Ana Borges, 1972, Figueira da Foz, Portugal. É Licenciada pela Escola Superior de Dança de Lisboa e formada pelo Fórum Dança. Desde 1994, tem desenvolvido a sua actividade profissional, enquanto Coreógrafa, Actriz, Intérprete de Dança Contemporânea e performer. Destaca as suas peças, “Quero-te-me no teu Bolso”, “Arroz em Pó”, “hOPPERhOPE”, “Pickles de chocolate”, “A_Live”, “Abel e Amália” e “língua destravada”.
Trabalhou com diferentes bailarinos, coreógrafos e Pedagogos. Destaca Nigel Charnock, Dieter Heitkamp e Howard Sonnenklar, Antonio Carallo, Hillel Kogan, Wil Swanson, Mark Tompkins, Barbara Haselbach, Madalena Victorino, Marion Gough.
Concebeu e apresentou “Sem Palavras”/encomenda da Culturgest/Lisboa para a exposição “Assim, assim assim para gostares mais de mim” de Fátima Mendonça. Enquanto Colaboradora do Serviço Educativo da Culturgest/Lisboa, desenvolveu o conceito de ‘visita dançada’ que realizou nas exposições de Fátima Mendonça e Angela de la Cruz. Posteriormente intitulou as visitas de “a arte mexe comigo” para CAMB/Lisboa, Palácio da Galeria/Tavira, Centro de Arte Contemporânea da Fortaleza de Sagres, entre outros espaços.
Desde 2004, desenvolve as oficinas de Pesquisa e Criação Coreográfica das quais resultam performances/instalações para diferentes espaços não convencionais, das quais destaca "interferências" e "infiltrações".
Entre outubro de 2011 e novembro de 2013, coordenou pela corpodehoje, a Escola de Artes (área dança e cruzamentos disciplinares) do CAE – Centro de Artes e Espectáculos da Figueira da Foz. Aí concebeu, programou e coordenou o Programa de Residências de Criação Artística, Ciclo de Dança e programou oficinas pontuais artísticas para a comunidade.
Programa e dirige artisticamente desde 2018, o CORPO DE HOJE Festival de artes performativas. É co-fundadora do colectivo de música improvisada “desdobrável”, onde colabora com com instrumento voz. É fundadora da corpodehoje - associação cultural, em que assume a direcção artística.
CORPO DE HOJE festival de artes performativas
{8a.edição 2025_26} extensão Funchal
Loulé / Tavira / Funchal | 1 a 14 set.2025 + 23 Fevereiro a 29 Março 2026
A oitava edição do CORPO DE HOJE festival de artes performativas, que acontece em Loulé, estende-se a Tavira e, pela primeira vez, à Região da Madeira/Funchal, leva uma programação artística e diversificada a estes territórios de água. Realiza-se em dois momentos temporais: Setembro 2025 e Março 2026 no Algarve, e Fevereiro 2026 no Funchal, levando até à Ilha o Património Imaterial do Algarve com a peça “língua destravada”.
A programação ESPIRRO é outra novidade desta edição, concebida com especial atenção para a infância e juventude.
O festival tem presente a ideia de escuta sobre o corpo e a implícita reflexão sobre como sentimos, vemos, olhamos e conhecemos “o corpo, hoje”. Criando espaços preciosos de contemplação e suspensão no tempo, promove a pausa no ritmo acelerado e promove o conceito de slowlife.
Trazemos propostas inquietantes que fazem borbulhar a curiosidade, dando à comunidade e artistas o espaço transversal à comunicação que fomenta o crescimento intelectual e social. Além de espectáculos, trazemos as SEM REDE oficinas destinadas a artistas e comunidade, assentes em conceitos de improvisação e experimentação que consciencializam para os processos criativos contemporâneos, educando para a arte.
Entre o Barrocal e a Serra, o festival interliga as áreas do Património Natural e Material, em proximidade com a comunidade, dando a conhecer espectáculos de Dança, Performances, Teatro para a Infância, Mercadinho Cultural e quintais que contam histórias afectivas. Destaque para Mark Tompkins e Nuno Rebelo, nomes incontornáveis na área da improvisação na dança e música.
Todas as pessoas são muito benvindas!
Um festival de tod_s, com tod_s, para tod_, hoje!
Ficha técnica e artística
Programação, direcção artística e direcção de produção | Ana Borges
multimédia e produção | Cláudio Vidal
Ilustração | Maina Kernalegenn (homenagem póstuma)
Co-Produção | Cineteatro Louletano
Apoio | República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direção-Geral das Artes, Município de Loulé, Município de Tavira, Município do Funchal e Kozii
Parceria | loulé criativo e Teatro Baltazar Dias
Voluntári_s /apoio à produção executiva | Daniel Reis Sequeira, Janice Palma, Mariana Mansinho e Miguel Martinho
Apoio logístico | Loulé Criativo, ByFamily Market, Café Calcinha, Casa stick, 8100 café, Gráfica Ossónoba, Letra7, Ponto Pinta, e Restaurante O Pescador
Media partner | Antena 2, Rádio Rua e Rádio Total
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random stages {or the urgency to move around} | video dance & performance workshop | artists + community | with ananeto
SEM REDE_workshop | Sat. 13 Sep 2025 // 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Tavira Castle
Registration fee: Fair and conscious contribution between €10.00 and €50.00 // www.linktr.ee/corpodehoje
performance | Sat. Sept. 13, 2025 // 3:30 p.m. | approx. 45 min. | route_Tavira Castle_Jardim de São Francisco
Workshop participants will also take part in the performance and video recording. By registering, you agree to the dissemination of your image and sound and assign the rights thereto.
NOTE | Your registration will be valid and your place in the workshop guaranteed after you have transferred an amount you consider fair and reasonable between €10.00 and €50.00 and sent proof of payment by email or WhatsApp.
Contribution via MBWAY | tel. 96 981 35 58
Thank you very much!
+ info |
festival.corpodehoje@gmail.com
tel. 96 981 35 58
www.corpodehoje.pt
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synopsis
random stages {or the urgency to (me)move around}, conceived and created by ananeto, is a self-made video dance project. It affirms its research work, real-time composition through contemplation; through the democracy of the body, movement, and space. There are two moments: The performance/video recording, as an unannounced happening, which is only witnessed by those who happen to be in the same place chosen by the artist, and the online expansion.
contextualization
Since 2004, Ananet has had a marked fascination with unconventional spaces, spaces that captivate his gaze with their shape, color, lines, and planes. The concept linked to the spontaneity of the body following intuition and composition in real time connects with public space, freely involving those who accidentally witness it; it is not announced. It arises from the ‘urgency to move’ during the pandemic and has created fertile ground for research. The format is hybrid, therefore open to different readings, expanding forms of interpretation and assimilation by the physical and online audience. The purpose is to record video between the body and the space, the place, the architecture. It associates the idea that dance can always happen anywhere, communicates with everyday life, and is also an unexpected performance. There is thus a space open to the democracy of art, which connects with passersby, with direct, informal access, which in some way entices them to art, offering it without boundaries delimited by a formal stage.
Biography_Ana Borges (ananeto)
Ana Borges, 1972, Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She has a degree from the Lisbon Dance School and trained at the Dance Forum. Since 1994, she has been developing her professional activity as a choreographer, actress, contemporary dance performer, and performer. Her most notable works include “Quero-te-me no teu Bolso” (I Want You in My Pocket), “Arroz em Pó” (Powdered Rice), “hOPPERhOPE,” “Pickles de chocolate” (Chocolate Pickles), “A_Live,” “Abel e Amália” (Abel and Amália), and “língua destravada” (Unlocked Tongue).
She has worked with various dancers, choreographers, and teachers, notably Nigel Charnock, Dieter Heitkamp, Howard Sonnenklar, Antonio Carallo, Hillel Kogan, Wil Swanson, Mark Tompkins, Barbara Haselbach, Madalena Victorino, and Marion Gough.
She conceived and presented “Sem Palavras”/commissioned by Culturgest/Lisbon for the exhibition “Assim, assim assim para gostares mais de mim” by Fátima Mendonça. As a collaborator with the Educational Service at Culturgest/Lisbon, she developed the concept of the ‘dance tour’, which she carried out at the exhibitions by Fátima Mendonça and Angela de la Cruz. She later renamed the tours “a arte mexe comigo” (art moves me) for CAMB/Lisbon, Palácio da Galeria/Tavira, Centro de Arte Contemporânea da Fortaleza de Sagres, among other venues.
Since 2004, she has been developing Research and Choreographic Creation workshops, which result in performances/installations for different unconventional spaces, notably “interferências” (interferences) and “infiltrações” (infiltrations).
Between October 2011 and November 2013, she coordinated, through corpodehoje, the School of Arts (dance and interdisciplinary area) of CAE – Centro de Artes e Espectáculos da Figueira da Foz. There, she conceived, programmed, and coordinated the Artistic Creation Residency Program, Dance Cycle, and programmed occasional artistic workshops for the community.
She has been programming and directing the CORPO DE HOJE performing arts festival since 2018. She is co-founder of the improvised music collective “desdobrável,” where she collaborates with her voice as an instrument. She is founder of corpodehoje - cultural association, where she is artistic director.
CORPO DE HOJE performing arts festival
{8th edition 2025_26} extension Funchal
Loulé / Tavira / Funchal | September 1-14, 2025 + February 23-March 29, 2026
The eighth edition of CORPO DE HOJE performing arts festival, which takes place in Loulé, extends to Tavira and, for the first time, to the Madeira/Funchal region, bringing a diverse artistic program to these waterfront territories. It will take place at two different times: September 2025 and March 2026 in the Algarve, and February 2026 in Funchal, bringing the Intangible Heritage of the Algarve to the island with the play “língua destravada” (unlocked language).
The ESPIRRO program is another new feature of this edition, designed with special attention to children and young people.
The festival focuses on the idea of listening to the body and the implicit reflection on how we feel, see, look at, and know “the body today.” By creating precious spaces for contemplation and suspension in time, it promotes a pause in the fast pace of life and promotes the concept of slow life.
We bring thought-provoking proposals that spark curiosity, giving the community and artists a space for cross-disciplinary communication that fosters intellectual and social growth. In addition to shows, we offer SEM REDE workshops for artists and the community, based on concepts of improvisation and experimentation that raise awareness of contemporary creative processes, educating people about art.
Between the Barrocal and the Serra, the festival connects the areas of Natural and Material Heritage, in close proximity to the community, showcasing dance shows, performances, children's theater, a cultural market, and backyards that tell emotional stories. Highlights include Mark Tompkins and Nuno Rebelo, leading names in the field of improvisation in dance and music.
Everyone is very welcome!
A festival by everyone, with everyone, for everyone, today!
Technical and artistic credits
Programming, artistic direction, and production direction | Ana Borges
Multimedia and production | Cláudio Vidal
Illustration | Maina Kernalegenn (posthumous tribute)
Co-production | Cineteatro Louletano
Support | Portuguese Republic – Culture, Youth and Sports / Directorate-General for the Arts, Municipality of Loulé, Municipality of Tavira, Municipality of Funchal and Kozii
Partnership | loulé criativo and Teatro Baltazar Dias
Volunteers / executive production support | Daniel Reis Sequeira, Janice Palma, Mariana Mansinho, and Miguel Martinho
Logistical support | Loulé Criativo, ByFamily Market, Café Calcinha, Casa stick, 8100 café, Gráfica Ossónoba, Letra7, Ponto Pinta, and Restaurante O Pescador
Media partner | Antena 2, Rádio Rua, and Rádio Total
