Music and dance between collections
Excerpts of the concerts 'O meu coração é árabe' and 'Blind Date' with Canto Ondo and dance in the Modern Collection with Jorge Vaz and Marta Mendo
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On this day of reopening our doors to the public and celebrating diversity in the museum (though without the possibility of live events), we recall some moments of music and dance that have taken place in the galleries of both collections, in the certainty of more moments like these in the future. We revisit some of the songs of Canto Ondo, featuring the voice of Tânia Cardoso and Sofia Portugal, guitar by Rodrigo Crespos and percussion by Baltazar Molina, who took part in the concert ‘My Heart is Arabic’ in the Islamic Orient Gallery in 2016. We also take this opportunity to recall the presence of the dancers Jorge Vaz and Marta Mendo in the choreographies Unreal, One of Us and Le Corsaire, which were part of the International Museum Day 2019 celebration in the galleries of the Modern Collection.
SPEAKERS
“A sudden inspiration led me to become a Dancer at the age of 11. Working with different amazing choreographers and styles on a professional level is helping me to grow a lot as a dancer and as an individual person. I’m being challenged to explore mymovement and my possibilities to the limit, achieving goals that I never thought I would.” After one year of intensive training Marta Mendo was able to enter in the “Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional” EDCN (The Portuguese Conservatoire in Lisbon). There she has learned the perfectionism of the Vaganova style with Russian, Japanese and Portuguese renowned teachers. After three years in EDCN, she has joined the Conservatório Internacional de Dança Annarella Sanchez where she had the opportunity to learn the Cuban and English styles with world-famous teachers from Cuba, Mexico, and Ukraine. She has tried to grab every opportunity to be on stage and to learn with different teachers and choreographers. In 2019 she has joined Junior Ballet Antwerp.
Jorge is a 17 year old ballet student in National Conservatory of Dance, in Lisbon. His passion for dance comes from early age, having started his studies in dance & arts at the age of 9, at National Conservatory of Dance (Lisbon), starting his path as a dancer. During his studies, he has also attended International Conservatory of Dance Annarella Sanchez (Leiria, Portugal) for 2 years, coming back to the National Conservatory of Dance, in Lisbon, where he is finishing his studies at the moment. His training includes classic repertoire, contemporary dance, character dances as well as physical preparation, stretching, among several other artistic disciplines. He has participated in several events and competitions, wining several awards, both in Portugal and abroad (YAGP, Tanzolymp, Dance World Cup, Dançarte, etc).
International Museum Day
This is one of the activities we have prepared to celebrate International Museum Day, which will have an online-only programming this year. Conferences, a virtual exhibition and a guided tour to the Gulbenkian Museum are some of our suggestions for this day.
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