The Materiais Diversos Festival promotes the meeting of different audiences and imaginaries around the arts (dance, theatre, music and performance) with thought, questioning actuality and fostering cultural participation as a condition for citizenship. Born in Minde, in 2009, it spread to Alcanena and Cartaxo (in 2013) and became one of the most representative projects for programming outside the large centres in Portugal, attempting to think and act from the places it originates. It had been occurring annually until 2017 and became a biannual event starting with its 10th edition in 2019.
From the 5th to the 15th of October 2023, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations. Slowing down and making people, places and processes visible are the mottos of the 12th edition of the festival.
The project Didascálias – Ou como se constrói uma casa, selected for the creation support Fios do Meio, is a dance performance in development, which investigates the meaning of “house” and “home”. During the artistic residence in July, at Cine-teatro São Pedro, in Alcanena (1-10 July), and at Centro Cultural do Cartaxo (11-22 July), the team will meet different people from the two locations for conversations about their experiences and memories of “home”. On July 21st, at 9.30pm, at Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, Giovanna Monteiro and Leonor Mendes open the doors for an informal presentation of the materials developed.
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