CABRAQIMERA is a roller-skating quartet that explores technological modernity and the physical manifestation of “speed.” It presents a dizzying reality of the “here and now,” where technology accelerates the passage of time to explosive dimensions. In our quest to keep up with events, tasks, and our surroundings, are we unknowingly moving on the edge of risk?

The Portuguese dancers embrace this challenge by gliding on roller skates, while neon lighting effects reveal different spaces and moods. Alongside fluid and hypnotic expressive gestures, the quartet draws an extreme projection of the “other” body, opening the door to imagination and fiction.

The stage space, inspired by high-speed sports, encodes activities, intersections, and chance encounters. Why not also consider thought-provoking questions—do we need more efficient bodies in today’s fast-paced world?

Choreographer Catarina Miranda intertwines dance, scenography, and lighting to transform the stage into a space for awareness of the present moment. She infuses her works with imagery and dramaturgical inspiration from so-called hypnagogic hallucinations—the cognitive shifts and visions that arise in the transitional zone between sleep and wakefulness.

Born in Portugal in 1982, Catarina Miranda works with various artistic languages, weaving together imagery, movement, voice, scenography, and lighting design. She views the body as a medium for expressing meditative and hypnagogic states, as well as gestures and processes deeply rooted in the essence of the present moment.

Among her original works, Miranda has presented CABRAQIMERA, POROMECHANICS, DREAM IS THE DREAMER, BOCA MURALHA, and MAZEZAM on renowned stages such as Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art and National Theatre of Porto, as well as international festivals including Materiais Diversos Festival and DDD Festival (Portugal), Liège Dance Festival (Belgium), and Mindelact Festival (Cape Verde).

In 2017, Portugal’s National Television produced a documentary series on choreographic performances, with one episode dedicated to BOCA MURALHA. Miranda has also presented installations such as DIAGONAL ANIMAL (with Jonathan Saldanha) at Fabrik Festival (Fall River, USA) and MOUNTAIN MOUTH at Dance Box and Maizuru RB (Kobe, Japan).

She holds a Master’s degree from the National Choreographic Center (ICI-CCN) in Montpellier, France, and a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts from the University of Fine Arts in Porto. She has also studied Noh theatre at the Kyoto Arts Center in Japan.