The ENCONTROS GYMNASIUM are a biennial programme aimed at a young audiences.

Created as an extension of the Gymnasium – Thought transformed Infinity into a Serpent project, it merges an already consolidated activity, strongly implemented in the city’s schools, with a dedicated program that privileges projects by artists invited to work in the schools each year – thus bringing the public sphere closer to the creative space and introducing the body of work of the artists with whom the children/youths share processes.

The project’s dual focus, based on a continuous dialogue between education and artistic creation, and on the principle of learning by doing & learning by seeing, provides a strong programmatic coherence, supported by the consistency of a path built up over 10 years.

This first edition of the ENCONTROS offers a 5 day multidisciplinary programme, to be held in different venues – including several schools of the city. It engages works from distinct universes, that revolve around words, sound, body and landscape, seeking to bring children and teenagers (and also the community) new and shared possibilities of living the artistic experience

• MusicPerformance

MARGARIDA MESTRE and RUI FERREIRA – Balada das 20 Meninas Friorentas

1 OCT 2024 / CCL – Centro Cultural de Lagos

• Cinema

ANIMATION SHORT FILMS – The cinema of NORMAN MCLAREN

1 + 3 + 4 OCT 2024 / Biblioteca Municipal de Lagos Dr. Júlio Dantas

• MusicPerformance

JOANA GAMA – As árvores não têm pernas para andar

2 OCT 2024 / CCL – Centro Cultural de Lagos

• Dance

ALDARA BIZARRO – Uma Bailarina na Escola

2 OCT 2024 / E.B. 2.3 Naus

• DancePerformance

GUSTAVO CIRÍACO – Amanhãs de ontem

3 OCT 2024 / Espaço Jovem

• DancePerformance

SOFIA DIAS & VÍTOR RORIZ – Sons Mentirosos Misteriosos

4 OCT 2024 / CCL – Centro Cultural de Lagos

• Visual ArtsWorkshops

SUSANA DE MEDEIROS – What is a line? (Family workshop)

5 OCT 2024 / E.B. 1 Bairro Operário

• DanceWorkshops

MARIA RAMOS – Landscapes that look like choreographies (Family workshop)

5 OCT 2024 / E.B. 1 Bairro Operário

• Theatre

CLÁUDIA GAIOLAS – Antiprincesas / Frida Kahlo (CANCELED)

5 OCT 2024 / E.B. 1 Bairro Operário

• Community

ALL TOGETHER – Shared Lunch

5 OCT 2024 / E.B. 1 Bairro Operário

TEAM and PARTNERS

Artistic Direction: Mónica Samões
Production Direction: Joana Flor Duarte
Production Assistance: Maria João Alcobia
Executive production: Rita Conde
Technical Direction: Jorge Reis
Production and Logistical Support: Gabriela Reis, Lara Encarnação, Iris Rodrigues, Samira Cabral, Leonor Jónatas, Janice Lopes, Silvia Costa, Mónica Soares (Turma 12º P1 do Curso Profissional de Técnico de Organização de Eventos da Escola Secundária Júlio Dantas)
Graphic Design and Web: José Pelicano
Communication and Press: This is Ground Control

Production: casaBranca.ac
Financed by: República Portuguesa – Cultura / Direcção Geral das Artes, Município de Lagos
Local partners: Centro Cultural de Lagos, Biblioteca Municipal Dr. Júlio Dantas,
Escola Secundária Gil Eanes,
Escola Básica 2.3. das Naus (Agrupamento de Escolas Gil Eanes),
Escola Básica 1. Bairro Operário (Agrupamento de Escolas Júlio Dantas)
Support: LAC – Laboratório de Actividades Criativas, Teatro Experimental de Lagos,
Messe Militar de Lagos, Junta de Freguesia de S. Gonçalo de Lagos, Grupo Wotels, Lagorent
Agradecimentos: Marta Zilhão, Paula Pedroso, Isabel Carmo, Pedro Domingues,
Maria Natália Aguiar, Carla Palma, Luís Bordalo, Equipa Centro Cultural de Lagos – Vera Feu, Ana Paula Santos, Carlos Barradinha, Marco Mariano, João Fernandes,
Equipa de funcionárias da E.B.1 Bairro Operário, Ana Borralho & João Galante,
Clara Sampaio, Andrea Sozzi