About the performance
Hornfuckers questions norms, hierarchies, and the systems that structure our lives. Set within a suspended, apocalyptic landscape, the performers inhabit a world where order and chaos coexist, and where everyday reality reveals a disturbing logic shaped by cruelty, violence, and survival.
Through a physical language that intertwines lyricism and brutality, the work challenges stereotypes and pushes bodies beyond their perceived limits. Gravity is defied as bodies are reconfigured and re-signified, caught between submission and revolt.
In this unstable terrain, Hornfuckers – through a hybrid language between dance, performance, and circus – confronts what we are, what is imposed upon us, and how the very systems that sustain us can also generate unpredictability and oppression.
In constant tension with norms, hierarchies, and oppressive systems, and through the revolt, emancipation, and reconfiguration of bodies, an abyss emerges between the dominated and the dominator, where their interdependence is recognized.
Accessibility
One hour before the start of the show:
- Informal visit, during which the public can learn more about the show
- Meeting with the cast
- Touch tour
- Trigger warning about potentially sensitive content or challenging moments in the performance
- Experience lighting and sound at their maximum intensity in advance
- Audio description in every session
Tournée
2026
March 26, 2026 | Culturgest LISBON (PT)
March 28, 2026 | Culturgest LISBON (PT)
Credits
Artistic director Diana Niepce
Performers Ana De Oliveira e Silva, Baxi Ostrowski, Daniel Seabra, Inês CóIas, Izabel Nejur, Margarida Montenÿ, Marta Cardoso
Artistic assistance Lucas Damiani, Batata
Movement support Ana Sofia Leite
Dramaturgy support Rui CatalãO
External perspective Alba Batata, Diana Anselmo, Maurícia Barreira Neves, Silvana Ivaldi, Teresa Silva
Set design Eric Da Costa
Music Gonçalo Alegria
Light design Letícia Skrycky
Costumes Silvana Ivaldi
Production direction Joana Costa Santos
Riggers Margarida Ralha, Roger Madureira
Rigging Evil Angels Rigging
Technical director Roger Madureira
A Production Niepce and Culturgest
Co-produced by Europe Beyond Access (Culturgest, Skånes Dansteater, Project Arts Centre, Coda Oslo International Dance Festival, Holland Dance Festival, Kampnagel Hamburg, Mercat De Les Flors – Casa De La Dansa, Onassis Stegi, Oriente Occidente Rovereto It, And Zamek Culture Centre), co-funded by the European Union; Ddd – Festival Dias Da Dança; Desingel International Arts Center; Un Label
Co-production in residency O Espaço Do Tempo, Teatro-Cine De Torres Vedras Diffusion Culturgest, Something Great
Support República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude E Desporto | Dgartes – DireçãO Geral Das
Artes; CâMara Municipal De Lisboa – Polo Cultural Das Gaivotas, Área De Leitura Para Deficientes
Visuais Da Biblioteca Nacional De Portugal
Thanks Pedro Barreiro
Dossier
Please, download the full dossier here.
Trailer
Watch the teaser here.