PORTFOLIO
GENERAL
TELMO BRANCO
Queer Activist and Interdisciplinary Artist:
Theater I Dance I Sound design I Film I Poetry
Date of Birth: 02/05/1991
Nationality: Portuguese
Based: Berlin, Germany
Languages (fluent): Portuguese, Spanish, English
ACADEMIC TRAINING
21/09/2009 - 29/06/2010Course of Performing Arts, University of Évora. Evora. Portugal.27/09/2010 - 31/07/2012School of Theater and Film (Higher Education Degree) Acting. Lisbon, Portugal.01/10/2012 - 13/06/2013School of Dramatic Art Valencia. Spain.2013 - 2015Circus and Physical Theater Training - Stella Polaris Sandfjord, NorwayContemporary Dance Training - Mamen Garcia Valencia, Spain- Teatro De La Generalitat, Valencia, Spain
Dance Workshops (2015/ - ):Les Slovaks, Shang-Chi Sun, Mila Koistinen, Christina Mertzani, Narendra Patil, Michael Loehr, Edivaldo Ernesto, Evangelous Poulinas, Narendra Patil, Michael Langeneckert, Ricardo Ambrosio, etc,.
BIO
With sensitivity, Telmo's work is designed to reflect (queer) individuals and their oppressive history. Telmo reflects systemic and transgenerational oppression as a denominator of individual and collective trauma, sedimented in the social and familial unit.
Their work "The Unspeakable - Part 3" is currently on tour. This world deals with structural sexual violence and the culture of violence. "The Unspeakable - Trilogy" is supported by DISTANZEN Solo, Dachverband Tanz Deutschland und NEUSTARTKULTUR and Goethe - Institut.
Their work "The Tradition" was winner of the "Air Scope Berlin" award: https://www.scopebln.org/telmoqbranco.
Their film "The Tradition- The Film" circulated in several film festivals such as: Make art no fear (semi-finalist) (PT), MIFA - Madeira International Film Awards (PT), Multiplié Dance Film (NO), Europe NOW Film Festival (UK), etc.
In addition to developing their own projects, Telmo has collaborated with artists from different areas, such as Rachael Mauney (USA), Veronica Riz (IT), Helena Waldmann (DE), Nir de Wolff (IL) , Annelie Andre (AT), Alexandra Pirici (RO), Falk Richter (DE), Lea Pitschke and Michael Baumann (DE), Shang-Chi Sun (TW) Ximo Flores (ES), etc.
MOST IMPORTANT/RECENT WORKS (2016 / - )
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Currently:
The Unspeakable - Part3 - 2023
Dance Theater Production by Telmo Branco
Premiered at Mala Posta, Lisboa.
On tour.
Photography: Lucia Pires

The Unspeakable - Part2 - 2022
Dance Theater Production by Telmo Branco
Performed at Mala Voadora, Porto.
On tour.
Photography: Rachael Mauney

BODY RIOT - 2022
Dance Theater Production by Telmo Branco
Performed at Hosek Contemporary, Berlin + Touring in Germany and Portugal.
Amplify 2 - Poetic Sonoplasty - 2022
Composition by Loop Station and poem by Telmo Branco
Curated by: Rachael Mauney
Performed at Hosek Contemporary, Berlin. In collaboration with Rainbow RailRoad. Photography: Rachael Mauney
The Tradition /solo - 2021
Dance Theater production by Telmo Branco
Performed at Acker Stadt Palast, Berlin.
Photography: Rachael Mauney
