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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 3rd to the 12th of October 2025, the Festival Materiais Diversos will be in Alcanena and Minde with a program of dance, theater and music shows, installations and conversations.

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O que (te) diz a dança? 2024

The O que (te) diz a dança? cycle is back. We continue to promote contemporary dance in Materiais Diversos’ surrounding area, the Santarém region. This year, the cycle takes place in partnership with the Municipality of Sardoal | Centro Cultural Gil Vicente, the Municipality of Tomar | Cineteatro Paraíso, and the Municipality of Alcanena | Cineteatro São Pedro. The programme features one performance for children, two for general audiences, two workshops, and seven discussions.

O que (te) diz a dança? aims to bring contemporary dance closer to people, highlighting its role in shaping imaginations and perspectives on the world(s). A common thread connects the diverse creations of Gustavo Ciríaco, Henrique Furtado Vieira and Aloun Marchal, and Beatriz Pereira and Carolina Sendim: bodies are set free, transformed, resonating, verbalising, expanding their limits and conquering space, in a celebration of the freedom to exist.

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Performance

Vastidão, by Gustavo Ciríaco

29 Sept, 5 p.m.

Tennis Court at Jardim da República, Alcanena

Discussion after the performance

Free

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Workshop

Por exemplo, um 0v0, by Beatriz Pereira and Carolina Sendim

26 Oct, 10:30 a.m.

90 min.

Cine-Teatro Paraíso, Tomar

For ages 6 to 10

Free

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Performance

Por exemplo, um 0v0, by Beatriz Pereira and Carolina Sendim

Ages 6+

Approx. 40 min.

 

26 Oct, 5 p.m.

Cine-Teatro Paraíso, Tomar

Discussion after the performance

€3

 

29 Nov, 10:30 a.m. (School session)

30 Nov, 10:30 a.m. (Family session)

Free

Cine-Teatro São Pedro, Alcanena

Discussion after the performance

 

6 Dec, 11 a.m. (School session)

7 Dec, 4 p.m. (Family session)

€3

Centro Cultural Gil Vicente, Sardoal

Discussion after the performance

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Workshop

Bibi Ha Bibi, by Henrique Furtado Vieira and Aloun Marchal

21 Nov, 9 p.m.

90 min.

Centro Cultural Gil Vicente

For young people and adults interested in dance

Ages 12+

Free

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Performance

Bibi Ha Bibi, by Henrique Furtado Vieira and Aloun Marchal

22 Nov, 9:30 p.m.

Centro Cultural Gil Vicente

Discussion after the performance

Ages 6+

€3

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