Art Happens

He calls up movement rooted in Passinho – an urban dance style born in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro – alongside samba and capoeira. Creating illusionary effects, his body appears both familiar and otherworldly, shifting from swagger to softness and mastery to surrender.

The work pulses with raw physicality: rhythm rises from breath, footwork and chest thuds, building its own score from the sounds of impact and exertion.

Guided by choreographer Alice Ripoll, Puff conjures the idea of a light breath – something that disappears as if by magic. It honours heritage and is a powerful reminder of how culture adapts and persists, even when it seems to vanish.