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.
Since October, Beatriz Pereira and Carolina Sendim have been in residence at the Santa Clara Convent, in Portalegre, with the support of UMCOLETIVO. This period has been dedicated to the development of the project Por exemplo, um 0v0, which has the production consultancy Novos Materiais. On November 4, at 5pm, at the Convento de Santa Clara, they will open their work process to the public. For example, a 0v0 is a dance piece aimed at children that was born out of a desire to reflect on and re-signify the word “recipe” by raising and focusing on the question: How many recipes fit inside a recipe?
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