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.
Workshop for teachers, educators and cultural mediators
by Sara Anjo
3pm – 7pm
Free, with registration form
Recognised training
In this workshop, Sara Anjo draws on the ‘Andar para Trás’ project to share questioning strategies and pedagogical practices with teachers and educators.
Andar para trás is a dance show that builds a fable, a possible history of movement, taking a walk backwards and forwards. It traces a path towards the future by looking at the past and reflecting on the invasive and infesting nature of the human species, a nature that exploits the earth’s materials as capital, leading to the depletion of the ecosystem. It also asks questions such as: What is your environment? What is your horizon? What do you discover when you walk? What does the future tell you?
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