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.
Formiga Atómica is a theatre company, founded and directed by Miguel Fragata and Inês Barahona. Their creations are drawn from contemporary issues and are destined to all audiences. Their shows are usually preceded by research periods motivated by the question and/or audience they are approaching. Amongst their creations one can highlight A Caminhada dos Elefantes/The March of the Elephants (2013), The Wall (2015), A Visita Escocesa/The Scottish View (2016), Do Bosque para o Mundo/From the woods to the world (2016), Montanha-Russa/Rollercoaster (2018) and Fake (2020). The company usually circulates in Portuguese territory, but also French, Belgian, German and Spanish, having had conceived French versions of two of their shows, La Marche des Eléphants (2016) and Au-Delà de la Forêt, Le Monde (opening show for the Avignon Festival, 2018). Since 2020, A Caminhada dos Elefantes tours also in its German (Die Wanderung der Elefanten) and Spanish (La caminata de los elefantes) versions.
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