Production & National Touring — Accompanied Artist by Materiais Diversos 2026–2028, in collaboration with Neon Lobster (DE)

KITADA (2026)

KITADA is the new choreographic work by Marga Alfeirão, insisting on female desire and eroticism as a source of memory. This work departs from the massive deforestation of the 15th century for the construction of colonial fleets, the first environmental and industrial policy package that targeted feminine knowledge en masse, directly threatening its relationship with, and dependence on, dreams, plants and landscapes. KITADA emerges as a rescue mission for the dreams of older women through the piratical dismantling of the fleet, the tuning. It is performed by 4 dancers between the ages of 45 and 60. Drawing on accounts from the Recolhimentos do Desagravo of Montemor-o-Novo, the Conselho das Tias, and the conscientious objections raised at the Évora hospital regarding voluntary terminations of pregnancy, KITADA investigates the trajectories of feminine cunning.

Artistic Direction and Choreography: Marga Alfeirão Performance: Lady G. Brown, Rosy Timas and Tamara Alegre Dramaturgy and Critical Consultancy: To be confirmed Creation Support (Internship): Heloise Dellava Sound Composition: Tbc Lighting Design: Inês André Set Design: Francisca Spuzi Co-production: O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), A Oficina (Guimarães) and Cineteatro Louletano (Loulé), within the framework of the CASA Project, with the support of the Be My Guest network.

Marga Alfeirão / Influenced by dance genres and sonic textures emerging from the African diaspora that permeates Lisbon’s social fabric, Marga Alfeirão has developed a distinctive choreographic language — hybrid, sensual and assertive — that actively reclaims female subjectivity while creating visibility for lesbian sensualities and dissident bodies. Her work embraces pleasure as a form of resistance and a means of rewriting normative narratives surrounding the body and femininity. Her first work, LOUNGE, a lesbian lap dance duet, proposes a deconstruction of the performance of gaze and desire, subverting traditional dynamics of seduction and reinscribing them through perspectives of shared intimacy and empowerment. In her new creation, KITADA, supported by the 4th edition of Project CASA, Marga deepens this investigation through a choreographic approach that explores female desire and eroticism, the affective and embodied transmissions between generations of women, and the memories inscribed within the body. Materiais Diversos will accompany the production of KITADA from 2026 to 2028, reinforcing the organisation’s commitment to artistic practices that expand the boundaries of dance, performativity and the representation of bodies.