Ferrugem
by Carminda Soares

“Ferrugem” is a lecture-performance that draws parallels between the concepts of abandonment, mourning and loneliness and the landscape of Mina de S. Domingos. Through the geological and social transformation of this territory, the project considers emptiness and absence – not just as physical states, but as consequences imposed by contemporary socio-political systems.

Carminda Soares is a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of dance, performance and writing. Her work is characterized by a search for new choreographic and textual devices, working on states of intimacy, resistance and aggression. Her projects have been presented in different artistic contexts, including “Simulacro” (2022) in collaboration with Margarida Montenÿ; and “It’s a long yesterday” (2021), created in partnership with Maria R Soares. She wrote “Light On Light” (2022), a text published in the Festival – Livro END and which was later presented in soundtrack format. In 2023, she was awarded the Centro Nacional da Cultura’s Young Creators Grant in Literature. As well as developing her own creations, she has collaborated as a performer with various national and international artists, including: Catarina Miranda, Lisa Freeman, Ao Cabo Teatro, Paulo Brandão, Ballet Contemporâneo do Norte, Victor Hugo Pontes, Marianela Boán, Lara Russo, Gonçalo Lamas, among others.

Raiz de Curandeira
by Inês Minor

“Raiz de Curandeira” (Healer’s Root) is a project that seeks to reflect on the legacy of the ‘healer’ and/or ‘witch’ woman by recording the oral tradition of popular knowledge, legends and narratives that are still present in the collective and individual memory of the Mina de S. Domingos community. Through a theatrical artistic object, the relationship between nature and women is thematized and the importance of community self-sufficiency in the event of a collapse of traditional systems is discussed.

Inês Minor, Mora. She has a degree in Theater from the Caldas da Rainha School of Arts and Design (2019). She took part in the Óbidos International Literary Festival (Fólio) with the co-creation “I painted my fear of blue on that white wall” (2019). She was part of the cast of “Atalhos” (2020) and “Juventude Inquieta” (2021) by Joana Craveiro/ Teatro do Vestido. She has worked with the company Lendias d’Encantar as an actress in several shows, “Quarteto de Alba 2.0” (2020), “História de uma Boneca Abandonada” (2022) and “Coração de Antígona” (2023). His most recent theatrical creation is “Revolução dos Castigos” (Revolution of Punishments), an artistic proposal conceived in the cycle “Quanto Vale a Liberdade?” (How much is freedom worth?), a program of Fábrica das Artes / CCB. He is currently developing his medium-length film “Reticências de Uma Revolução”, which documents the views of women in Mora (Alentejo) at the time of the Agrarian Reform.