SYN.Tropia
Yola Pinto, Simão Costa (Portugal)‘SYN.Tropia’ is a pioneering dance-concert crafted by the established Portuguese artist duo, Yola Pinto and Simão Costa that is meticulously designed to engage both deaf and hearing audiences. The show has been touring nationally in Portugal since 2017, bringing together hearing impaired and general audiences in the theatre. ‘SYN.Tropia’ brings together those who can and those who cannot hear in the same audience. Everyone listens with their whole body via an unprecedented device called a ‘Tactile Listening Board’, available both for deaf and hearing audiences, which disseminates sonic content through touch.
About artists
Simão Costa and Yola Pinto, with solo artistic careers in the areas of music and dance respectively, have been creating shows and installations in partnership since 2011. The works by this artistic duo stems from the tradition of performing arts, creating music and dance shows where the poetics and sometimes the scenography itself is for the audience to enjoy. Working with a particular focus on touch and hearing, they invite their audiences to a tacit and presential experience of performing / scenographic / sculptural objects.
Credits
Concept and direction: Yola Pinto and Simão Costa
Dance: Yola Pinto
Piano and electronics: Simão Costa
Light design: Cristóvão Cunha
Tactile Listening Board: Simão Costa, Yola Pinto and João Calixto
Drawing by: Yola Pinto
Based on music by: Simão Costa
Technical assistance: Rodrigo Martins
Production: MãoSimMão
Local production of the performance: Karīna Kožare, 3D Friends and Ieva Briede, NTIL
Acknowledgments: Miguel Carrelo and Mário Rainha Campos
This performance is part of an international tour organized in 2025 in partnership with Rugi Agency (Vilnius), 3DFriends (Riga), and BRAINSHOT (Athens). The project is one of the 42 selected partnerships supported by Perform Europe.
Perform Europe, co-funded by the European Union, is a funding scheme that fosters international collaboration in the performing arts sector, promoting inclusive, eco-conscious, and geographically balanced touring practices.
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Tickets: 15 / 10 €Length
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Accessibility
Accessibility: partial
Dirty Deal Teatro is located at Talsu Street 1. To reach the entrance, you must cross tram tracks on a cobblestone street. There is a ramp at the entrance that leads to the foyer. The threshold at the door is low. The foyer is dimly lit. The large hall is on the same level as the foyer. The path to the White Hall leads through the Black Hall, and there is also a ramp at this entrance. Adapted facilities are available for people in wheelchairs.