Cidade Dança, an event that has been promoted by the São João da Madeira City Council since 2019, curated by São Castro, marks World Dance Day every year, in the month of April. This year, the event takes place from April 29th to May 4th with a program dedicated to this artistic expression. With proposals for shows, documentary screenings, meetings between the public and artists, training in the professional or recreational domain, in various spaces in the city, there are several invited artists and structures from the area of national and international artistic creation, as is called for the artistic fabric resident in the city that is dedicated to this body craft.

In this edition, in addition to the program of shows and workshops, the event offers the community to participate in the process of creating a show, directed by the renowned choreographers Joana Providência and Daniela Cruz, who will be at the heart of the event and which will premiere on April 30th, as part of the programming of A CIDADE DANÇA.

 

The project is aimed at people of all ages from 16 years old, with or without experience in dance, who have a taste or curiosity in developing their knowledge and skills in artistic areas such as dance, theater, singing or acting, in a process of sharing experiences and collective creation led by the two choreographers invited.

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Joana Providência is a renowned choreographer, author of more than 49 works. She was nominated for the Prémio Autores by the Portuguese Society of Authors and awarded the Sete de Ouro – Revelation Prize. She has developed a personal choreographic composition language, prioritizing the relationship between performer and choreographer.

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Daniela Cruz, dancer and choreographer, trained at Codarts in Rotterdam and interned with Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel in Amsterdam. Her artistic practice is divided between performance, creation, training, and assisting choreographers, taking part in several participatory projects with communities as a co-artistic director.

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In this project designed for A CIDADE DANÇA, the creation process with the choreographers will take place from March 28th to April 29th - from Wednesday to Friday after work hours, between 6:15 pm and 8:15 pm, and on Saturday mornings between 10 am and 12:30 pm.

Registration is now open and the invitation to participate is extended to the entire community of São João da Madeira as well as neighboring areas. Registration must be made by the 16th of March, by filling out the available form.