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Tension Lines. Art, Dance, and Ecology proposes a perspective on ecology that goes beyond studying a strictly defined domain of environmental phenomena. By associating ecology with art, particularly dance, it broadens its scope to encompass the relationships between the human world and the natural world.

The BOOK with the same title (a printed edition distributed free of charge) is authored by Daniel Tércio, featuring photographs by Luís Pavão.

The WORKSHOPS are led by Daniel Tércio and a guest artist (Filipa Malva, Joana Levi, Pedro Ramos, and Vera Mantero).

In connection with the book's publication, the workshop on "possible (and perhaps necessary)"; aims to stimulate participants' creativity with a forward-looking perspective on the near future (with 2028 serving as a chronological benchmark). From an inclusive standpoint, it envisions actions and possibilities for immediate action, which could be added to what is already being slowly planned, such as reducing car circulation in cities, limiting vast pasturelands and large-scale livestock concentrations, recycling various types of waste, among others.

The outcomes of the workshop – which may take on various formats and media (written, drawn, project-based, "oralitures", performative, and so on) – will be collected, edited, and made accessible in a digital format at https://linhasdetensaocom.wordpress.com

Audience
The workshops are intended for anyone seeking to critically reflect on environmental issues and who are engaged with or simply interested in artistic creation as a mode of action for a sustainable future. Participants should also be open to exercising their imagination through debate and practical exercises.

Next lauching and workshops:

• São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisboa
  Lançamento do livro (distribuição gratuita) | 14/01/2025 - 18h30m, com Ana Godinho e José Gil
  https://www.teatrosaoluiz.pt/espetaculo/linhas-de-tensao-arte-danca-e-ecologia/
  Oficina | 15/01/2025 - 16h00, com Pedro Ramos
  https://www.teatrosaoluiz.pt/espetaculo/linhas-de-tensao/
  Inscrições na Oficina em: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPLoCVculAhgVavQBzExwIsGO5vPwGbYwzDLkrQobV-R4fLA/viewform?usp=pp_url

• Teatro Viriato, Viseu 
  Lançamento do livro (distribuição gratuita) | 20/01/2025 - 19h00, com Rui Macário
  Oficina | 21/01/2025 - 19h00, com Filipa Malva

• Teatrão 
  Lançamento do livro (distribuição gratuita) | 7/02/2025 - 19h00, com André Barata 
  Oficina | 7/02/2025 - 16h00, com Joana Lev

The project is supported by the Portuguese Republic – Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts.

Co-financing provided by the following entities:

• São Luiz Municipal Theatre
• Viriato Theatre
• Teatrão
• Institute of Ethnomusicology – Center for Studies in Music and Dance (FMH branch)

Daniel Tércio holds a BA in Philosophy and another in Fine Arts, a MA in Art History and a PhD in Human Motricity, Dance. He is currently a retired Associate Professor at the University of Lisbon, where he taught, at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd cycles of dance training, subjects in the areas of Aesthetics, Art Theories, History of Dance, Expression and Communication, and Dance and Multimedia Technologies. Until 2021, he coordinated the doctoral program in Human Motricity in dance. Furthermore he was a member of the board of directors of the Institute of Ethnomusicology - Center for Studies in Music and Dance (INET-md). Currently he is a member of the INET-md’s Ethics Committee. He has collaborated as a teacher and lecturer in other higher education institutions in Portugal, Spain, East Timor, Scotland, Belgium, France, and Brazil. In 2004, he was a cooperating professor at the University of Timor Lorosae, under the collaboration protocol with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP). In 2012, he was a visiting professor at the University of Sophia Antipolis in Nice. Recently, he was a senior visiting professor at PPGDança (CAPES-PRINT) in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
He published more than 20 articles in specialized journals, such as Performance Research (UK) and Conception (Brazil). He authored several book chapters, some of which in volumes published by prestigious publishing houses such as Peter Lang, SAGE and Routledge.
As Principal Investigator he has coordinated competitive projects such as: TEPe - Technologically Expanded Performance [PTDC/ART-PER/31263/2017, 2017-2022] and Technologically Expanded Dance [(POCI/EAT/61564/2004), 2005 – 2007].
He is author of two science fiction novels and several short stories issued by Portuguese and Brazilian publishers. As a critic, his dance reviews appear regularly in the Portuguese press since 2004.
Currently, his interests range from aesthetics, dance history, to cultural studies, iconography, and deep ecology.