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.
Miguel Bonneville (Porto, 1985) introduce us to an autobiographical story centered on the deconstruction and reconstruction of identity through performances, drawings, photographs, video, music and artist books.
Since 2003, he has presented his work in art galleries and national and international festivals, mainly the series projects ‘Family Project’, ‘Miguel Bonneville’ and ‘The Importance of Being’.
He was part of the group of artists of contemporary dance production Eira (2004-2006) and Galeria 3 + 1 Arte Contemporânea (2009-2013).
He received the Ex Aequo Award (2015) for the performances ‘Fear and Feminisms’, in collaboration with Maria Gil, and ‘The Importance of Being Simone de Beauvoir’. The show ‘Chérie, Chéri’ was highlighted as one of the best of the year 2016 by journalist Cláudia Galhós in Jornal Expresso.
He was a resident artist at Sítio das Artes, CAMJAP – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, 2007), Homesession (Barcelona, 2008), Mugatxoan – Serralves Foundation (Porto, 2010), Transeuropa2012 Festival (Hildesheim, 2012), Arts Printing House (Vilnius, 2013), Arte y Desarrollo (Madrid, 2014), and La Box (Bourges, 2018), among others.
Sporadically teaches composition of authorial performance in different national and international structures.
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