Mercado Municipal de Alcanena
There are many things between an intimate encounter and the magic of the stage, but what is the shortest distance between those two moments? Pai para Jantar (Dad for Dinner) is a game with the audience that digs into the details of masculinity with poetry and good-humour. It plays with the ways in which we deploy words, feelings, and archetypes around the idea of “being a man.” The performance is a subjective journey towards the ballast that is our father, that remains in our personality and is at the origin of so many desires and failures.
Gaya is a dancer, actress, and director. Se has worked with various choreographers and directors in Portugal. In cinema, she starred in the short film Um Caroço de Abacate by Ary Zara, which received multiple awards at various festivals. She created the performance Atlas da Boca (2021), BAqUE (2022), Pai para Jantar (2023), and Cafezinho (2024), which have toured more than 15 countries and 26 cities. She is currently developing the piece Corre, bebé! in collaboration with Ary Zara, set to première in 2025. She is the founder of BRABA plataforma, an initiative aimed at supporting, enabling, and funding projects led by or directed toward the trans and non-binary community.