© José Caldeira/TMP / “Krakatoa”, by Sara Santervás / Palcos Instáveis
A body wanted to hit the ground, hard and loudly. From this action, the landscape becomes similar to that of a volcanic catastrophe. Agitation, explosion, scream, disappearance. Krakatoa, emerges as the political need to scenically address a social occupation: breaking the public silence around suicide.
Sara Santervás is a performer and emerging creator of contemporary dance in Porto, Portugal. She began her dance journey studying Flamenco, Escuela Bolera, and Spanish Dance. She formalized her training in contemporary dance at the Conservatory of Dance in Granada. In 2018, she arrived in Porto and completed the Oficina ZERO program, where she currently works as a production assistant. Sara has worked as a featured performer for Hélder Seabra in the creation LOWLANDS, a piece for Companhia Instável which premiered at the 90th anniversary of Teatro Municipal do Porto; visual artist Joan Jonas (Fundação Serralves, Mirror Piece II), Tommy Luther (Acts of Cod), Horácio Macuacua, Elisabeth Lambeck, and her mentor Mafalda Deville. She has also collaborated with emerging creators from Porto, including Lea Schiebrecht, Mercedes Rama, and Sara Bernardo. As a creator, she developed her first solo dance piece, KRAKATOA, as part of the Palcos Instáveis cycle, co-created Entre la Pluma y la Pared with Mercedes Quijada at the Súbito festival, as well as A MATRIZ by Lea Schiebrecht, also within the scope of the Palcos Instáveis cycle.
Dance, 30-40 min
Next presentations:
Oct 23, 2025 / Casa da Criatividade, São João da Madeira
Previous presentations:
Feb 8 2024 / Teatro Aveirense
Idea, created and interpreted by: Sara Santervás
Light design: Marta Coutinho
Dramaturgic support: Elisabeth Lambeck and Mercedes Quijada
Costume: Sara Santervás
Music: Geordie Little, The Weather Girls
Scenography: Albino Cardoso and Sara Santervás
Coproduction: Instável – Centro Coreográfico, Teatro Municipal do Porto