Every two years, Visões Úteis welcomes young performing artists in an association which intends to facilitate the sharing of production know-how and the solidarity between generations. The condition of Associated Artist to Visões Úteis allows them to benefit from several advantages on financial, logistic and technical levels. The association of artists promotes trust between the economic agents and the professional and artistic development of the performing arts on a local level.
Depois da excelente experiência com a companhia Erva Daninha, no biénio de 2011/2012 o Artista Associado Visões Úteis será o colectivo A TURMA.
Fundado no Porto em 2008, A TURMA é um colectivo criativo que se conheceu e reuniu na Escola Superior de Música e das Artes do Espectáculo do Porto (ESMAE). Em 2008 apresentou, no espaço Maria-Vai-Com-As-Outras, o seu primeiro projecto - “Tu acreditas no que quiseres”, a partir de "Loucos Por Amor" de Sam Shepard - e em 2009, numa co-produção com As Boas Raparigas..., estreou no Estúdio Zero “Os que sucedem”, de Luís Mestre – ambos os espectáculos encenados por Manuel Tur.
A TURMA - AC
The next period for applications will occur between October 1st and November 30th 2010, and reports to the Association for the years 2011 and 2012. There are no formal requirements and the guidelines are the following:
Erva Daninha was born in 2006 after the get together of a group of artists in a theatre school in Porto (ESMAE/IPP). The project wants to explore physical theatre techniques in intersection with other artistic fields like circus, visual arts and digital media, always following contemporary aesthetics.
Permanent Members:
Ana Vargas, Gilberto Oliveira, Julieta Guimarães, Romeu Guimarães and Vasco Gomes.
Previous performances:
Fio Prumo (2009), Trinspira (2009), Noites Brancas (2008), Um acordar cinzento e cheio de sono (2008), Uma história qualquer (2007), Casa de banho (2006).

