Culture
"Ah/Ha" by Lisbeth Gruwez premieres at Campo Alegre Theatre
The Municipal Theatre of Porto premieres the choreography "Ah/Ha", by the Belgian choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez. The laughing body is the core of this Voetvolk production where five bodies meet at a locale without a name. They slowly clash one another and coalesce in one of the most expressive manifestations of humankind: laughter. The result is an encounter that becomes a dangerous feast of shared ecstacy.
Portugal at the Error festival in Slovakia with Oupa! Cerco Project
The Oupa! Cerco will represent Portugal at the Error festival in Bratislava, Slovakia, where members of the project from Porto will present the initiative and give a concert. Gisela Borges, project coordinator, explained that "the festival has been taking place for 10 years and it is a retrospective of social work using art as a tool."
"Eyes wide open! 100 years of Leica photography" at Porto Municipal Gallery
"Eyes wide open! 100 years of Leica photography" is the next exhibition to be featured at the Municipal Gallery of Porto from November 30, 2016 to February 5, 2017.
Glockenwise is the next event of the cultural programme "Cultura em Expansão"
The Pasteleira - Previdência / Torres quarter is the venue for the next "Cultura em Expansão" cultural programme, with a concert scheduled for November 26, Saturday, by Glockenwise, together with the Bonjóia Youth Orchestra. Glockenwise set out to revisit and reinvent Heat's songs from their third album of originals, with instrumental arrangements, in a concert integrated in the cycle "To each one its Music", that showcase renowed national musicians in a scenography created by artists from...
Seventh edition of Porta-Jazz Festival returns to the Rivoli stage on December 7 and 8
The Porta Jazz Festival, one of the highlights of the city's jazz program, returns to Porto on 7 and 8 December for its seventh edition. The program includes 11 concerts at the Teatro Rivoli, involving about 60 musicians, 20 of which are foreign. This year there will also be a parallel program (+ Bonus!), With several workshops and concerts:
"Cultura em Expansão" brings culture to the suburbs
The auditorium of the Aldoar community centre held a cinema session November 20, featuring the work of three emblematic film directors of the silent film era: Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin and Georges Méliès.
Cultural program "Cultura em Expansão" with film session in Aldoar
Cinema continues to play a paramount role in the cultural program "Cultura em Expansão" (Culture in Expansion). This Sunday, in the Aldoar auditorium, the session will include the works of three emblematic directors of silent films: Buster Keaton, Charles Chaplin and Georges Méliès.
"Os Pescadores" by João Sousa Cardoso at Rivoli Teatre
The Rivoli Theatre features "Os Pescadores" by João Sousa Cardoso. "Technique is fantastic, but only if it is seen glancing at the primordial" says the director.
The Enigma of Clérigos under review in the series of debates "An Object and Its Discourses"
Since the first edition, in 2014, the annual program of the series of debates "One Object and Its Discourses per Week", Porto City Hall launches a challenge to the city, to reveal itself through weekly conversations around its heritage.
Teatro Experimental do Porto premieres "What a rogue am I!" at Rivoli
The Teatro Experimental do Porto presents, in absolute debut, on the 18th (at 9.30 p.m.) and the 19th (at 7 p.m.), at the Grande Auditorium Manoel de Oliveira at Teatro Rivoli, "What a rogue am I!".