The initiatives by Sete Anos - Cultural Association, founded by choreographer Cláudia Dias, will be hosted at the EVC as part of the Season Partners — 2026 programme.
On 11 March, in the first talk of the Festival Mulheres em Marcha programme, our starting point will be the piece Sweat, Sweat, Sweat (um conjunto de pequenos afrontamentos), by Sónia Baptista. This talk will seek to reflect on menopause as a bodily and creative experience, both individual and collective, but also as a social, clinical, and political phenomenon. Through a dialogue that will cover symptoms, aging, time, body, mind, pain, blood, sweat, tears and laughter, memory and forgetfulness, energy and fatigue, we will explore the impact of this life stage on women's identity and, in particular, on women artists and performers.
Between intimate experience and shared narrative, menopause is considered here as a subject for creation and critical thinking: a moment of transition — a "late summer" — in which the body transforms and forces new ways of listening, being present, and relating to the world.
The Festival Mulheres em Marcha is held with the support of the Municipality of Seixal and in partnership with Estúdios Victor Córdon.