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.
Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz are a pair of choreographers and dancers who collaborates since 2006 in the research and creation of various performances presented in more than 17 countries. Since the beginning of their collaboration, they have had the support of several Portuguese cultural structures, of which stand out the Bomba Suicida (2006-2009), O Espaço do Tempo (associated artists 2009-2016) and Materiais Diversos (associated artists 2012-2016). They have had the support of some European networks, such as Looping, TRANSFER, Open Latitudes, Modul Dance, ONDA and Départs.
His show “Um gesto que não passa de uma ameaça” from 2011 was awarded the European prize for emerging Choreography – Jardin d’Europe and won the first place at Aerowaves Spring Forward, 2013.
As a duo they collaborated with several artists such as Catarina Dias, Lara Torres, Marco Martins, Clara Andermatt, Mark Tompkins and since 2014 they present António and Cleópatra by Tiago Rodrigues and Sopro (2017) by the same director.
They regularly teach classes and workshops and organize residencies and reflection meetings between artists in different contexts. They were the curators of the second edition of PACAP – Advanced Program of Creation in Performing Arts, Forum Dança (2018/2019).
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