disabilities. But it's a professional company. My challenge was no different than with the other companies. It's using each interpreter with what they have, which is what I always do with all the interpreters.

The interpreters are all different, they all have their own abilities or disabilities. In this case, I found these interpreters very inspiring. They are very creative by nature." Says choreographer, Tânia Carvalho.

The creative expressions of the season have taken many varied forms. A good example of this is "Une Chambre en Ville", an installation in which Ana Jotta recreates an intimate space in a flat that is about to be demolished.

"I don't like exhibiting in general, especially after a certain number of years of work, I don't like exhibiting in galleries. And so I have this possibility. I am installed in a flat that I have furnished and decorated. This is what I have done here in the "Chambre en Ville", (A Room In Town). I was given the possibility to do this. It's something that I like". Explains artist, Ana Jotta.

Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, the President of the France-Portugal 2022 Season, describes the close historical ties between the two nations. 

​"These two countries have a common past, a very strong relationship, cultural, but also friendly, also linked in history as a consequence of the dictatorship. There were many Portuguese exiled in FrancetoToday in 2022, this season, with more than 50