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Batida – Back to the theatre!
11 de Julho 2020 – BATIDA (do Pedro Coquenão) apresentou The Algorithm is not African no Teatro São Luiz. Primeiro espectáculo a que assisti depois do recolher imposto em março pela pandemia da Convid-19. Emocionante experiência. Aquele andar na rua … Continue reading
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My New Book 2020 – 70 Críticas de Dança
Editora Caleidoscópio 2020 This book brings together Paula Varanda’s work as a critic for the newspaper Público between 2004 and 2016. 70 dance reviews is a personal and professional testimony of 70 contemporary dance works presented in Portugal. The works … Continue reading
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Hello and thank you for visiting. This website regards my work and research in Portugal and abroad, which spreads from dance to a good range of activities around contemporary arts and cultural management and policy. This page has few blog … Continue reading
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daring times wispering at La Biennale Arte 2019
Post humanism, new identities, other narratives, digitized reality and rituals of honor and resistance, are some of the representations, experiences and denunciations that we found in a spiraling effervescence at the 2019 Venice Art Biennial, among which we highlight some artists and pavilions. . Among works and manifestos organized and called on the motto “interesting times” and “diverse orders” launched by curator Ralph Rugoff, is also the elegant and bold Portuguese representation of Leonor Antunes at the Fondazione Ugo and Olga Levi that deeply penetrates the Palazzo Giustinian Lolin with references of architecture, decoration and materials in a vertical plot that reveals the strength of this artist of international renown. Continue reading
Recently on Critical (dance) Stages
MARGEM – A brutal anatomy of adolescence Extended review published in the Portuguese edition of Le Monde Diplomatique, march 2019 MARGIN (Margem) is a superb new work by Portuguese choreographer Victor Hugo Pontes in collaboration with Joana Craveiro among other … Continue reading
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Recently in dance and cyberspace
Intimacy and affectivity in cyberspace confrence presentation @ What’s love got to do with it? Performance, Affectivity, Intimacy 19-02-2019 – Culturgest, Lisbon In the presence of a reality of emotions, knowledge and social interaction mediated and augmented by information and … Continue reading
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Recently in Cultural Policy
Apoio às artes – um modelo em construção Jornal Público 18-01-2019 Artigo de opinião sobre a revisão em curso do novo modelo de apoio às artes. Apresentação das alterações mais relevantes e discussão das suas implicações. Sempre defendi que o … Continue reading
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Recently in community art
Cultura de inovação e sustentabilidade – uma arte no Alentejo conference presentation @ Congresso Ciência Cultura e Turismo Sustentável Academia das Ciências 27-11-2018 Esta comunicação pretende salientar como a Cultura é um conceito susceptível de variáveis de interpretação e utilização, … Continue reading
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MEDIA THOUGHTS – I’M NOT TECHNOPHOBIC, I THINK…. 2
To IPad or not to IPad (Media thought 12/jun/2014-PV) With these thoughts I want to share a genuine concern and hopefully instigate more critical views on this subject. We need further awareness about what may be hidden, in this kind … Continue reading
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Theatre Review – ISOLDE, by the New York City Players
About: New York City Players – Isolde @ Culturgest auditorium, Lisbon, 15th January 2016 Review by: Paula Varanda The New York City Players have come to Lisbon this month for a double bill with Isolde (2014) and The Evening … Continue reading
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25 de Abril sempre ou o valor da marcha
Miúdas, 8,9,12 anos… Foram com as suas mães ao desfile do 25 de Abril… Lá elas ficaram ligeiramente envergonhadas porque as mães, filhas de Abril conscientes da escandaleira roubalheira e bandalheira com que nos estão a governar, gritavam sem pudor, … Continue reading
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UM SUPER BAILARINO INDEPENDENTE
Peter Michael Dietz – Um super bailarino independente (texto lido na noite de homenagem ao Peter Michael Dietz organizada pela Companhia de Dança de Almada, dia 26 de Setembro 2014) Conheço o Peter Michael desde que veio para Portugal nos … Continue reading
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MEDIA THOUGHTS – I’M NOT TECHNOPHOBIC, I THINK….
Christmas: what presents in the immaterial world? (Media thought 6/jan/2014-PV) As a child I was encouraged to make my own Christmas presents for each member of the family. Me, my sister and my cousins had an aunt that was very … Continue reading
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Opinião: Multiplex – nova criação Rui Horta
8 de Novembro 2013 – pequeno auditório do CCB (informação aqui) Multiplex foi um desapontamento. De início o carácter e a demanda do grande imperador Adriano, caracterizados pelas memórias escritas por Yourcenar, apresentam-se estimulantes exemplos que merecem admiração. Porém o … Continue reading
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I am a dance professional and researcher and this site is about my work. I trained as a dancer and post-graduated on a choreography course (MA). For the last 20 years I have engaged in many different activities related to … Continue reading
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Paula Varanda 