The National Ballet of Portugal is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Since its foundation, it has aimed to present the great classics, as well as to always welcome contemporary creations. Day-to-day life is demanding for dancers, choreographers, musicians, répétiteurs, seamstresses, light technicians, sound technicians, and other elements of a large staff that make it possible for dance to travel through the rehearsal rooms and linger in the hallways before making it onto the stage. This film follows not only the company’s creations and premieres, but mainly each dancer’s silent and structural work.
Unfortunately the movie In the Darkness of the Theater I Take Off My Shoes is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Cláudia Varejão | Director |
| Sound | Adriana Bolito | Sound Director |
| Production | João Matos | Producer |
| Editing | Francisco Moreira | Editor |
| Editing | Cláudia Varejão | Editor |
| Camera | Cláudia Varejão | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bárbara Valentina | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Hugo Leitão | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Celeste Alves | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Hugo Leitão | Sound Editor |
| Production | Marta Lemos | Post Production Coordinator |
| Production | Susana Nobre | Executive Producer |
