Art

Sítio (NO WORDS)
THEATRE
Companhia da Chanca
June 23rd / Cultural Center, Espinhal / 9.30 p.m.

Approx. duration 50 min, All Audiences

An elderly couple living in an isolated village in the hinterland of Portugal receives a postcard with good news: the birth of a grandchild. The couple then decides to gather some gifts in a package to send their newborn grandson, who is abroad, and engage in a long and winding journey by foot. With the gift bundle safely tight under their arms and a sweet lust for life, the two will experience a succession of small and tender adventures.
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Ageing Preparation (PT-EN)
WORKSHOP 
Maria Seruya and Luísa Pinheiro
June 24th / Casa Família Oliveira Guimarães, Espinhal / 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.

All Ages

In this workshop we intend to raise awareness and consciousness of the ageing process through reflections and practical exercises in personal development. For this, we will use tools such as painting and collage, creative writing and sharing. This workshop is a partnership between Maria Seruya from the project Velhas Bonitonas, and Luisa Pinheiro, director and co-founder of Associação Cabelos Brancos.
 

Velhas Bonitonas
EXHIBITION
Maria Seruya
June 24th / Casa Família Oliveira Guimarães, Espinhal / 4 p.m.

Since 2016, Maria has been inspiring women of all ages to accept their ageing process with more attitude and confidence through the project “VELHAS BONITONAS – THE POWER OF OLD LADIES”. The foundation is painting, but the personality of the project is multidisciplinary. It materialises in the form of thematic exhibitions, motivational products, empowerment workshops, activist interventions and social responsibility actions. Maria believes that the way we want to age should be a personal choice, according to each woman's style, and that the most important thing is that this choice makes us feel really good in our skin.

Round Table (PT)
ART AND ACTIVE AGEING
June 24th / Casa Família Oliveira Guimarães, Espinhal / 4 p.m.

During the program, we open space for discussions at the intersection of several themes of society with Active Ageing. At the round table with Fernando Antunes, André Louro, Maria João Serrão, Maria Seruya, Luísa Pinheiro and Paula Lopes to talk about Art and Active Ageing.

Fernando Antunes
Purveyor of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Penela

André Louro
Artistic Director Companhia da Chanca
Graduated from the Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema de Lisboa, actor training and from the École Internationale de Théâtre Lassaad in Brussels, "Jacques Lecoq" method for performers and creators. He performs the monologue "O Libertino passeia por Braga, a idolátrica, o seu esplendor" by Luiz Pacheco. He worked in the group A Barraca, Companhia de Teatro de Almada and Teatro Extremo. He was creative assistant at the Olga Roriz Company. Staged "Debandada". He  has participated in several Portuguese television series and soap operas. He has composed music for several theatre projects. He is composer and performer of the string quartet Penicos de Prata, erotic and satirical poetry in music and of the piano, oboe and euphonium trio "2 chamadas não atendidas".


Luísa Pinheiro
Co-founder and president of Associação Cabelos Brancos; Activism against ageism
Graduated in Sociology / Social Policy, with a postgraduate degree in Multimedia Communication and a specialisation in Communication and Social Advocacy for NGOs, she has developed and implemented in the last decade, numerous projects with multiple stakeholders, European, national and regional, on the issues of ageism, longevity, ageing and intergenerationality, education and training, diversity and inclusion. Since 2015 she is co-founder and executive president of Associação Cabelos Brancos, a pioneer at national level in the prevention and combat of ageism- age discrimination - with a focus on educational projects and building intergenerational communities / innovative social projects in the area of longevity.
https://www.cabelosbrancos.com

Paula Lopes
Senior Cultural Animation Technician Casa de Beneficência Conselheiro Oliveira Guimarães and C.L.D.S. 4G

Master in Adult Education and Development and a graduated in Socio-Educational Animation from the Coimbra School of Education.
She has been a Senior Cultural Animation Technician at the Home for the Elderly Casa de Beneficência Conselheiro Oliveira Guimarães for the last 16 years and a collaborator in the C.L.D.S. 4G. She was for 4 years President of the Association of Parents and Guardians of the Professional School of Sicó (APEE Sicó) in Avelar, Alvaiázere and Penela. She is a volunteer at the Oliveira Guimarães Museum.
https://www.laroliveiraguimaraes.pt
CLDS 4G Penela

Theatre and Music (PT-EN)
WORKSHOP
Maria João Serrão, Paul Johnson and Companhia da Chanca
June 27th / Auditório Municipal de Penela / 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
All Ages

A free exploration of movements both physical and vocal. What do I feel when my body starts relating to space? How do my movements resonate? How do I play with the strengths  and rhythms of my creative impulses or of those of the collective?
What compositions are created when all these elements are brought into play?

Theatre Music Tertulia
Companhia da Chanca, Maria João Serrão and Paul Johnson
June 29th / Casa de Beneficência Conselheiro Oliveira Guimarães, Espinhal

An inter-generational and multicultural creative team, formed within the scope of this event, to create a performative and friendly moment with the users. Before performing, the artists will work in Chanca, in an artistic residency and in proximity to the surrounding context at the intersection of music and theatre as they have already been doing in their artistic careers from different perspectives and practices.