Founded in 2000 by Victor Hugo Pontes – choreographer, stage director and artistic director –, Nome Próprio produces contemporary dance pieces and theatre. Among them are "Bantu", "Corpo Clandestino", "Porque é infinito", "Meio no Meio", "Os Três Irmãos", "Drama", "Margem" (Best Choreography 2019 Award by Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores), "Nocturno", "Uníssono – Composição para cinco bailarinos", "Se Alguma Vez Precisares da Minha Vida, Vem e Toma-a", "Cair", "Orlando", "Coppia", "Fall", "Zoo", "A Ballet Story" (Dance Show of the Year 2012, "Público" and "Expresso"), "A Strange Land", "Fuga Sem Fim", "Vice-versa", "Rendez-vous" and "Manual de Instruções". Throughout the years, Nome Próprio has developed projects with several artists and institutions, presented both nationally and internationally: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro Cultural de Belém, Teatro Nacional de São João, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Maria Matos and São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Festival Panorama (Brazil), Festival de Dance de Cannes (France), Théâtre de Liége (Belgium), among others. New creations will premier in 2024 and 2025.

Artistic direction Victor Hugo Pontes

Production Direction Joana Ventura

Executive Production Mariana Lourenço

Technical direction Wilma Moutinho

Coaching Madalena Alfaia

Graphic design Nuno Coelho

Designer Patrícia Barbosa

accounting Sílvia Nunes (Glofiscal)

Legal Affairs Manuela Leonardo