AGES RECREATED WITH THEATRICAL NOTES AND PERIOD DANCES
15th CENTURY
Time of beginnings, time of restart. The beginning of a dynasty and the resumption of a kingdom that, having overcome the dangers of Castille, is now embarking on a new adventure: the Maritime Expansion.
Ceuta was planned in Sintra. In Sintra, D. João I, unites the people, relaunches the culture and opens the kingdom to new fashions… And it will be in the noble Paço de Sintra, that Jan van Eyck painted the portrait of Isabel de Avis when she was married to Duke Philip of Burgundy.
16th CENTURY
The riches from all over the world, brought in by the ships of Vasco da Gama and Afonso de Albuquerque, arrived in the kingdom. They came from the Americas and Asia, the Indian Ocean and Africa. Portugal is the centre of the world and open to all people and all fashions, reigning King D. Manuel I at the time. It is the time of master Gil Vicente and his plays. Towards the end of the 16th century, Camões and his poems. In Lisbon, Rua Nova; in Sintra, the sumptuous palace; a new era in the world. But soon, D. Sebastião will become too bold, becoming, by his own insanity, The Desired.
17th CENTURY
For 60 years in the shadow, the nation is reborn at its best. Portugal is being renewed, and soon the Baroque will reach all its splendor and brilliance, with the colour of the Brazilian gold! It is Vieira's time and his oratory and the time of the dances imported from England, where D. Catarina de Bragança had become queen; it is the time for new words and new plays with Francisco Manoel de Melo-. It's time to rediscover Portugal.
20th CENTURY - 30 YEARS
The arising musical style becoming popular in the mid-1930s was swing, a style of jazz suitable for dancing and soon adopted to motivate the population (crushed by the recession since the New York Stock Exchange crash in 1929) to consume and have fun .
Dance Marathons happen - people dance until they pass out from
Besides the Swing also the Foxtrot and Quick Step, the Rumba and Tango and the English Waltz, among others, are popular.
