SELECTED WORKS
A performance on family, nationhood, and inherited narratives.
Blending text, voice, and physical intensity, FLÓBÉR moves between intimacy and distance, drawing the audience into close proximity while confronting symbols of authority and control.
The work brings together interview material and autobiographical fragments from the performers, tracing how ideas of identity and belonging are formed, transmitted, and contested. Positioned between Portugal and the United States — the performers’ respective contexts — the piece reflects on shared structures of religion and nationalism, exposing their echoes across different settings.
Performance for two performers · 60 min · English / Portuguese
Created by Telmo Branco · Performed by Telmo Branco and Ren Mauney
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FLÓBÉR (2024–2025)
A participatory performance on citizenship, belonging, and collective responsibility, structured as two independent solos by Ren Mauney and Telmo Branco.
In Telmo Branco’s solo, guided interaction and live composition unfold through situations based on small talk, the use of the body to disrupt symbols of police authority, and live performance actions engaging with nationalist imagery. Through these interactions, the work examines how behaviour is collectively shaped, and how people position themselves in relation to social codes, systems, and one another.
Performance · 70 min · English
Developed and performed by Ren Mauney and Telmo Branco
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MISTRIAL (2024 - 2025)
An interdisciplinary performance developed within the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.
Working with a group of queer participants from diverse backgrounds, the project explored how bodies inhabit and are shaped by a space marked by colonial histories.
Through collective actions, voice, and movement, the work unfolded as a temporary occupation of the space — shifting between protest, presence, and shared visibility.
Concept: Adrian Marie Blount, Telmo Branco
Creation and Choreography: Telmo Branco
Sound Design: Adrian Marie Blount
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THE MARCH (2022 - 2023)
A solo performance on voice, silence, and the body as a site of negotiation.
Combining movement, repetition, text, and live sound, the work unfolds through fragmented physical and vocal situations shaped by misogyny, homophobia, and cultures of silencing.
Drawing on autobiographical material and symbolic imagery, the piece traces the body’s attempt to locate itself within environments where expression becomes coded, interrupted, or withheld.
Solo performance · 50 min · Portuguese / English
