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Território VI

Already in its 6th edition, the _Territory_ program, dedicated to young dancers between the ages of 14 and 18, invites choreographers of unquestionable international relevance, giving the opportunity for several talented dance students to work and learn with renowned artists. Throughout its various editions, _Territory_ has already welcomed more than 70 young people from all over the country, from about 40 dance schools spread over more than 30 Portuguese cities. In 2023, 10 dancers were selected through dance education institutions in Alcobaça, Braga, Coimbra, Faro, Lisboa, Porto, Vale do Sousa and Vila Nova de Gaia.

Every year, EVC invites an acclaimed and an emerging choreographer to lead the program. Featuring the presentation of a new creation, a must-see reprise, and the premiere of a short film by a promising young director, this year the program is honored to welcome choreographer duo Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, choreographer Douglas Lee and director Mário J. Negrão.

The selected dancers will have the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge and aesthetic vision of the guest choreographers, in a professionalizing experience that promotes a diverse and inclusive outlook. Offering the Portuguese audience the possibility to watch, in some cases for the first time, international and contemporary works, in previous editions the program has already featured names such as Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau or Alexander Ekman. 

With a professional background as dancers, León & Lightfoot are renowned choreographers who have been active for more than 30 years. Working together since 1989, they have created more than 60 pieces for the Nederlands Dans Theater. 

In _Territory VI_, the duo, who will be in Portugal for the first time, will rehearse and present a reprise of the reference play _Sad Case_, performed by the participants. Created in 1998, when Sol was pregnant with her daughter, _Sad Case_ is now celebrating 25 years of existence and is one of the main cornerstones of the choreographers' work.

Douglas Lee, who will create and present a new piece with the young dancers, graduated from the Royal Ballet School and was principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet, where he began choreographing, and later developed a career as a freelance artist.

_Territory VI_ will also have the collaboration of Mário J. Negrão, winner of the Territory Award | Estúdios Victor Córdon in the category of Best Portuguese Director at InShadow - Lisbon ScreenDance Festival 2022. With his own visual identity, the artist will present us his perspective on the program through a new short film to be projected in the show. 

After premiering at Teatro Nacional S. João (Porto), the show will wrap up the Millennium Festival ao Largo (Lisbon) and then head to Leiria, where the last performance will take place.



Dedicated to young dancers, the _Territory_ program has welcomed a range of internationally renowned choreographers, such as Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau or Alexander Ekman. Each year, EVC invites one acclaimed and one emerging choreographer to lead the program. This sixth edition will feature the duo Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, and Douglas Lee. 

On the 18th of February, the EVC will welcome many young dancers from all over the country for an audition, where up to 10 people will be selected. The selected dancers will have the opportunity to benefit from the knowledge and aesthetic vision of the guest choreographers, in a professionalizing and empowering experience of a diverse and inclusive look. 

The creation process takes place over a month at the EVC and the premiere is scheduled for the 21st and 22nd of July at Teatro Nacional São João, followed by presentations at the Millennium Festival ao Largo (Lisbon) and Teatro José Lúcio da Silva (Leiria).

Audition ⎯ Territory VI

Already in its 6th edition, the _Território_ program, dedicated to young dancers aged 14 to 18, invites choreographers of unquestionable international relevance, giving several talented dance students the opportunity to work with and learn from renowned artists.

Each year, EVC invites one acclaimed and one emerging choreographer to lead the program. Featuring the presentation of a new creation, a must-see reprise, and the premiere of a short film by a promising young director, this year the program is honored to welcome choreographer duo Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, choreographer Douglas Lee, and director Mário J. Negrão.

The young dancers will have the chance to benefit from the knowledge and aesthetic vision of the guest choreographers, in a professionalizing experience that promotes a diverse and inclusive outlook. 

In _Territory VI_, Sol León & Paul Lightfoot travelled to Portugal for the first time to rehearse and present a reprise of the reference piece _Sad Case_, performed by the participants. Besides the learning process with the Dutch duo, the dancers are being choreographed by Douglas Lee, who is presenting a new work as part of the program. Finally, while the young dancers inhabit EVC and give their best, director Mário J. Negrão follows the process of creation and rehearsals, to make a short film that reflects his vision on the program and these young people's journey throughout several weeks. The shooting, directing and editing of the short film takes place during the creation phase. 

Territory VI - CREATION

Now in its 6th edition, the _Territory_ program, aimed at young dancers between the ages of 14 and 18, invites choreographers of undeniable international relevance, giving several talented dance students the opportunity each year to work with and learn from renowned artists. 

This year, after its premiere at Teatro Nacional São João, the final show of the program will be staged in Largo de São Carlos, Lisbon, closing the Millennium Festival ao Largo program for the second year in a row. Over two nights, the ten young dancers from all over Portugal will perform Sol León & Paul Lightfoot's emblematic piece _Sad Case_ and Douglas Lee's new creation. 

To go along with the presentation of the two pieces, the short film directed by Mário J. Negrão, who followed the dancers and choreographers during the creation phase at EVC, will be screened for the first time. The short film aims to show us the director's unique vision of the program, allowing us to get a glimpse of the learning and sharing process he witnessed. 

Territory VI - Millennium Festival ao Largo

Now in its 6th edition, the _Territory_ program, aimed at young dancers between the ages of 14 and 18, invites choreographers of undeniable international relevance, giving several talented dance students the opportunity each year to work with and learn from renowned artists. 

After premiering at the Teatro Nacional São João, in Porto, and performing at the Millennium Festival ao Largo, in Lisbon, the program's final show will be presented one last time in Leiria, at Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, thus closing _Territory_'s sixth edition, marked by a great deal of dedication and creativity. In a unique occasion, the ten young dancers from all over Portugal will perform Sol León & Paul Lightfoot's emblematic piece _Sad Case_ and Douglas Lee's new creation. 

To go along with the presentation of the two pieces, the short film directed by Mário J. Negrão, who followed the dancers and choreographers during the creation phase at EVC, will be screened for the first time. The short film aims to show us the director's unique vision of the program, allowing us to get a glimpse of the learning and sharing process he witnessed. 

Territory VI ⎯ Teatro José Lúcio da Silva

Now in its 6th edition, the _Territory_ program, aimed at young dancers between the ages of 14 and 18, invites choreographers of undeniable international relevance, giving several talented dance students the opportunity each year to work with and learn from renowned artists.

This year, the premiere of the program's show will take place in an important theater in the north of the country. Over two nights, the ten young dancers from all over Portugal will perform on the stage of Teatro Nacional São João, in Porto, and will perform Sol León & Paul Lightfoot's emblematic piece _Sad Case_ and Douglas Lee's new creation. 

To go along with the presentation of the two pieces, the short film directed by Mário J. Negrão, who followed the dancers and choreographers during the creation phase at EVC, will be screened for the first time. The short film aims to show us the director's unique vision of the program, allowing us to get a glimpse of the learning and sharing process he witnessed. 

Territory VI - PREMIERE

In its 6th edition, the _Territory_ program invites to Portugal choreographer's duo Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, and choreographer Douglas Lee. 
The program works as a platform for early career development, annually selecting up to ten young dancers from dance schools across the country. 
Applications must be submitted through an online form, to be filled out exclusively by the candidates' teaching institutions. All dance schools in the country can apply their students to the program, and each institution can propose a maximum of 5 candidates.
For more detailed information, institutions and candidates can consult the program regulation in the applications.

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Territory VI ⏤ Applications

© Anton Zavjyalov - Douglas Lee

© Tommy Pascal - Sol León - 2021

© Elena Lekhova - Paul Lightfoot

Mário J. Negrão

Já na sua 6ª edição, o programa _Território_, dedicado a jovens bailarinos entre os 14 e os 18 anos, convida coreógrafos de incontestável relevância internacional, dando todos os anos a oportunidade a vários talentosos alunos de dança de trabalhar e aprender com criadores de renome. Ao longo das suas várias edições, _Território_ já acolheu mais de 70 jovens de todo o país, provenientes de cerca de 40 escolas de dança espalhadas por mais de 30 cidades portuguesas. Em 2023, foram selecionados 10 bailarinas e bailarinos através de instituições de ensino de dança em Alcobaça, Braga, Coimbra, Faro, Lisboa, Porto, Vale do Sousa e Vila Nova de Gaia. 

Todos os anos, os EVC convidam um coreógrafo consagrado e um coreógrafo emergente para liderar o programa. Contando com a apresentação de uma nova criação, uma reposição imperdível e ainda a estreia de uma curta-metragem de um jovem realizador promissor, este ano o programa tem a honra de receber a dupla de coreógrafos Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, o coreógrafo Douglas Lee e o realizador Mário J. Negrão.

Os bailarinos selecionados terão a oportunidade de usufruir do conhecimento e da visão estética dos coreógrafos convidados, numa experiência profissionalizante e potenciadora de um olhar diverso e inclusivo. Oferecendo ao público português a possibilidade de assistir, em alguns casos pela primeira vez, a obras internacionais e contemporâneas, em edições anteriores o programa já contou com nomes como Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau ou Alexander Ekman. 

Com um passado profissional como bailarinos, León & Lightfoot são uma reconhecida dupla de criadores no ativo há mais de 30 anos. A trabalhar juntos desde 1989, criaram mais de 60 espetáculos para o Nederlands Dans Theater. 

No _Território VI_, a dupla, que estará em Portugal pela primeira vez, irá ensaiar e apresentar uma reposição da peça de referência _Sad Case_, interpretada pelos participantes. Criada em 1998, quando Sol estava grávida da sua filha, _Sad Case_ celebra agora 25 anos e é um dos principais pilares da obra dos coreógrafos.

Já Douglas Lee, que irá conceber e apresentar uma nova criação com os jovens bailarinos, formou-se na Royal Ballet School e foi bailarino principal no Stuttgart Ballet, onde começou a coreografar, tendo depois desenvolvido uma carreira enquanto criador _freelancer_. 

_Território VI_ contará ainda com a colaboração de Mário J. Negrão, vencedor do prémio Território | Estúdios Victor Córdon na categoria de Melhor Realizador Português do InShadow – Lisbon ScreenDance Festival 2022. Com uma identidade visual própria, o artista irá apresentar-nos a sua visão do programa através de uma nova curta-metragem a ser projetada no espetáculo. 

Depois da estreia no Teatro Nacional S. João (Porto), o espetáculo do _Território VI_ irá encerrar o Millennium Festival ao Largo (Lisboa) e seguirá depois para Leiria, onde se fará a última apresentação desta edição.

Schedule

_Territory_ is a program dedicated to young dancers aged between 14 and 18 from dance schools all over the country. Every year the program welcomes internationally renowned choreographers who share their works and creative processes with the group of young people selected for each edition.  

Over the course of its many editions, _Territory_ has welcomed more than 80 young dancers from across the country, coming from nearly 40 dance schools in over 30 Portuguese cities.

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 short film by director João Sanchez, winner of the Território | Estúdios Victor Córdon award for Best Portuguese Director from InShadow - Lisbon ScreenDance Festival 2023. 


TERRITORY VII

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Parceiros de Temporada

New program that aims to support independent artistic production structures, for one or more seasons, in the development of projects that complement the action of the EVC. The support is given through co-production or collaboration in programs proposed by these structures, whose themes and objectives meet the interests and needs of our community. 

With a focus on the promotion of knowledge, _Season Partners_ is thus expanding the space dedicated to artistic practices and research of the artistic community, fostering the sharing of responsibility in action and encouraging cooperation.

###### PARASITA
_Wording Dances _ 

A series of lectures presented in podcast format, in which distinguished artists from around the world talk about issues that make contemporary dance and its various manifestations an endless ground for questioning and creation. Curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira.


###### Ordem do O
_ECOSYSTEM.dances.bodies_
Cycle of conversations, masterclasses, lectures and workshops

Program that proposes alternative ways of sharing in a stimulating context, where artists and public meet. Curated by Cláudia Galhós and mediated by Natacha Campos. 

Margarida Bettencourt + Piny (masterclass) + a.ves liberta
Liliana Garcia + Joana Providência (masterclass) + Joãozinho da Costa
Beatriz Marques Dias (masterclass / workshop / creation of handmade books, from the talks' notebooks) + Madalena Victorino + Josefa Pereira
Xana Novais + Joana Castro (masterclass) + Olga Roriz

###### Coffeepaste
Workshops and training

In the context of the new EVC program entitled _Season Partners_, a partnership with the portal for the dissemination of performing arts Coffeepaste will be launched. In this regard, Coffeepaste will propose a cycle of events dedicated to dance practices to take place in our space. This cycle will include workshops and other modalities of sharing artistic research in this area.





EVC hosts Coffeepaste as one of the _Season Partners_, a program that aims to support independent artistic production structures in the development of projects that complement EVC's action.  With a focus on the promotion of knowledge, _Season Partners_ thus comes to expand the space dedicated to artistic practices and research in the artistic community, fostering the sharing of responsibility in action and encouraging cooperation.

###### The author of the Theater review doesn't have the hand of God, only his Achilles heel

##### _A man must serve his time to every trade. Save censure — critics are ready-made._ Lord Byron

This workshop aims to analyze the role of the (non-)existence of theater critique in Portugal, its purposes, methods and types of discourse; discuss the difference between _to opine_ and _to review_;  talk about the essentiality of what is being discussed when criticizing; outline the essential aspects that make up a theater review and provide participants the ability to produce them.

###### Sharing meanings
_Dance can be discussed, debated, written about, analyzed and explored from a wide variety of perspectives._ Alexandra Carter (1994)

Taking into consideration the previous statement, the aim of this workshop on dance criticism is to identify points of view that make up the territory of the discipline, discussing them in terms of usefulness and opportunity for approaching choreographic work and its creators' trajectories. Thus, _what to criticize?_, _how to criticize?_, _why criticize?_, will function as guiding questions of a persistent and certainly unfinished debate. In a second session, the workshop will offer an opportunity to share ideas and texts of critical analysis about the same choreographic work.





theater and dance reviews workshop

ECOSYSTEM.dances.bodies is a project by Ordem do O in co-production with EVC, in the context of the Season Partners program. 

_Let's take dances. But which dances, we ask? Let's take bodies. But which bodies, we ask? Let's take multiplicity._

ECO.ntro #2 - "BECOMING - práticas de travessia", with Joana Castro
July 29th, from 10am to 1pm, at Estúdios Victor Córdon

_In this session, the idea is to share tools used in my artistic practice, in a constant exploration of the body through exercises that use voice in relation to movement, breaking habits and developing a mutant and versatile body._

ECO.ntro #2 ⎯ JOANA CASTRO

ECOSYSTEM.dances.bodies is a project by Ordem do O in co-production with EVC, in the context of the Season Partners program. 

_Let's take dances. But which dances, we ask? Let's take bodies. But which bodies, we ask? Let's take multiplicity._

This session invites everyone who has the space to share and listen. Bodies that emit and absorb in care, yet with places of friction. Bodies that understand spaces for sharing as spaces for caring for themselves and for the collective. However, there is no room for discrimination of any kind. It's about dance, but it's up to each person to discover how it's done.
I believe that understanding the reason for the form can be an enormous asset for understanding the dances that engage me/us.

Understanding not only through knowledge, but also through feeling - the two together. Pressure and oppression generate bodies. Freedom and pleasure generate other kinds of bodies. Struggles and protests have a specific weight. Celebration and festivities have a different weight. We carry our ancestry when we absorb other ancestries, and fully-filled bodies are immense movements.
##### Piny
 
 
###### ECO.ntro #3
##### "_DANCE[s] in intersectional, sensitive and political accumulation_", with Piny

##### 23 SEP, 2023
##### 10am ⏤ 1pm
##### Estúdios Victor Córdon
##### Free admission upon prior registration

ECO.ntro #3 ⏤ Piny

The renowned and talented Portuguese choreographer Tânia Carvalho will be at EVC to give a workshop to people with some experience in dance, which will take place over two afternoons in the last days of November. 

The dance workshop, entitled _6_, will consist of "movement composition exercises and exercises for creating choreographic schemes" or "other things that might come up", in her own words. "I like to observe the group and let myself be led by it too."

_6_ is part of the partnership that Estúdios Victor Córdon have established with the online platform Coffeepaste under the program _Season Partners_. This program aims to support independent artistic production structures, for one or more seasons, in the development of projects that complement the action of EVC. In this context, Coffeepaste has been proposing events dedicated to dance practices to take place in our space, including workshops and other modalities of sharing artistic research in this area.

The artist, born in Viana do Castelo, has a remarkable career in Portugal and abroad, especially in the field of dance, but she also dedicates herself to music, drawing and cinema, and has a vast and multidisciplinary body of work. 

More information [HERE](https://www.coffeepaste.com/workshop/andquot6andquot/)

"6" ⎯ Workshop with Tânia Carvalho

ECOSYSTEM.dances.bodies is a project by Ordem do O in co-production with EVC, in the context of the Season Partners program. 

_Let's take dances. But which dances, we ask? Let's take bodies. But which bodies, we ask? Let's take multiplicity._

The conversations integrated in ECOSSISTEMA.danças.corpos are entitled ECO.trade.stories and propose the exchange of stories and perspectives on body and dance with three dance artists.

Ecossistema.danças.corpos is curated and moderated by Claudia Galhós and Natacha Campos.

###### ECO.trade.story #3
##### with Piny, Liliana Garcia and Olga Roriz
##### SEP 23, 2023
##### Estúdios Victor Córdon

##### Free admission

ECO.trade.story #3 ⏤ Piny, Liliana Garcia e Olga Roriz

ECOSYSTEM.dances.bodies is a project by Ordem do O in co-production with EVC, in the context of the Season Partners program. 

_Let's take dances. But which dances, we ask? Let's take bodies. But which bodies, we ask? Let's take multiplicity._

The conversations integrated in ECOSSISTEMA.danças.corpos are entitled ECO.trade.stories and propose the exchange of stories and perspectives on body and dance with three dance artists.

Ecossistema.danças.corpos is curated and moderated by Cláudia Galhós and Natacha Campos.


###### ECO.TRADE.STORY #4
##### with Josefa Pereira, Pedro Ramos and Xana Novais
##### DEC 8, 2023
##### Estúdios Victor Córdon
##### Free admission

ECO.trade.story #4 ⏤ Josefa Pereira, Pedro Ramos and Xana Novais

ECOSYSTEM.dances.bodies is a project by Ordem do O in co-production with EVC, in the context of the Season Partners program. 

_Let's take dances. But which dances, we ask? Let's take bodies. But which bodies, we ask? Let's take multiplicity._

_Spiritual Dance – practices of an expanded body_ explores movement practices from an expanded view of the body as a psycho-physical whole, as "a piece of nature to be discovered". Pedro Ramos proposes a session based on the essential aspects of his artistic research: the practice of Yoga, alchemical studies, and Jung's work, as they relate to psychology, the performing arts - particularly dance - and Deep ecology. Through movement, in an immersive way, a particular tuning of consciousness in the body will be practiced - with the focus on breathing - as the _leitmotiv_ that links consciousness to movement, in both its biological and spiritual dimensions. 


###### ECO.ntro #4
##### _Spiritual Dance – practices of an expanded body_, with Pedro Ramos

##### 8 SEP, 2023
##### 10am ⏤ 1pm
##### Estúdios Victor Córdon
##### Free admission upon prior registration

ECO.ntro #4 ⏤ Pedro Ramos

Novo programa que pretende apoiar estruturas de produção artísticas independentes, durante uma ou mais temporadas, no desenvolvimento de projetos que complementam a ação dos EVC. O apoio é dado através da coprodução ou colaboração em programas propostos por essas estruturas, cujos temas e objetivos vão ao encontro dos interesses e necessidades do nosso público. 

Com o foco na promoção do conhecimento, _Parceiros de Temporada_ vem, assim, ampliar o espaço dedicado às práticas artísticas e de investigação da comunidade artística, fomentando a partilha da responsabilidade na ação e incentivando a cooperação.

###### PARASITA
_Falar as danças_  
Série de palestras em formato de podcast, em que artistas distintos do panorama internacional discorrem sobre matérias que fazem da dança contemporânea e das suas diversas manifestações um inesgotável terreno de problematização e criação. Curadoria de Carlos Manuel Oliveira.


###### Ordem do O
_ECOSSISTEMA.danças.corpos_
Ciclos de conversas, masterclasses, palestras e oficinas
Contacto com formas alternativas de partilha num contexto estimulante de encontro entre artistas e público. A curadoria é de Cláudia Galhós e a mediação de Natacha Campos. 

Margarida Bettencourt + Piny (masterclass) + a.ves liberta
Liliana Garcia + Joana Providência (masterclass) + Joãozinho da Costa
Beatriz Marques Dias (masterclass / oficina / construção artesanal dos livros a partir dos cadernos das conversas) + Madalena Victorino + Josefa Pereira
Xana Novais + Joana Castro (masterclass) + Olga Roriz

###### Coffeepaste
Workshops e formação
No contexto do novo programa dos EVC _Parceiros de Temporada_, inaugura- se uma parceria com o Coffeepaste, um portal destinado à divulgação das artes performativas. Neste âmbito, o Coffeepaste proporá um ciclo de eventos dedicados ao estudo da dança a acontecer no nosso espaço, ciclo esse que passará pela realização de workshops e pela partilha de práticas artísticas nesta área.







Parceiros de Temporada 2023

Now in its second edition, Season Partners establishes partnerships with independent artistic production structures, for one or more seasons, to carry out projects of common interest.

The program, which has so far developed projects in collaboration with Associação Parasita, Ordem do O and the online portal Coffeepaste, expands the space dedicated to the artistic practices and research of the artistic community, fostering the sharing of responsibility in action and encouraging cooperation. In this edition, we are continuing the previously established partnerships and starting a new collaboration with Associação VAI, which brings us the OU.kupa project.

### Associação VAI
#### OU.kupa project
##### Curated by Piny
##### ⏤ OU.kupa Residencies
These residencies aim to open up space and time for artistic research in the studio, with mentoring, for areas of dance that have not been given much attention and space in institutional venues in Portugal, but which are part of the the cultural fabric, often made invisible. 
##### ⏤ With the project _OU.kupando - what fits in contemporary dance(s)?_, the aim is to broaden the spectrum of techniques that are shared in the contemporary dance practice for professionals offered by the EVC, making it possible to inscribe new dance histories - narratives that fill in the absences.

### Parasita
#### _Wording Dances_ - ongoing series
##### Curated by Carlos Manuel Oliveira
##### A series of lectures presented in podcast format, in which distinguished artists from around the world talk about issues that make contemporary dance and its various manifestations an endless ground for questioning and creation.
#### _Thinking about Audio Description for Contemporary Dance_
##### Curated by Ana Rita Teodoro
##### The EVC will host this collective training and research experience, curated by artist Ana Rita Teodoro, during the classical and contemporary dance observation sessions.

### Ordem do O
#### _Ecosystem.dances.bodies_
##### 2nd edition
##### Curated by Cláudia Galhós and mediated by Natacha Campos
##### _Ecosystem.dances.bodies_ is a project in movement, transformation and renewal, consisting of conversations, masterclasses, lectures and workshops. It proposes alternative ways of sharing in a stimulating context, where artists and public meet.

### Coffeepaste
#### Workshops and training
##### 2nd edition
##### In the context of a partnership with Coffeepaste, the portal for the dissemination of the performing arts will propose another cycle of events dedicated to dance studies, including workshops and the sharing of artistic practices in this field.

Season Partners

Partners

Season Partners 2023

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The entrance to the EVC building will be transformed into an exhibition space that will host exhibitions and installations by artists whose work has a connection to the performing arts.

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

###### _3 anos de Itinerários_ 
Ágata Xavier, Tamara Seilman and an artist to be announced 

 


The book at the source of this lecture - Como uma Raça foi Imaginada - researches the beginnings of the history of western Judeophobia, and challenges the idea that Christianity was built after and in opposition to Judaism. On the contrary, it is indeed Judaism that was formed under the pressure of Christianity, at the same time adapting to the terms of the trial that its enemies had brought against it for centuries.
The same book also challenges the misleading identification of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism at the center of some contemporary debates. To what extent has Zionism, born as a distress response to modern Judeophobia, became its mirror? To what extent has Zionism inherited the ideological foundations that have always characterized the persecutors of the Jews?

Lecture ⏤ Antisemitism and the Imagination of a People-Race

#### _How the "Land of Israel" was Invented_

Shlomo Sand

S. SAND (b.1946) is a historian and Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, where he taught Contemporary History. Son of Polish parents, Yiddish culture and Holocaust survivors, he spent the first two years of his life in a "camp for displaced persons" before his family emigrated to Israel, where he did his compulsory military service and fought in the Six Day War (1967). He received his PhD in 1982 from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. His research has focused on modern cultural history, the Zionist movement and the construction of Israel. Translated into more than 30 countries, _How the Jewish People Were Invented _(2008), _How the "Land of Israel" Was Invented _(2012) and _How I Stopped Being Jewish_ (2013) have given him worldwide projection. He is also the author of _Le XXe siècle à l'écran_ (2004), dedicated to cinema. More recently he published _How a Race was Invented_ (2020), describing the process of racialisation of the Jews, taking place between Judeophobic Europe and nationalist Israel, denouncing in both cases the phobia towards the "other", who was once Jewish and with disturbing frequency now tends to be Arab.

Shlomo Sand sees Israel as a fait accompli, but calls for the transformation of the Jewish state into a state of all its citizens, regardless of ethnicity or religion.

Book launch ⏤ How the "Land of Israel" was Invented

#### _How a Rece was Imagined_

Shlomo Sand

S. SAND (b.1946) is a historian and Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University, where he taught Contemporary History. Son of Polish parents, of Yiddish culture and Holocaust survivors, he was born and spent the first two years of his life in a "camp for displaced persons" before his family emigrated to Israel, where he did his compulsory military service and fought in the Six Day War (1967). He received his PhD in 1982 from the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. His research has focused on modern cultural history, the Zionist movement and the construction of Israel. With translations in more than 30 countries, How the Jewish People Were Invented (2008), How the "Land of Israel" Was Invented (KKYM+P.OR.K, 2021) and How I Stopped Being Jewish (2013) have given him worldwide projection. He is also the author of Le XXe siècle à l'écran (2002), dedicated to cinema.

Book launch ⏤ How a Race was Imagined

_FOR A HAPPINESS LIKE THIS_
Victor Hugo Pontes, 20 years of artistic creation through images


Plastic, chameleonic, striking: these are adjectives commonly used to describe Victor Hugo Pontes' works, which are recognized for their visual power. The year 2023 marks two decades of continuous and challenging artistic creation, at the intersection between dance and theater, in a equilibrium that is in total articulation with set, costume, lighting and sound design. 

Victor Hugo Pontes is an artist of images, and has gathered over the years an extraordinary photographic - and artistic - archive of his pieces. He has invited or been challenged by great photographers to accompany his work, and it is a selection of these images that is now being shown to the public for the first time.

This exhibition is part of At Home program, of which Victor Hugo Pontes is the guest artist this year. 2023 is the year of celebration of 20 years of the Portuguese choreographer's career, and he will make the EVC his home for new projects and encounters with various formats, through multiple ways of approaching and promoting a reflection on his path.

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FOR A HAPPINESS LIKE THIS ⎯ Exhibition

A entrada dos EVC transformar-se-á num espaço expositivo que receberá exposições e instalações de artistas cujo trabalho tem uma ligação às artes performativas.


###### _POR UMA FELICIDADE ASSIM_ 
VICTOR HUGO PONTES, IMAGENS DE 20 ANOS DE CRIAÇÃO ARTÍSTICA 

###### _3 ANOS DE ITINERÁRIOS_ 
Ágata Xavier, Tamara Seilman e fotógrafo a anunciar 



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Bantu

At the origin of _Bantu_, there was an invitation addressed to Victor Hugo Pontes by Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, to develop a new piece performed by Mozambican and Portuguese dancers.

Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões – Portuguese Cultural Centre in Maputo have decided to develop a partnership for a joint programming over three seasons, which results from a desire to build bridges between the two countries and enable the mobility and internationalization of dance. _Bantu_ is thus the result of this partnership, and is born with the goal of crossing cultures and bringing the two countries closer together, allowing the training, circulation and internationalization of the performers. 

As for the program's title, _Bantu_ refers to a family of languages spoken in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozambique you can hear several Bantu languages; the predominant one is Macua. But _Bantu_ means more than one linguistic occurrence. It can also be: a language of its own that survived the imposed European languages; an identity mechanism; a body system "spoken" by Africans; a sign that remained closed to the colonizer; a form of communication with its own cultural, historical, religious, and political codes; an ephemeral materialization of the longest encounter. Bantu, the title, takes in everything we want or imagine _Bantu_, the piece, to be. The world is perceived from the language we speak: perhaps this was more or less Pessoa's idea when he wrote the famous and misunderstood phrase about the Portuguese language. In _Bantu_, Victor Hugo Pontes will walk the path that leads to an encounter with a language that is probably even devoid of words. We know that when one speaks with the body, a universal language is used, and that this is the language of dance.

It happens that, from the different geographies we inhabit - in a country or on a stage - we have different perspectives of the same world, and so we can never speak the same language, or see the same things, or get to the same places. _Bantu_ is a path to be traced. And the journey will be made across two continents, between two countries with complex affinities and deep memories of each other.

The meeting point will be a surprise.


The result of a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, "Bantu" is a new work by choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes and features both Portuguese and Mozambican performers. 
After the audition on February 3, 4 and 5, at the EVC and at the São João National Theatre, the creation process begins in August, which extends until its premiere at TNSJ, from October 5 to 8, 2023.

BANTU ⏤ Creation

The result of a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, _Bantu_, the new work by Portuguese choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes, will be presented for the first time from October 5 to 8 at Teatro Nacional São João (Porto).

Celebrating 20 years of choreographic work, Victor Hugo Pontes presents a piece which brings together Portuguese and Mozambican performers, breaking down the distance between two continents and between different languages, risking to invent a shared place and a common celebratory language.

__Bantu_ refers to a family of languages spoken in sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozambique you can hear several Bantu languages; the predominant one is Macua. But _Bantu_ means more than one linguistic occurrence. It can also be: a language of its own that survived the imposed European languages; an identity mechanism; a body system "spoken" by Africans; a sign that remained closed to the colonizer; a form of communication with its own cultural, historical, religious, and political codes; an ephemeral materialization of the longest encounter. Bantu, the title, takes in everything we want or imagine _Bantu_, the piece, to be._

EVC and Camões - Maputo are partners in a program that aims to build bridges between Portugal and Mozambique.

###### CREDITS
##### Artistic direction | Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Set design | F. Ribeiro 
##### Music | Throes & The Shine 
##### Technical direction and lighting design | Wilma Moutinho 
##### Sound design and technician | João Monteiro 
##### Costumes | Cristina Cunha and Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Assistant director | Cátia Esteves 
##### Artistic consultancy | Madalena Alfaia 
##### Production manager | Joana Ventura 
##### Executive producer | Mariana Lourenço 
##### Production assistant | Inês Guedes Pereira 
##### Cast | Dinis Abudo Quilavei, Dinis Duarte, João Costa, José Jalane, Maria Emília Ferreira, Marta Cardoso, Osvaldo Passirivo 
##### Trainee performer | Francisco Freire 
##### A program by | OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo 
##### Institutional partner of Estúdios Victor Córdon | Camões, I.P. 
##### Production | Nome Próprio 
##### Co-production | A Oficina / Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Camões - Centro Cultural Português em Maputo, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Teatro Nacional São João 
##### Support for Artistic Residency | A Oficina, CRL - Central Elétrica, OPART/Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Municipal do Porto

###### More info [HERE](https://estudiosvictorcordon.pt/en/programs/bantu-1)

###### Online ticket office [HERE](https://www.tnsj.pt/pt/espetaculos/6731/bantu).



Bantu ⏤ Premiere

The result of a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, "Bantu", the new work by Portuguese choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes, will be touring in Portugal between October 2023 and the first months of 2024, making a slight detour for an essential stop at the next edition of Kinani - International Contemporary Dance Festival, in Mozambique.

###### Tour

#### 2023
##### Premiere - 5-8 October | Teatro Nacional São João, Porto
##### October 13 | Casa das Artes de Famalicão
##### October 20 | Teatro Viriato, Viseu
##### 27 October | Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro
##### November 15 | Kinani Festival, Mozambique

#### 2024
##### January 18 - 20 | Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisboa
##### 23 February | Centro de Arte de Ovar
##### 29 February | Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Coimbra
##### date to be announced | GUIdance Festival, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães
##### date to be announced | Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Leiria


###### CREDITS
##### Artistic direction | Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Set design | F. Ribeiro 
##### Music | Throes & The Shine 
##### Technical direction and lighting design | Wilma Moutinho 
##### Sound design and technician | João Monteiro 
##### Costumes | Cristina Cunha and Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Assistant director | Cátia Esteves 
##### Artistic consultancy | Madalena Alfaia 
##### Production manager | Joana Ventura 
##### Executive producer | Mariana Lourenço 
##### Production assistant | Inês Guedes Pereira 
##### Cast | Dinis Abudo Quilavei, Dinis Duarte, João Costa, José Jalane, Maria Emília Ferreira, Marta Cardoso, Osvaldo Passirivo 
##### Trainee performer | Francisco Freire 
##### A program by | OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo 
##### Institutional partner of Estúdios Victor Córdon | Camões, I.P. 
##### Production | Nome Próprio 
##### Co-production | A Oficina / Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Camões - Centro Cultural Português em Maputo, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Teatro Nacional São João 
##### Support for Artistic Residency | A Oficina, CRL - Central Elétrica, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Municipal do Porto

###### EVC and Camões - Centro Cultural Português in Maputo are partners in a program that aims to build bridges between Portugal and Mozambique.


BANTU ⏤ Casa das Artes de Famalicão

The result of a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, "Bantu", the new work by Portuguese choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes, will be touring in Portugal until 2024, making a slight detour for an essential stop at the next edition of Kinani - International Contemporary Dance Festival, in Mozambique.

###### Tour

#### 2023
##### Premiere - 5-8 October | Teatro Nacional São João, Porto
##### October 13 | Casa das Artes de Famalicão
##### October 20 | Teatro Viriato, Viseu
##### October 27 | Teatro Aveirense, Aveiro
##### November 15 | Kinani Festival, Mozambique

#### 2024
##### January 18 - 20 | Teatro Nacional São Carlos, Lisboa
##### February 1 | GUIdance Festival, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães
##### February 17 | Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Leiria
##### February 23 | Centro de Arte de Ovar
##### February 29 | Teatro Académico Gil Vicente, Coimbra
##### March 15 - 16 | Teatro Baltazar Dias, Funchal
##### March 22 | Cineteatro Louletano, Loulé
##### April 12 | Teatro-Cine Torres Vedras, Torres Vedras


###### CREDITS
##### Artistic direction | Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Set design | F. Ribeiro 
##### Music | Throes & The Shine 
##### Technical direction and lighting design | Wilma Moutinho 
##### Sound design and technician | João Monteiro 
##### Costumes | Cristina Cunha and Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Assistant director | Cátia Esteves 
##### Artistic consultancy | Madalena Alfaia 
##### Production manager | Joana Ventura 
##### Executive producer | Mariana Lourenço 
##### Production assistant | Inês Guedes Pereira 
##### Cast | Dinis Abudo Quilavei, Dinis Duarte, João Costa, José Jalane, Maria Emília Ferreira, Marta Cardoso, Osvaldo Passirivo 
##### Trainee as a creative performer | Francisco Freire 
##### A program by | OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Camões - Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo 
##### Institutional partner of Estúdios Victor Córdon | Camões, I.P. 
##### Production | Nome Próprio 
##### Co-production | A Oficina / Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Camões - Centro Cultural Português em Maputo, Casa das Artes de Famalicão, Nome Prórpio, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Teatro Nacional São João 
##### Support for Artistic Residency | A Oficina, CRL - Central Elétrica, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Municipal do Porto

EVC and Camões - Maputo are partners in a program that aims to build bridges between Portugal and Mozambique.


Bantu ⏤ Tour

Dinis Abudo Quilavei em BANTU

Dinis Duarte em BANTU

João Costa em Bantu

José Jalane em BANTU

Maria Emilia Ferreira em BANTU

Marta Cardoso em BANTU

Osvaldo Passirivo em BANTU

Francisco Freire em BANTU

Na origem de _Bantu_ está um convite endereçado a Victor Hugo Pontes pelos Estúdios Victor Córdon e o Camões – Centro Cultural Português em Maputo, para o desenvolvimento de uma nova criação de dança com intérpretes moçambicanos e portugueses.

Os Estúdios Victor Córdon e o Camões – Centro Cultural Português em Maputo decidiram desenvolver uma parceria para uma programação conjunta ao longo de três temporadas, a qual resulta de uma vontade de criar pontes entre os dois países e possibilitar a circulação e internacionalização da dança. Fruto desta parceria, _Bantu_ nasce com o objetivo de cruzar culturas e aproximar os dois países, permitindo a formação, circulação e internacionalização dos intérpretes. 

Quanto ao título do programa, _Bantu_ designa uma família de línguas faladas na África subsariana. Em Moçambique ouvem-se várias línguas bantu; a predominante é a macua. Mas _Bantu_ designa mais do que uma ocorrência linguística. Pode ser também: uma linguagem própria que sobreviveu às línguas europeias entretanto impostas; um mecanismo identitário; um sistema corporal «falado» por africanos; um signo que permaneceu vedado ao colonizador; uma forma de comunicação com códigos culturais, históricos, religiosos e políticos próprios; uma materialização efémera do mais longo encontro. Bantu, o título, acolhe tudo o que queremos ou imaginamos que _Bantu_, o espetáculo, seja.
Da língua que falamos vê-se o mundo: talvez fosse mais ou menos esta a ideia de Pessoa quando escreveu a célebre e mal compreendida frase sobre a língua portuguesa. Em _Bantu_, Victor Hugo Pontes vai percorrer o caminho que conduz ao encontro com uma língua que provavelmente estará até despida de palavras. Sabemos que quando se fala com o corpo se usa uma linguagem universal e que é esta a linguagem da dança.

Acontece que, das diferentes geografias que ocupamos – num país ou num palco –, temos diferentes perspetivas do mesmo mundo, e assim nunca poderemos falar a mesma língua, nem ver as mesmas coisas, nem chegar aos mesmos lugares. _Bantu_ é um caminho por traçar. E o percurso será feito entre dois continentes, entre dois países com afinidades complexas e memórias profundas um do outro.

O ponto de encontro será uma surpresa.


The result of a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões – Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo, Bantu is a new work by choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes and features both Portuguese and Mozambican performers. 

Bantu premiered at TNSJ (Porto) last October, and then went on a national and international tour. In January 2024, the second part of the tour began, with the first presentation of the piece taking place in Lisbon, at The National Opera House of Portugal (TNSC), after which it will travel across the country.

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**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

This intense day of talks dedicated to the theme Contemporary dance(s) - diaspora and Afro-descendants in the Portuguese artistic context is aimed in particular at arts professionals, but will be open to the general public, for free and with translation into Portuguese sign language (LGP).

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##### 10 am 
#### **Welcoming of participants**
##### 10:30 am 
#### **Opening session**
##### 11:00 am 
#### _**Contemporary dances from and within the African diaspora**_
##### A discussion about contemporary dances from and within the African diaspora and their relationship with contemporary European dance theater. What relationships can be found between street dances, social dances and academic dances within a formal artistic system? What changes are needed to integrate other languages into the theatrical space?
##### with Hélio Santos, Jorge Cipriano, Nala Revlon
##### moderated by Piny
##### 1 pm 
#### Lunch break
##### 2:30 pm  
#### _**African and Afro-descendant performers and creators in contemporary dance theater in Portugal**_
##### Conversation about personal and professional experiences of Afro-descendants in the context of contemporary dance theater - forms of representation and representativeness.
##### with André Cabral, Ângela Guerreiro, Benvindo Fonseca
##### moderated by Piny
##### 4:30 pm 
#### **Conclusions and closing session**

###### Public in general, but specially directed to arts professionals
###### Free access
###### Portuguese sign language translation

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

Dança(s) contemporânea(s) - diáspora e afrodescendência no contexto artístico português

**Dança(s) contemporânea(s) - diáspora e afrodescendência no contexto artístico português**

Neste dia de conversas nos EVC escutaremos artistas africanos/as e afrodescendentes que convidámos para partilharem connosco experiências e reflexões sobre as suas práticas artísticas, de investigação e de pedagogia e também sobre a presença de pessoas negras e narrativas da diáspora africana no contexto da dança contemporânea em Portugal. Aqui, entende-se ‘dança contemporânea’ como um conceito que abrange as danças da contemporaneidade, como é o caso das danças de rua, do clubbing e das danças sociais, cuja presença nas instituições culturais e em contextos académicos é um assunto a debater.

Assim, pretendemos levantar questões em torno da documentação, transmissão, divulgação e apoios destas danças da contemporaneidade, e fazê-lo com as pessoas que as praticam – e através das suas narrativas – em espaços de visibilidade. 
 
Que danças da diáspora africana permanecem, e como se transformam, em Portugal? Que relações são possíveis entre danças de rua, as danças sociais e as danças académicas num sistema institucional de formação e de produção artística? 

Que papel pode ter a dança numa reflexão alargada sobre a relação de Portugal com países que colonizou?

###### Convidados e programa [AQUI](https://estudiosvictorcordon.pt/events/danca-s-contemporanea-s-diaspora-e-afrodescendencia-no-contexto-artistico-portugues-1)

###### Público geral, com especial foco em profissionais das artes

###### Acesso gratuito

###### Tradução simultânea em Língua Gestual Portuguesa (LGP)

Conferência Encontros para o Futuro V

A series of talks focusing on the situations 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 reveal different realities that are part of our society but are not properly acknowledged. 

###### _pari passu_

##### “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 thanks to migrant communities and various forms of knowledge. Who was Herculano Mercês? Who sewed Almada’s clothes? How many steps took someone who couldn't take steps? 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 door to your house?

##### Invited by Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Praga proposes the cycle 'Pari passu', dedicated to the acknowledgement of migrant artists and their movement practices which, although present in the public space, are still made invisible by multiple social factors. ‘Pari passu’ finds in the cultural manifestation in its many forms the shaping of a future. Against the mythification of the past, we call for the valorization of other presents.”

##### Teatro Praga


Meetings for the Future VI

Conference Meetings for the Future V

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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

This year, we will be welcoming at EVC the prestigious Belgian company Peeping Tom, founded by Gabriela Carrizo (Argentina) and Franck Chartier (France), which, through the leadership of Brandon Lagaert, will dedicate a week of intensive training to dance professionals.

The training is paid, but GDA offers scholarships, awarded in order of confirmation of registration. Registration is limited to a maximum of 30 participants. Personal accident insurance is compulsory.

**About the instructor**

Brandon Lagaert joined the Belgian company Peeping Tom in 2013 for the creation of _Vader_. He has also created _Moeder_, _Kind_, _Dido & Aeneas_ and _La Visita_, and it was within the company that he developed his own style and became a multidisciplinary artist.  

In his own work, Lagaert combines elements from different fields, such as urban and contemporary dance, theater and film. As a stage director, he often starts from the perspective of the performer to establish a baseline, before addressing the overall structure of the work. He currently does so with his company, KAIHO, with which he created the award-winning pieces _Subdued_ and _Mondo Fuso_.

###### Week I ⏤ SOLD OUT
#### AUG 28 ─ SEP 1, 2023

##### 10am – 1pm
##### 2pm – 5pm

###### Week II
#### SEP 4 ─ SEP 9 2023

##### SEP 4 | 10am - 5pm
##### SEP 5 | 10am - 5pm
##### SEP 6 | 5:30pm - 9:30pm
##### SEP 7 | 5:30pm - 9:30pm
##### SEP 8 | 5:30pm - 9:30pm
##### SEP 9 | 10am - 5pm





Programa de uma semana dedicado à prática de dança para profissionais que propõe uma formação intensiva no reinício das atividades após a época estival. 

Este ano, receberemos a prestigiada companhia belga Peeping Tom, fundada por Gabriela Carrizo (Argentina) e Franck Chartier (França).

Brandon Lagaert juntou-se à companhia belga Peeping Tom em 2013 para a criação da Vader. Criou também Moeder, Kind, Dido & Aeneas e La Visita, e foi no seio da companhia que desenvolveu o seu estilo próprio e se assumiu como artista multidisciplinar.  

No seu trabalho, Lagaert combina elementos de diferentes áreas, tais como dança urbana e contemporânea, teatro e cinema. Como encenador, parte frequentemente da perspetiva do intérprete para estabelecer uma base, antes de abordar a estrutura global da obra. Atualmente, fá-lo com a sua companhia, KAIHO, com a qual criou os espetáculos premiados _Subdued_ e _Mondo Fuso_.

###### Público-alvo
Profissionais da dança

###### Preço
220€

###### Bolsas GDA
##### Cooperadores GDA ⎯ 70€ (valor a pagar pelo participante)
##### Não Cooperadores GDA ⎯ 130€ (valor a pagar pelo participante)
##### _(as Bolsas GDA são cedidas por ordem de confirmação da inscrição)_

###### Limite de 20 participantes

###### Seguro de acidentes pessoais obrigatório






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€

###### Online registration

###### Personal accident insurance is required








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


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KICK OFF'23 

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Intensive and complementary KOVA training for dance professionals. KOVA is the language, practice and composition tool developed by the choreographer Marcos Morau, in which the focus of the movement is not so much the contact with emotions and feelings but a deep connection with the body and the search for shapes and volumes. 

Marcos Morau created in 2005 the company La Veronal, a collective of artists from dance, cinema, literature, and photography. His training and the tools he uses to develop his work are not limited to dance, extending to artistic disciplines such as photography and theater. 


###### Target Audience
Dance professionals

###### Price ⎯ 200€

###### GDA scholarships available

###### Limit of 30 participants

###### Online registration

Intensive and complementary KOVA training for dance professionals. KOVA is the language, practice and composition tool developed by the choreographer Marcos Morau, in which the focus of the movement is not so much the contact with emotions and feelings but a deep connection with the body and the search for shapes and volumes.

###### Online registration

###### GDA Scholarships available

EVC Training ⎯ La Veronal

Treino EVC ● La Veronal com Lorena Nogal

Formação intensiva e complementar de KOVA para profissionais da dança. KOVA é a linguagem e a ferramenta de prática e composição desenvolvida pelo coreógrafo Marcos Morau, em que o foco do movimento não é tanto o contacto com emoções e sentimentos mas sim uma conexão profunda com o corpo e a procura de formas e volumes. 

Marcos Morau criou, em 2005, a companhia La Veronal, um coletivo composto por artistas vindos da dança, do cinema, da literatura e da fotografia. A sua formação e as ferramentas que usa para desenvolver o seu trabalho não se limitam à dança, alargando-se a disciplinas artísticas como a fotografia e o teatro.

###### Público-alvo
Profissionais da dança

###### Preço ⎯ 200€

###### Bolsas Cooperadores GDA disponíveis 

###### Limite de 30 participantes

###### Inscrições online



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Intensive training week for dance professionals, with Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus.  

###### Target Audience
Dance professionals



EVC Training 2022

Complementary intensive training for professional dancers that gives them the opportunity to explore the fundamental languages of contemporary dance, this year focusing on the artistic language of Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite.

###### Target Audience
Dance professionals

###### Price ⎯ 200€

###### GDA grants available

###### Online registration




EVC Training

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EVC Training 2023

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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
(provisional title)




_Corpo Clandestino_ is the arena where seven performers are given a voice, a place of speech. The bodies of Ana Afonso, Andreia, Gaya, Joãozinho, Mafalda, Paulo and Valter are vehicles of identity: they produce images that cannot be forgotten, they tell us things that maybe we didn’t expect to hear. The shape of these bodies is rare, not subject to categorization, often pushed to an invisibility that comforts those who (don't) see and destabilizes those who are(n't) seen. That is no space for that comfortable place here.

_Corpo Clandestino_ is an exercise in displacement and recomposing: what is not usually on stage is put there; attention is sharpened; physical pieces are assembled. On stage there are performers whose non-normative bodies throw the spectator, without a safety net, into a landscape rarely glimpsed – a cast of performers configured in opposition to classicisms and ideals. On stage there is, after all, a single body, formed by seven truly unique pieces. 

Forming part of the Rota Clandestina artist residency project, in Setúbal, this work by choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes rethinks the normative approach to the body, which subsists to this day, proposing a path where there is space for communication and sharing, alternative to reductionist, standardized and useless perspectives. From the moment the spectator's point of view coincides with the performers' point of view, it becomes indisputable that we can all occupy and share the same world, however different each one's body may be.

###### Credits
Artistic direction **Victor Hugo Pontes**
Set design **F. Ribeiro**
Music **Joana Gama e Luís Fernandes**
Technical director and Light designer **Wilma Moutinho**
Costumes **Cristina Cunha e Victor Hugo Pontes**
Cast **Ana Afonso Lourenço, Andreia Miguel, Gaya de Medeiros, Joãozinho da Costa, Mafalda Ferreira, Paulo Azevedo e Valter Fernandes**
Director assistant **Ángela Diaz Quintela**
Sound **Rafael Maia**
Artistic consultancy **Madalena Alfaia**
Production director **Joana Ventura**
Executive Producer **Mariana Lourenço**
Production assistant **Inês Guedes Pereira**
Residence support **CRL - Central Elétrica, O Espaço do Tempo, Rota Clandestina - Município de Setúbal, Teatro Municipal do Porto - Campo Alegre**
Coproducers **Nome Próprio, A Oficina - CCVF, Centro de Arte de Ovar, Rota Clandestina - Município de Setúbal, Teatro José Lúcio da Silva, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Théâtre de Liège e Theatro Circo**
Acknowledgements **Teatro Nacional São João**


Corpo Clandestino ⎯ Victor Hugo Pontes

Celebrating 20 years since the beginning of his career, 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.

The cast of _Corpo Clandestino_ will present a lecture-performance around a challenging core theme: non-normative bodies. Based on previously established premises, each performer, in their physical singularity, creates a performance about themselves. These short performances will be presented simultaneously and in continuity, in different spaces of the EVC, through which the public can circulate freely, so that they have the possibility to see all the pieces. At the end, there will be a conversation with the public, moderated by Gaya de Medeiros and Victor Hugo Pontes.

UNIQUE PHYSICAL PARTS ⎯ Lecture-performance

No ano em que comemora 20 anos de criação artística, Victor Hugo Pontes é o artista convidado para estar _Em Casa_. 2023 será um ano de celebração em que o coreógrafo fará dos EVC a sua casa para novas criações e encontros com formatos diversos, através de múltiplos modos de abordar e promover uma reflexão sobre o seu percurso.

###### Exposição ⎯ _Por uma felicidade assim_
Victor Hugo Pontes, imagens de 20 anos de criação artística

###### Conferência - Performance ⎯ _Peças físicas singulares_

###### Edição de livro ⎯ _Por uma felicidade assim_
Victor Hugo Pontes, 20 anos de criação artística
(título provisório)



Em Casa ⏤ Victor Hugo Pontes

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).



At Home ⏤ Marlene Monteiro Freitas

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, Mathieu Bouvier and Loic Touzé, 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. 

_Fazer falar o fazer [“Making the doing speak”] - tools 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 tools to encourage thinking, speaking and listening, and provide encounters between artists and between the artists and the audience.

_Carnation_
After collaborating on _Orchidelirium - An appetite for Abundance_, a project presented at the Venice Biennale (2022), 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! - Experimental sessions relating artistic to therapeutic practices_
In this project led by Teresa Silva, the artist aims to show how artistic practice generates states of attention, self-knowledge and transformation that intensify the human being’s potential. In these individual sessions, each person will be invited to look at what affects them in the present moment and, from there, work together on a sensitive and experimental path, intersecting the artistic and therapeutic fields.

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 into places of affection, ritual and healing.


At Home ⏤ Teresa Silva

Partner

At Home ⏤ Victor Hugo Pontes

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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


In the final week of the last artist residency of the 2023 _Itineraries_ program, a second informal showcase of the work of the three invited artists will be held, this time at Estúdios Victor Córdon in Lisbon.

_Itineraries_ 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.  It is a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, through the Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo.


Itineraries ⏤ Meeting at EVC

The _Itineraries_ artistic creation incentive program, which is aimed at Mozambican dance creators, is once again taking place for the third year in a row. This time, the first phase will be held in partnership with Materiais Diversos Festival and will take the form of a one-week Artist Residency in Alcanena, in October 2023.

The first stage of the program takes the three artists to the source of the Alviela River, in particular to the Living Science Centre Alviela, where they will take part in the seminar _Companionship and collaboration - artistic practices for sustainability_, led by Carolina Cifras, Simone Frangi and Clara Antunes. They will also have the opportunity to attend some performances within the festival.

The _Itineraries_ program is a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Institute for Cooperation and Language, through the Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo.

Itineraries  ⏤ Artist Residency in Materiais Diversos Festival

The Itineraries artistic creation incentive program, which is aimed at Mozambican dance creators, is once again taking place for the third year in a row. The first phase of the program took place in Alcanena, at the Materiais Diversos Festival, and the second artist residency took place in Guimarães, where the artists were hosted by A Oficina. Finally, at the end of October we come to the third and final phase of the _Itineraries_ program, with an artist residency that will take place in Lisbon, in one of the program's founding houses: Estúdios Victor Córdon.

In the capital, the artists will continue to develop their work, which will be shared with the public in the last days of the residency, on November 9. During their residency, they will also lead three open classes, which will be an opportunity to meet people interested in dance and dance professionals in Lisbon. As well as visiting the city, the three artists will be able to get in touch and acquaint themselves with other artists and cultural agents based here, as well as getting to know Lisbon's cultural venues. In this final phase of the work, the choreographer Piny will come to EVC at certain times to accompany each artist's process.  

The _Itineraries_ program is a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Institute for Cooperation and Language, through the Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo.

Itineraries ⏤ Residency at EVC

After visiting and taking part in the Materiais Diversos Festival, the three artists will head to Guimarães, where the program's second residency will take place, in partnership with A Oficina.

The creation residency begins at the Candoso Creation Center. There, the artists will be provided with work spaces in a quiet environment, conducive to research, while at the same time being close to the city of Guimarães. Choreographer Piny will join the artists in the studio at several moments. 

The _Itineraries_ program is a partnership between Estúdios Victor Córdon and Camões - Institute for Cooperation and Language, through the Portuguese Cultural Center in Maputo.

Itineraries ⏤ Residency at Candoso Creation Center

3 anos de Itinerários ⏤ Exposição

Itinerários 2023 ⏤ Meeting

Pelo 3º ano consecutivo, realizar-se-á o programa de incentivo à criação artística _Itinerários_, dirigido a criadores moçambicanos da área da dança. Esta é uma parceria entre os Estúdios Victor Córdon e o Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, através do Centro Cultural Português em Maputo.

_Itinerários_ pretende criar uma rede entre Moçambique, Portugal e outros parceiros na Europa, desenvolvendo iniciativas que relacionem os vários territórios entre si, com o intuito de promover a internacionalização na criação artística. 

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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


_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


Itineraries 2022

Co-production

Institutional Partner

Itineraries 2023

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This program promotes the collaborative spirit and enhances collaborations between composers and artists from other areas in the creative process. _Young Composers_ develops in three moments of experimentation and creation that culminate with a presentation of the materials created throughout the process.

In previous editions, artists such as Joana Craveiro, the duo Inês Barahona and Miguel Fragata, or writers such as Gonçalo M. Tavares have collaborated on the program. 

In 2023, _Young Composers_ will be coordinated by composer Luís Tinoco, with the collaboration of choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes, visual artist João Penalva and the Concrete [Lab] Ensemble, and the participation of students from Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), Escola Superior de Dança (ESD), Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD.CR) and Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE).



Young Composers returns in 2023 for its 6th edition and proposes collaboration in creative practice among composers, visual artists, and choreographers. In 2023, Young Composers will be coordinated by composer Luís Tinoco, with the collaboration of choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes, and the participation of students from Concrète Lab Ensemble, Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), Escola Superior de Dança (ESD), Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD.CR).

###### Week I
Instrumental Composition Lab
Jan 9 ⏤ 14, 2023


Young Composers ⏤ Week I

In 2023, _Young Composers_ reaches its 6th edition and proposes a collaboration between composers, visual artists and choreographers. Once again coordinated by composer Luís Tinoco, Victor Hugo Pontes (dance) and João Penalva (visual arts) also collaborate in their respective areas. 

The program's participants are students from Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), Escola Superior de Dança (ESD), Escola Superior de Artes e Design, and Concrète Lab Ensemble.

This year, the program was divided into three parts: week I, dedicated to musical composition, took place in January; week II, which brought together composers and visual artists, took place at the end of February and beginning of March; and now, at the end of May, begins week III, which brings together composers and choreographers, and will lead, like the other two, to a presentation of the work developed so far, to take place on June 3rd, 2023, at the EVC.

Between May 29 and June 3, the composers Eva Aguilar, João Pacheco and Ricardo Almeida and the choreographers Ana Isabel Castro, Gaya de Medeiros and Marta Jardim will be working together at the EVC.

###### Week III
##### Composers & Choreographers

###### Presentation
##### 3 JUN, 2023
##### Estúdios Victor Córdon

Young Composers ⎯ Week III

Programa que promove o espírito colaborativo e potencia o trabalho entre compositores e criadores de outras áreas artísticas em processos de criação. O percurso de _Jovens Compositores_ desenvolve-se em três momentos de experimentação e criação que culminam com uma apresentação dos materiais criados ao longo do processo.

Em edições anteriores, colaboraram no programa artistas como Joana Craveiro, a dupla Inês Barahona e Miguel Fragata, ou escritores como Gonçalo M. Tavares. 

Em 2023, _Jovens Compositores_ contará com a coordenação do compositor Luís Tinoco, a colaboração do coreógrafo Victor Hugo Pontes, do artista plástico João Penalva e da orquestra Concrete [Lab] Ensemble,  e a participação de alunos da Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa (ESML), da Escola Superior de Dança (ESD), da Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD.CR) e da Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (ESMAE).


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