Summer nights are back, we're back in Largo de São Carlos.
Estúdios Victor Córdon will close another edition of the Millennium Festival ao Largo on the nights of July 31 and August 1 with the performance of the 7th edition of the Territory program.
The 16th edition of the Millennium Festival ao Largo runs from July 11 to August 1, with a program produced by Companhia Nacional de Bailado, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos and guests, and Estúdios Victor Córdon.
Full program of the festival here.
The Festival is a concept developed and produced by OPART and the three artistic structures it manages ⏤ Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Companhia Nacional de Bailado and Estúdios Victor Córdon ⏤ which make of Largo de S. Carlos a common space for celebration and participation. Millennium bcp is the Festival's main sponsor.
A return to the place of always, a Largo of freedom, encounter and art.
Territory VII
In 2024, and in line with the other programs of this season, we propose a show that hints at possible new paths for contemporary dance. On the one hand, we have invited the renowned British-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan, who, by incorporating elements of classical Indian Kathak dance into his works, contributes to redefining our idea of what dance is. On the other hand, EVC will welcome Jermaine Spivey, an emerging American choreographer who, alongside a brilliant career as a dancer, actively promotes the possibility of collaborative practice in his creative processes.
Territory VII will also feature a film by director João Sanchez, winner of the Território | Estúdios Victor Córdon award for Best Portuguese Director from InShadow - Lisbon ScreenDance Festival 2023.
Dates
July 31, 2024
August 1, 2024
Venue
Largo de S. Carlos, Lisbon
Schedule
22h
About KAASH, by Akram Khan
World premiere: 28 March 2002, Maison des Arts, Créteil (France)
Akram Khan teamed up with visual artist Anish Kapoor and composer Nitin Sawhney to explore aspects of the Hindu God Shiva, his cosmic violence, his meditative nature, and the eternal cycle of creation and destruction he initiates. They created Kaash, which in Hindi means ‘if only’, drawing on a fluid and powerful dialogue between the worlds of contemporary dance and the Indian classical dance form kathak. They created multiple universes from infinite possibilities, between black holes and Indian time cycles, theoretical physics and Hindu mythology.
About BETWEEN OUTSIDE AND ME, by Jermaine Spivey
BETWEEN OUTSIDE AND ME is a piece that requires these young dancers to push beyond their comfort zones mentally and physically. Each one of them is responsible for completing multiple tasks unrelentlessly. They must see each other and respond to each other, breathe together, be in the rhythm of not just the music and the counts, but also of their collective action. The choreography requires precision and accuracy, and that accuracy is intentionally put into conflict because of the tempo being either uncomfortably fast or slow.
I have tried my best to create a work for them that is always just outside of what they are comfortable with, because I believe this is an important skill to practice in order to become an excellent professional dancer and artist.
About "Rebento", by João Sanchez