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Proposed by the National Arts Plan (PNA), this year’s program has the partnership of the EVC. Together, they will bring to two public schools in Lisbon and in Porto two choreographers who participated in the Young Composers program in 2024: Beatriz Valentim and Joana Franco. Over the course of three months, both choreographers will develop projects within the school community, giving students the possibility to experience the creative look from the world of dance. The initiative will be accompanied by filmmaker João Sanchez, who will create a film based on the program’s activities.

Proposto pelo Plano Nacional das Artes (PNA), este programa conta, este ano, com a parceria dos EVC. Em conjunto, levarão a duas escolas do ensino público das regiões de Lisboa e do Porto duas coreógrafas participantes no programa Jovens Compositores de 2024: Beatriz Valentim e Joana Franco. Ao longo de 3 meses, as coreógrafas desenvolverão projetos no seio da comunidade escolar, trazendo para a vivência dos estudantes o olhar criativo do mundo da dança. A iniciativa será acompanhada pelo realizador João Sanchez, com a criação de um filme inspirado nas atividades do programa.

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Daily classical and contemporary dance practice designed for professional dancers and those in the process of becoming professional dancers. The diversity of the teachers' proposals is intended to mirror our approach to what a dance practice can be today. The monthly schedule of daily practices is available in the schedule.

###### Classical Dance
Mon - Wed - Fri: 10am – 11:15am

###### Contemporary Dance
Tue - Thu: 10am – 11:15am

###### Price
3€ / class (insurance required)


###### Classical Dance
Mon – Wed – Fri: 10am – 11:15am

###### Contemporary Dance
Tue – Thu: 10am – 11:15am

###### Price
3€ / class (insurance required)


Daily Classes ⏤ March

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
##### Mon – Wed – Fri: 10am – 11:15am

###### CONTEMPORARY DANCE
##### Tue – Thu: 10am – 11:15am

###### PRICE
##### 3€ / class (insurance required)

DAILY CLASSES ⏤ July

DAILY CLASSES ⏤ JUNE

Daily Classes ⏤ May

###### Classical Dance
Mon – Wed – Fri: 10am – 11:15am

###### Contemporary Dance
Tue – Thu: 10am – 11:15am

###### Price
3€ / class (insurance required)

Daily Classes ⏤ April

Daily Practice

Daily Classes ⏤ February

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
##### Mon – Wed – Fri
##### 10am – 11:15am

###### CONTEMPORARY DANCE
##### Tue – Thu
##### 10am – 11:15am

###### PRICE
3€ / class (insurance required)

Daily Classes ⎯ December

Daily Classes ⎯ November

Daily Classes ⎯ October

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
Mon – Wed – Fri: 10am – 11:15am

###### CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Tue – Thu: 10am – 11:15am

###### PRICE
3€ / class (insurance required)

Daily Classes ⎯ July

DAILY CLASSES ⏤ MAY

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
Mon – Wed – Fri: 10am – 11:15am 

###### CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Tue – Thu: 10am – 11:15am 

###### PRICE
3€ / class (insurance required)

DAILY CLASSES ⏤ APRIL

##### CLASSICAL DANCE
Mon – Wed – Fri: 10am – 11:15am

##### CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Tue – Thu: 10am – 11:15am

##### PRICE
3€ / class (insurance required)

DAILY CLASSES ⏤ March

Daily Classes ⏤ September

Classical dance classes designed for beginners or for those who have always been connected to dance and want to continue this practice as a means to their well-being.

###### Classical Dance
##### Mondays
##### Wednesdays
##### 6:30 pm ─ 8:00 pm

###### Price
10€ / class (insurance required)

Dance Classes for Adults ⏤ February

Práticas diárias de dança clássica e contemporânea destinadas a intérpretes profissionais ou em vias de profissionalização na área da dança. A diversidade das propostas de formadores pretende espelhar um pensamento acerca do que pode constituir uma prática de dança nos dias de hoje. O calendário mensal da prática diária está disponível na agenda.

###### Dança Clássica
2.ª - 4.ª - 6.ª feiras: 10h00 - 11h15

###### Dança Contemporânea
3.ª - 5.ª feiras: 10h00 - 11h15

###### Preço
3€/aula (seguro obrigatório)



Aulas de Dança ⏤ Profissionais

Daily practice for professionals dancers

Dance Classes ⏤ Professionals

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Following Miguel Moreira, João dos Santos Martins and Jonas&Lander, this time EVC welcomes Marlene Monteiro Freitas to be EVC’s 2022 season AT HOME artist.

The program provides a continuous workspace, giving each artist the freedom to use the various facilities of the Estúdios for artistic creation projects and any other initiatives they develop.

###### Marlene Monteiro Freitas 
She was born in São Vicente, Cabo Verde, where she was co-founder of the dance group Compass. She studied at P.A.R.T.S. (Brussels), at E.S.D. and at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon). She worked with Emmanuelle Huynn, Loic Touzé, Tânia Carvalho, Boris Charmatz, among others. She created the works _ÔSS_ (2022), _Ri te / Paris Intermission_, in collaboration with Israel Galván (2022), _Bacchae - Prelude to a purge_ (2017), _Jaguar_, in collaboration with Andreas Merk (2015), _Of ivory and flesh - statues also suffer_ (2014); _Paradise - private collection_ (2012-13); _(M)imosa_ (2011), a project developed with Trajal Harell, François Chaignaud and Cecilia Bengolea; _Guintche _(2010); _A Seriedade do Animal_ (2009-10); _A Improbabilidade da Certeza_ (2006);_ Larvar_ (2006); and _Primeira Impressão_ (2005). The common denominator of these works is openness, impurity and intensity. In 2017, the Portuguese Society of Authors (SPA) awarded _Jaguar_ the prize for best choreography. In the same year, the artist was honored by the Government of Cape Verde for her cultural achievements. In 2018, the Venice Biennale awarded Marlene Monteiro Freitas the Silver Lion in the Dance category, and, in 2021, the artist was awarded the Chanel Next Prize in its first edition. In 2022, as part of the Portugal-France Crossed Season, the Festival d'Automne à Paris dedicates a cycle to the artist's work, presenting a vast retrospective and two new creations. She is co-founder of P.OR.K, a production structure based in Lisbon, and has an ongoing collaboration with O Espaço do Tempo (PT).



© Marlene Monteiro Freitas - P.OR.K

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Depois de Miguel Moreira, João dos Santos Martins e Jonas&Lander, os EVC acolhem Marlene Monteiro Freitas como artista EM CASA da temporada 2022. 
O programa pretende proporcionar um espaço de trabalho contínuo, dando à artista a liberdade de ação e uso das várias valências dos EVC para criação e outras iniciativas.

###### MARLENE MONTEIRO FREITAS
Nasceu em São Vicente, Cabo Verde, onde cofundou o grupo de dança Compass. Estudou dança na P.A.R.T.S., em Bruxelas, na Escola Superior de Dança e na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, em Lisboa.  Trabalhou com Emmanuelle Huynh, Loïc Touzé, Tânia Carvalho, Boris Charmatz, entre outros. Criou as peças _ÔSS_ (2022),  _Ri te / Paris Intermission_, em colaboração com Israel Galván (2022), _Bacantes – Prelúdio para uma Purga_ (2017),_ Jaguar_ com a colaboração de Andreas Merk (2015), _de marfim e carne - as estátuas também sofrem_ (2014), _Paraíso - colecção privada_ (2012-13), _(M)imosa_ com Trajal Harrell, François Chaignaud e Cecilia Bengolea (2011), _Guintche_ (2010), _A Seriedade do Animal_ (2009-10), _A Improbabilidade da Certeza_ (2006), _Larvar_ (2006) e _Primeira Impressão_ (2005). Estas peças têm como denominador comum a abertura, a impureza e a intensidade. Em 2017, a Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA) atribuiu a _Jaguar_ o prémio de melhor coreografia e, no mesmo ano, foi distinguida pelo Governo de Cabo Verde pelas suas realizações culturais. Em 2018, a Bienal de Veneza atribuiu a Marlene o Leão de Prata na categoria de Dança. Recebe o prémio Chanel Next Prize na sua primeira edição, em 2021. Em 2022, no âmbito da Temporada Cruzada Portugal-França, o Festival d'Automne à Paris dedica um ciclo dedicado ao trabalho da artista, apresentando uma vasta retrospectiva e duas novas criações. É cofundadora da P.OR.K, estrutura de produção sediada em Lisboa e tem uma colaboração contínua com O Espaço do Tempo (PT). 


Em Casa ⏤ Marlene Monteiro Freitas

Marlene Monteiro Freitas

Celebrating 20 years since he began his artistic path, Victor Hugo Pontes is the artist invited to be _At Home_ in 2023. It will be a year of commemoration in which EVC will be the choreographer's temporary home. Here, new works of his will be conceived, and encounters with various formats will be held, through various ways of approaching and promoting a meaningful reflection about his path. 

###### Exhibition ⎯ _For a happiness like this_
Victor Hugo Pontes,  20 years of artistic creation through images

###### Performance lecture ⎯ _Unique physical parts_

###### Book edition ⎯ _For a happiness like this_ 
Victor Hugo Pontes, 20 years of artistic creation
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At Home ⏤ Victor Hugo Pontes

##### _At Home_ is a space dedicated to dance artists who, throughout the year, are invited to develop their projects at the EVC and make them their creative home. After having been introduced to the work of Miguel Moreira, João dos Santos Martins, Jonas & Lander, Marlene Monteiro Freitas and Victor Hugo Pontes in previous years, in 2024 we welcome Teresa Silva, who will show us her work in all its facets and different formats.

##### Over the course of a year, various projects by her or in collaboration with others will be developed at the EVC.

##### Teresa Silva (Lisbon, 1988) has dedicated herself to research, creation and performing in the fields of contemporary dance and performance since 2008. She sees dance as something that goes beyond the physical body, resulting in a work of attentiveness and sensitivity, as well as a multidisciplinary approach to movement.

##### The artist will bring to the EVC a series of very different proposals, in collaboration with Sara Anjo, David Marques, Kristina Norman, and Mathieu Bouvier, among others.

###### Oráculo expandido [“Expanded oracle”] — towards an investigation into practices of care, attention and connection

Since 2017, Sara Anjo and Teresa Silva have been researching the potential of the body as a place of knowledge and revelation, and have designed workshops and created a piece based on the premise “can the body be an oracle?” There is a great diversity of people who share a curiosity for practices aimed at a holistic awareness of the body, and _Oráculo expandido_ is an invitation to continue this research, opening it up to other people and expanding the research to other languages, practices and perspectives. 

» 23 Nov, 4pm - 7pm, EVC

###### Fazer falar o fazer [“Making the making speak”] — devices for creating speech about artistic practices

This project, conceived and developed by David Marques and Teresa Silva, arises from the desire to make the work of their generation more visible and to bring the community together around the issues that move and engage them in their artistic practices. In this sense, the artists will develop different devices that encourage thinking, speaking and listening, and which provide encounters between artists and between the artists and the audience. In this _Making the making speak_'s edition, Teresa and David invite Ana Rita Teodoro, Andresa Soares and Francisco Rolo to an openly exchange.

» 30 Nov, 2:30pm - 8pm, EVC

###### Carnation

After collaborating on _Orchidelirium — An appetite for Abundance_, a project presented at the 2022 Venice Biennale, Estonian visual artist Kristina Norman has partnered with Teresa Silva to conceive a new piece. This time, the artists use the red carnation as a symbol of power and freedom, seeking to bring into dialogue the culture and history of their respective countries.

###### Ah! — Experimentation sessions for a transformative artistic practice

In this project driven by Teresa Silva, the artist aims to show how artistic practice generates states of attention, self-knowledge and transformation that intensify human potentialities. In these individual sessions, each person will be invited to listen to what affects them in the present moment and therefrom work together on a sensitive and experimental path, through exercises, tasks and actions. To prepare the sessions, Teresa Silva draws on her research with Sara Anjo around the question "can the body be an oracle?" and finds inspiration in the work of artists such as Anna Halprin, Lygia Clark (Relational Objects), Alejandro Jodorowsky (Psychomagic) and Valentina Desideri (Fake Art Therapy), who have made and continue to make their artistic practice a place of affection, ritual and healing.

In these sessions, which will be individual, each person will be invited to listen to what affects them in the present moment and, from there, work together on a sensitive and experimental path, through exercises, tasks and actions.

» 10 - 20 Dez, 45 minutes individual sessions, 11am - 7pm, EVC

» Registration | By completing this form: [https://forms.gle/UPdi27jWqwR45hZD6](link)


At Home ⏤ Teresa Silva

At Home ⏤ Marlene Monteiro Freitas

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_Itineraries_ is a program that encourages artistic creation, aimed at Mozambican creators in the field of dance, in a partnership between OPART E.P.E. | Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, through the Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo. 
Intending to create a network that links Mozambique, Portugal, and other partners in Europe, the project develops initiatives that connect the associated countries to promote the internationalization of artists. 
 
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>"As a facilitator of this program, which is so important for the materialization (and creation) of perspectives about the need for collaboration between artists and cultural institutions in Portugal and artists from countries once colonized by Portugal, I wish we could, together, look at this project with curiosity and a sense of responsibility. So that the network can grow and expand, and these itineraries have as many meanings as there are individual and collective stories."  
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> David Marques


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_Itinerários_ é um programa de incentivo à criação artística, dirigido a criadores moçambicanos na área da dança, numa parceria entre o OPART E.P.E. | Estúdios Victor Córdon e o Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, através do Centro Cultural Português em Maputo.
Pretendendo criar uma rede entre Moçambique, Portugal e outros parceiros na Europa, o projeto desenvolve iniciativas que correlacionam os países associados com o intuito de promover a internacionalização de artistas.  
 
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>“Como facilitador deste programa - tão importante para a materialização (e criação) de discursos sobre a necessidade de colaboração entre artistas e instituições culturais de Portugal e de artistas de países outrora colonizados por Portugal -, gostava que pudéssemos, juntos, receber este projeto com curiosidade e sentido de responsabilidade. Para que a rede cresça e se expanda, e para que nestes itinerários haja tantos sentidos quantas as histórias individuais e coletivas.”
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> David Marques



Itinerários 2022

The incentive program for artistic creation _Itineraries_, aimed at Mozambican dance artists, will be held for the 3rd consecutive year. This is a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Institute for Cooperation and Language, through the Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo. 

The project aims to create a network between Mozambique, Portugal and other partners in Europe, developing initiatives that relate the various territories to each other, in order to promote internationalization in artistic creation. 

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>_As a facilitator of this program - so important for the materialization (and creation) of a reflection on the need for collaboration between artists and cultural institutions in Portugal and artists from countries once colonized by Portugal - I wish that we could, together, welcome this project with curiosity and a sense of responsibility. For the network to grow and expand, and for these itineraries to have as many meanings as there are individual and collective stories._
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##### David Marques


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The conference _Meetings for the Future IV_ brings to the centre of the reflexion the transition of careers in the performing arts. 
With an analytical look at the pilot experience developed in the EVC over a period of three months and the current situation in Europe and Portugal, future possibilities concerning the career transition of performing arts professionals are envisaged. 
More than finding answers in the present, the aim is to produce a tangible and clear reading of the current situation that allows us, collectively, to glimpse ways to act in the future. It is, therefore, with our gaze directed towards the future that we intend to propose this reflection and, above all, to stimulate a dialogue committed to the effective implementation of practices in the field of career management and transition - projecting into the future a permanent mechanism that will have the capacity to leverage and facilitate this process. 

###### Target Audience
Performing arts professionals

###### Free access

###### Accessibility
Simultaneous Translation and Portuguese Sign Language (LGP)

The conference "Meetings for the Future IV" brings to the centre of the reflexion the transition of careers in the performing arts. 
With an analytical look at the pilot experience developed in the EVC over a period of three months and the current situation in Europe and Portugal, future possibilities concerning the career transition of performing arts professionals are envisaged. 

###### with
Pia Krämer, curator
Jorge Ramos do Ó, State of the Art and Conclusions
Sónia Baptista, moderator

###### Institutional partners
DGArtes and Fundação GDA 

###### Free access

Careers Transition in Performing Arts

A conferência **Encontros para o Futuro IV** traz para o centro da reflexão a **Transição de carreiras nas artes performativas**.
Com um olhar analítico sobre a experiência-piloto desenvolvida nos EVC ao longo de três meses e a situação que se verifica atualmente na Europa e em Portugal, perspetivam-se possibilidades futuras relativas à transição de carreiras de profissionais nas artes performativas.
Mais do que encontrar respostas no presente, pretende-se perfazer uma leitura palpável e clara da situação atual que nos permita, em coletivo, vislumbrar formas de atuar no futuro. É, pois, com o olhar direcionado para o futuro que se intenciona propor esta reflexão e, sobretudo, impulsionar um diálogo comprometido com a implementação efetiva de práticas no âmbito da gestão e transição de carreiras – projetando no futuro um mecanismo permanente que tenha capacidade para alavancar e facilitar esse processo. 

###### Público
Profissionais das artes performativas

###### Acesso gratuito

###### Acessibilidade
Tradução simultânea e Lígua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP)

Conferência Encontros para o Futuro IV

**Contemporary dance(s) - diaspora and Afro-descendants in the Portuguese artistic context**

On this day dedicated to dialogue at EVC, we will hear from African and African descent whom we have invited to share with us their experiences and reflections on their artistic, research and pedagogical practices, as well as on the presence of black people and narratives from the African diaspora in the context of contemporary dance in Portugal. Here, 'contemporary dance' is understood as a concept that encompasses dances of contemporaneity, such as street dances, clubbing and social dances, whose presence in cultural institutions and academic contexts is a subject for debate.

Thus, we intend to raise questions around the documentation, transmission, dissemination and support of these contemporary dances, and to do so with the people who practice them - and through their narratives - in spaces of visibility. 

What dances from the African diaspora remain in Portugal, and how are they being transformed? What relationships are possible between street dances, social dances and academic dances in an institutional system of artistic education and production? 

What role can dance play in a broader reflection on Portugal's relationship with the countries it colonized?

###### Guests and program [HERE](https://estudiosvictorcordon.pt/en/events/contemporary-dance-s-diaspora-and-afro-descendants-in-the-portuguese-artistic-context-1)

###### Public in general, but specially directed to arts professionals

###### Free access

###### Portuguese sign language translation

Conference Meetings for the Future V

A series of meetings focusing on the reality of migrant communities living in Portugal and the role of culture in their path to become fully integrated into society. This year, the program will unfold over three weeks, in the form of three talks that will help bring to light different realities present in our society, but not properly acknowledged. 

###### Pari passu
##### _“On the flying carpet, facing Mecca,_
##### _I have but one certainty: my I is You”_ — Muhammad Rashid

At the invitation of Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Praga proposes the series of meetings “Pari passu”, dedicated to the acknowledgement of migrant artists and various aspects of their cultures, which, although present in the public sphere, are still made invisible by multiple social factors. In this first series, dedicated to Islam, “Pari passu” will offer a talk and a lecture on each of three Saturdays in November, with the presence of guests with knowledge of Islam. The TALKS will deal with the relationship between Islamic art and tradition, the presence of Islamic art in the Portuguese public sphere, and contemporary Islamic art. The three LECTURES will be an attempt to bring us closer to Islamic art and culture in three ways: religion and culture; the historical presence of Islam in Portugal; and the Quran. On the afternoons, you will also be able to watch or take part in RECREATIONAL PRACTICE moments of dancing and music, while enjoying – _pari passu_ – food, books and much more at the LITTLE MARKET.

What good is it to know the past without acknowledging the present, thus compromising possibilities for the future? In recent years we have witnessed, both in politics and in dance, the celebration of a historical systematization without critical positioning and filtered by a hierarchy of values that often prevents the acknowledgement of the diverse and vague contemporaneity.

Cultures evolve with migrant communities and various forms of knowledge. Who was Herculano Mercês? Who sewed Almada’s clothes? These questions are just as important as: When was the last time you saw someone dancing an Iranian dance? Wasn't it yesterday, right next to your house? How many steps took someone who couldn't take steps?                                                                                

“Pari passu” is a space for the acknowledgement of Islam today, weakening the mythification of the past and looking particularity in the eye.

###### Dates
##### 2nd, 9th, 16th November, from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
##### 2:30 pm — Lecture (1h)
##### 4 pm — Practice (40min)
##### 5 pm — Talk (1h + Q&A)

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Institutional Partners

Conference ⏤ Meetings for the Future IV

An intensive week targeting dance professionals, with workshops led by the João Cardoso and Edivaldo Ernesto. 
 
###### Target Audience
Dance professionals


Formação de uma semana intensiva dedicada à prática de dança para profissionais com João Cardoso e Edivaldo Ernesto. 

###### Público
Profissionais da dança





KICK OFF'22

A one-week program dedicated to dance practice for professionals that proposes an intensive training in the restart of activities after the summer season. 

This year we will welcome the prestigious Belgian company Peeping Tom, founded by Gabriela Carrizo (Argentina) and Franck Chartier (France).

Brandon Lagaert joined Peeping Tom in 2013 for the creation of _Vader_, and has also created _Moeder_, _Kind_, _Dido & Aeneas_ and _La Visita_. It is at the company that he has crafted his signature style as a multidisciplinary performer.

In his work, Brandon combines elements from different disciplines, such as urban and contemporary dance, theatre, and film. As a director, he often starts from the perspective of a performer to lay down a certain foundation, before tackling the overall structure. He does this under the name of his company KAIHO of which the award-winning performances Subdued and Mondo Fuso have been an integral part.


###### Target Audience
Dance professionals

###### Price
220€

###### GDA Scholarships
GDA Cooperators ⎯ 70€ (amount to be paid by the cooperator) 
> Non GDA Cooperators ⎯ 130€ (amount to be paid by the non cooperator)

> _(GDA Grants are assigned in order of registration confirmation)_

###### Limit of 20 participants

###### Personal accident insurance is required

KICK OFF'23 

One-week program for dance professionals proposing intensive dance training at the "rentrée" right after summer holidays, this year diving into the artistic universe of Akram Khan.

###### Target Audience
Dance professionals

###### Price
220€

###### This program has the support of GDA Foundation

###### Online registration

###### Personal accident insurance is required








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