_Raio de ti_ is a piece that seeks to reflect on artistic appropriation while at the same time raising issues related to experience, memory and representation that are specific to this project: life history and place of speech.
Here, the emancipation and power of women's artistic creation is revealed.
The dancer appropriates images from the film, which was never completed, _Nether Ballerina of Rottingdam_, which had as its creative motive exchanges and tensions between two worlds: that of filmmaker Demetri Estdelacropolis and the then young contemporary dancer Rita Vilhena. The filmmaker's camera lens explored the image of the highly eroticised young woman, in mundane tasks such as doing her personal hygiene, sleeping or waking up, and at the other extreme in scenes of masturbation, in precarious jobs that the young dancer performed in order to survive as an artist or doing domestic work without underwear. All these micro-narratives emphasised the image of the ballerina as an eroticised character.
From the collection of around 150 hours of filmed images, the dancer now re-edits this period of her life to give way to a new reading of the rays that the film-maker left in her.
With this work, the dancer undertakes a creative exercise in self-representation in order to gain mastery over her own life story, her own identity and, distancing herself from the denouncing tone of second wave feminist performances, to carry out a healing work by constructing a new reality with the retelling of this story. 
Between the images of the past and the movements of her present body, the dancer transforms the gesture of the film into a new dance, giving it a new meaning. _
Raio de ti_, more than a reckoning with the past, is a new poetic-sensitive discourse on what the construction of memory can be and, successively, the possibility of contaminating a freer and more inclusive future.

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_Raio de ti_ é uma performance-instalação que busca reflectir sobre a apropriação artística e levantar questões relacionadas com a experiência, a memória e a representação que são próprias deste projecto: a história de vida e o lugar de fala. O projeto revela a emancipação e poder da criação artística da mulher, apropriando-se do filme, nunca concluído, _Nether Ballerina of Rottingdam_ que teve como móbil criativo trocas e tensões entre dois mundos, o do cineasta Demetri Estdelacropolis e o da performer/bailarina contemporânea Rita Vilhena. As lentes da câmera do cineasta exploraram a imagem da jovem altamente erotizada, em tarefas mundanas e em trabalhos precários, a fim de sobreviver na sua condição de artista. A partir do acervo de 150h, Rita vai reeditar esse período de vida para dar lugar a uma nova leitura dos raios que o cineasta deixou em si. Criar _Raio de ti_ é mais que um ajuste de contas com o passado, é criar um novo discurso poético-sensível sobre o que pode ser a construção de memória e, sucessivamente, a possibilidade de contaminar um futuro mais livre e inclusivo.

##### Ficha Artística
concepção, criação e interpretação | **Rita Vilhena**
vídeo | **Demetri Estdelacropolis**
edição-montagem vídeo | **Lisa Nelson e Rita Vilhena**
dramaturgia | **Ana Vitória e Rita Vilhena**
sonoplastia | **Mariana Camacho e Rita Vilhena**
figurino | **Carlota Lagido**
desenho luz | **Nuno Patinho**
design e registo fotográfico | **Josefa Searle**
produção | **Partícula Extravagante e Inês Achando**

"Raio de ti" ⎯ Rita Vilhena

This program supports independent artistic creation, welcoming Portuguese and international dance artists and creators from other artistic areas, for a maximum period of two weeks. Since its inception, EVC is a space of cohabitation of multiple languages, acting in direct response to the needs of the artistic community.


Artistic Residencies

2023

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

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

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

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classical dance class

contemporary dance class

Lisbon, Portugal, 1990.

Maria Fonseca 

Brazil, 1983.

Ricardo Ambrózio

Paris, France, 1980.

Aurélia Bellet

###### Dança Clássica
2ª – 4ª – 6ª feiras
10h00 / 11h15

###### Dança Contemporânea
3ª – 5ª feiras
10h00 / 11h15

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



Prática Diária ⏤ Outubro

Daily classical and contemporary dance classes designed for professional dancers and those in the process of becoming professional dancers. In the schedule you can find the monthly calendar for the daily practice for professionals.

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

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

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


Dance Classes ⏤ Professionals

Daily Classes ⎯ October

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 healthy physical condition.

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
##### Mondays and Wednesdays
##### 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

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

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Leiria, Portugal.

Sara Schürmann

Portugal

Anadélia Giscafré

Aulas de dança clássica para adultos destinadas a quem pretende iniciar a sua aprendizagem ou a quem mantém uma ligação à dança desde sempre e quer continuar essa prática, como meio para uma condição física saudável.

###### Dança Clássica
##### 2.ª feira
##### 4.ª feira
##### 18h15 ⏤ 19h45

###### Preço
##### 10€/aula (seguro obrigatório)

Aulas de dança para adultos ⏤ OUTUBRO

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 healthy physical condition. In the schedule you can find the monthly calendar.

###### Classical Dance
Mondays: 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

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

Dance Classes ⏤ Adults

Dance classes for adults ⎯ October

In _A Pedra, a Mágoa_ the family entity is placed as an object of study, focusing on the hierarchical constructions that make it up, based on a traditionalist mentality in which parenthood assumes a mythological role as an untouchable heroic space. Questioning the limbo between public and private, the body is seen as an open-air excavation, a body left behind, a body of abandonment, a beast of burden similar to the 1,750 inactive quarries in Portugal.
In this new creation, Daniel Matos proposes to revisit and recompose Claude Debussy’s _Prélude à l’après-midi d’un Faune_, relating the concepts of destruction, myth and romanticism in a work dedicated to his parents.



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Em _A Pedra, a Mágoa_ coloca-se a entidade família como objeto de estudo, debruçando-se sobre construções hierárquicas que a compõem, alicerçadas numa mentalidade tradicionalista em que a parentalidade assume um papel mitológico como espaço heróico intocável. Questionando o limbo entre o público e o privado, assume-se o corpo como uma escavação a céu aberto, um corpo deixado, um corpo de abandono, um corpo animal de carga semelhante às 1750 pedreiras inativas em Portugal. 
Nesta nova criação, Daniel Matos propõe-se a revisitar e recompor o _Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune_ de Claude Debussy, relacionando os conceitos de destruição, mito e romantismo numa obra dedicada aos seus pais.”


###### Ficha Artística
##### Direção Artística, Criação e Concepção Plástica | Daniel Matos
##### Performers e Co-criadores | Lia Vohlgemuth e 3 intérpretes a definir após-audição
##### Colaboração Artística e Assistência de Ensaio | Beatriz Marques Dias
##### Apoio à Pesquisa | Sofia Soromenho
##### Banda Sonora Original (a partir de Debussy) | João Galante aka Coolgate e José Cruz
##### Desenho de Luz | Manuel Abrantes
##### Direção Técnica | Raúl Seguro
##### Cenografia | Daniel Matos & Manuel Abrantes
##### Fotografia | Rui Palma e Bruno Simão
##### Vídeo | João Catarino
##### Comunicação | Maria Tsukamoto
##### Assessoria de Imprensa | Tiago Mansilha
##### Direção de Produção | Joana Flor Duarte
##### Produção | CAMA a.c.
##### Co.Produção | Teatro das Figuras, Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias, Cine-Teatro Louletano, Casa Varela/Cine-Teatro de Pombal - Município de Pombal, Município de Lagos
##### Residência de Co.Produção | O Espaço do Tempo, Musibéria
##### Apoio à residência | OPART|Estúdios Victor Córdon
##### Apoios | ESTUFA - Plataforma Cultural, Espaço Alkantara, Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo, CAMADA - Centro Coreográfico, Associação de Dança de Lagos, Teatro Experimental de Lagos

Audição ⎯ "A Pedra, A Mágoa" de Daniel Matos

AUDITION ⎯ “THE STONE, THE SORROW” BY DANIEL MATOS

_ESTUDOS DA VOZ [studies of the voice] - dissociation, ecstasy, ghosts and other sonic fictions_ is an expanded research project in dance that takes voice as an ancestral technology of enchantment, orality and memory. It studies the threshold spaces between language, sound, breathing, vibration, fable-making, sensory aspects of words and "hallucinated" anatomies and situates itself in the experience of being a non-binary trans body as a strategy to question some of the historical paradigms of visuality, founded in normative discourses of capture and evidence.

The project is made up of a series of studies (dissociation studies, hallucination studies, and ghost-studies) with which Alina Ruiz Folini addresses different strategies of physical practice, writing, and archiving, as well as specific collaborations, simultaneously - and entangled with the process of creation.


###### Credits

##### Creation and artistic collaboration | Alina Ruiz Folini, Juli Frodermann, Rita Natálio, Maura Grimaldi, Isis Andreatta, Aline Belfort 
##### Artistic direction | Alina Ruiz Folini


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_ESTUDOS DA VOZ – dissociação, êxtase, fantasmas e outras ficções sónicas_ é um projeto expandido de investigação em dança que parte da voz como tecnologia ancestral de encantamento, oralidade e memória. Estuda os espaços limiares entre linguagem, som, respiração, vibração, fabulação, aspetos sensoriais das palavras e anatomias alucinadas e situa-se na experiência de ser um corpo trans não binário enquanto estratégia para questionar alguns dos paradigmas históricos da visualidade, fundados em discursos normativos de captura e evidência.

O projeto é composto por uma série de estudos (estudos da dissociação, estudos da alucinação e estudos-fantasma) com os quais Alina Ruiz Folini aborda diferentes estratégias de prática física, escrita e arquivo, assim como colaborações específicas, de forma simultânea - e emaranhada com o processo de criação. 


###### Ficha Técnica

##### Criação e colaboração artística | Alina Ruiz Folini, Juli Frodermann, Rita Natálio, Maura Grimaldi, Isis Andreatta, Aline Belfort 
##### Direção Geral | Alina Ruiz Folini


ESTUDOS DA VOZ ⏤ ALINA RUIZ FOLINI

_CAUSA MAIOR_ is a project developed by Companhia Maior (2021-2023) and supported by the PARTIS program of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and "la Caixa" Foundation. It aims to evaluate and reflect on the "social value" of Companhia Maior with the intention of demonstrating it publicly and amplifying the voices of people and the company's artistic and critical work. The aim is to explore other readings and other places of ageing and to contribute to the debate on more appropriate public policies for the health and well-being of older people, through the example of Companhia Maior. 

After the creations by Sofia Dias and Vítor Roriz and Ricardo Neves-Neves, in 2023 the company will begin a new creation with Aldara Bizarro.
In addition to the choreographic component, _CAUSA MAIOR_ develops a
a retrospective evaluation of the project's impact on the quality of life of its participants, complemented by a prospective aspect, based on a longitudinal study over three years.

The project ends with a new creation by Aldara Bizarro, a choreographer who has solid experience in inter-generational dialog and attention to the
non-professional community, in this case particularly older people who are less prominent in society.

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_CAUSA MAIOR_ é um projeto desenvolvido pela Companhia Maior (2021-2023) e apoiado pelo programa PARTIS da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e Fundação “la Caixa”. Tem como objetivo avaliar e refletir sobre o “valor social” da Companhia Maior com a intenção de o demonstrar publicamente e ampliar as vozes das pessoas e do trabalho artístico e crítico da companhia. Pretende-se explorar outras leituras e outros lugares do envelhecimento e contribuir para o debate de políticas públicas mais adequadas para a saúde e bem-estar dos mais velhos, através do exemplo da Companhia. 

Depois das criações de Sofia Dias e Vítor Roriz e Ricardo Neves-Neves, em 2023 a Companhia inicia uma nova criação com Aldara Bizarro.
Para além da componente coreográfica, _CAUSA MAIOR_ desenvolve uma
vertente retrospetiva da avaliação de impactes do projeto na qualidade de vida dos seus participantes, complementada por uma vertente prospetiva, assente num estudo longitudinal ao longo dos três anos.

O projeto termina com uma nova criação de Aldara Bizarro, coreógrafa que reúne uma experiência sólida no diálogo inter-geracional e na atenção da
comunidade não profissional, neste caso em particular, as pessoas de idade mais avançada e de menor protagonismo na sociedade.

Companhia Maior ⎯ Aldara Bizarro

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).



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Fruto de uma parceria entre os Estúdios Victor Córdon e o Camões – Centro Cultural Português em Maputo, a nova criação de Victor Hugo Pontes, intitulada _Bantu_, sobe ao palco do Teatro Nacional São João entre 5 e 8 de outubro de 2023.

Assinalando 20 anos de criação artística de Victor Hugo Pontes, a peça, que junta intérpretes portugueses e moçambicanos, rasura a distância entre dois continentes e entre linguagens distintas, arriscando a invenção de um lugar partilhado e de uma língua celebratória comum.

__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._

Os EVC e o Camões – Maputo são parceiros numa programação que visa criar pontes entre Portugal e Moçambique.


###### FICHA ARTÍSTICA E TÉCNICA 

##### Direção artística | Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Cenografia | F. Ribeiro 
##### Música | Throes & The Shine 
##### Direção técnica e desenho de luz | Wilma Moutinho 
##### Desenho e operação de som | João Monteiro 
##### Figurinos | Cristina Cunha e Victor Hugo Pontes 
##### Assistente de direção | Cátia Esteves 
##### Consultoria artística | Madalena Alfaia 
##### Direção de produção | Joana Ventura 
##### Produção executiva | Mariana Lourenço 
##### Assistência de produção | Inês Guedes Pereira 
##### Interpretação | Dinis Abudo Quilavei, Dinis Duarte, João Costa, José Jalane, Maria Emília Ferreira, Marta Cardoso, Osvaldo Passirivo 
##### Intérprete estagiário | Francisco Freire 
##### Programa | OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Camões – Centro Cultural Português em Maputo 
##### Parceiro institucional dos EVC | Camões, I.P. 
##### Produção | Nome Próprio 
##### Coprodução | 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 
##### Apoio à residência | A Oficina, CRL - Central Elétrica, OPART / Estúdios Victor Córdon, Teatro Municipal do Porto

###### mais info [AQUI](https://estudiosvictorcordon.pt/programs/bantu)

###### Bilheteira online [AQUI](https://www.tnsj.pt/pt/espetaculos/6731/bantu).


Bantu ⏤ Estreia no TNSJ

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.


Bantu ⏤ Premiere

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

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

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


Daily Practice

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

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

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

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 ⏤ March

###### 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 ⏤ MAY

Daily Classes ⎯ July

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

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

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

DAILY CLASSES ⏤ JUNE

Daily Classes ⎯ September

Práticas diárias de dança clássica e contemporânea destinadas a bailarinos profissionais e em vias de profissionalização. O calendário mensal para a 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

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

© Bruno Frango - EVC 2021

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
(provisional title)




At Home ⎯ Victor Hugo Pontes

At Home ⏤ Marlene Monteiro Freitas

Itinerários EVC 2023

_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."  
> 
> 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.
Francisca Mirine, Leia Mabasso and Vasco Sitoe are the three Mozambican artists to integrate the 2nd edition of this program.

Itineraries ⏤ Meeting

Itinerários ● Ágata Xavier ©EVC 2022

Itinerários ● Ágata Xavier ©EVC 2022

Itinerários ● Ágata Xavier ©EVC 2022.jpg

_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.”
>
> David Marques



Itinerários 2022

Schedule

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.
>
>David Marques


Itineraries

Support

Itineraries 2022

Josefa Searle ©EVC 2021

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 de 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 

KICK OFF’22 

Wim Vandekeybus © Vitorino Coragem | EVC 2022

© Vitorino Coragem | EVC 2022

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

###### Target Audience
Dance professionals



EVC Training

© Vitorino Coragem - EVC 2022

Semana de treino intensivo para profissionais da dança com o coreógrafo belga Wim Vandekeybus.  

###### Público
Profissionais de dança



Treino EVC 2022

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

EVC Training 

EVC Training 2022

@Mariano Silva

As part of the program planned for the triennium 2021-2023 in partnership with Camões - Centro Cultural Português de Maputo, this workshop is developed to share with other dance professionals the work of Portuguese choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes.

###### Target Audience
Dance professionals


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.
The audition for the play will take place on 3, 4 and 5 February at the EVC and at the Teatro Nacional São João.

Audition ⎯ Bantu

No âmbito da programação prevista para o triénio 2021 – 2023 em parceria com o Camões – Centro Cultural Português de Maputo, desenvolve-se este _workshop_ com o intuito de partilhar o trabalho do coreógrafo português Victor Hugo Pontes.  

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


Workshop em Maputo

Workshop in Maputo

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 healthy physical condition. 
 
###### Classical Dance
Mondays: 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

###### Price
7,5€ / class (insurance required)

Dance Classes for Adults

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 healthy physical condition. 

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
Mondays: 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm 

###### PRICE
7,5€ / class (insurance required)

DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS ⏤ APRIL

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 healthy physical condition.

##### CLASSICAL DANCE
Mondays: 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

##### PRICE
7,5€ / class (insurance required)

DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS ⏤ March

Dance Classes for Adults ⏤ February

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 healthy physical condition.

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
##### Mondays and wednesdays
##### 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

###### PRICE
7,5€ / class (insurance required)

DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS ⏤ MAY

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 healthy physical condition.

###### CLASSICAL DANCE
##### Mondays and Wednesdays
6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

###### PRICE
##### 7,5€ / class (insurance required)

DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS ⏤ JUNE

DANCE CLASSES FOR ADULTS ⏤ SEPTEMBER

Dança clássica para adultos, destinada a quem pretende iniciar a sua aprendizagem ou a quem mantém uma ligação à dança desde sempre e quer continuar essa prática  como meio para uma condição física saudável.
Na agenda podes encontrar o calendário mensal das aulas.

###### Dança Clássica
2.ª feiras:
18h15 - 19h45

###### Preço
10€/aula (seguro obrigatório)

Aulas de Dança ⏤ Adultos

dance classes for adults

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.

###### Main sponsor
Millennium bcp

Territory VI ⏤ Applications

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.

Main Sponsor

Parceiros

Acting

Schools represented

Territory VI

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 Ó
_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

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 de 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

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 Ó
_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.







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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?