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.
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
Diversos