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KITADA is the new choreographic work of Marga Alfeirão. Continuing her exploration of female desire and eroticism as sources of memory, the piece takes as its point of departure the massive deforestation of the fifteenth century to build the colonial fleets — the first large-scale package of environmental and industrial policies to systematically target women's knowledge, directly threatening their relationship with, and dependence on, dreams, plants, and landscapes.

The piece unfolds as a rescue mission for the dreams of elder women through the pirate dismantling and reconfiguration of the fleet, a process of tuning. The work is performed by four dancers aged between 45 and 60. Drawing on testimonies from the Recolhimentos do Desagravo of Montemor-o-Novo, the Council of Aunts, and the conscientious objections to voluntary termination of pregnancy recorded at the Hospital of Évora, KITADA investigates the trajectories of feminine cunning.

5 September, 21h30

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Age rating 14 years old
Duration
90 min.

Free entry upon reservation via text to [+351] 913 699 891 or to info[a]oespacodotempo.pt.

KITADA is one of the winning projects of the 4th edition of Projecto CASA, an initiative promoted by O Espaço do Tempo, Centro Cultural Vila Flor / A Oficina, and Cineteatro Louletano.

Credits

Interpretation
Lady G. Brown, Rosy Timas, Tamara Alegre

Critical Consultancy on Dramaturgy and Research
Basia Diagne

Creation Support (Internship)
Héloïse Dell’Ava Luna

Light Design
Inês André

Sound Composition

rkeat

Set Design
Rita Rosa Pico

Costumes and Styling
Maria Inês Saramago

Artistic Direction, Choreography and Research
Marga Alfeirão

Co-production
O Espaço do Tempo (Montemor-o-Novo), A Oficina (Guimarães), Cineteatro Louletano (Loulé), within the framework of Projecto CASA, with the support of the Be My Guest network

Production & National Distribution — Accompanied Artist by Materiais Diversos, 2026–2028, in collaboration with Neon Lobster

Dedicated to my mother
Zinda

© Renato Chorão

Marga Alfeirão uses media to create safe spaces for the exploration of intimacy and sexuality through dance and performance. Influenced by dance genres and sonic textures from the African diaspora embedded in Lisbon’s social fabric, Alfeirão seeks an active reclaiming of the feminine condition, opening space for female sensualities and a female gaze. Lounge (2023) received the 8:tension Young Choreographers’ Award. In this year, premiered No Biggie Deal, a solo about the rapper Notorious B.I.G., drawing on tabloid culture and nostalgia to pose the question – is Biggie bisexual? Premiered in 2024 her first group work, no c o r a ç ã o dela, at Sophiensaele, in Berlin, in collaboration with eight artists.

Marga Alfeirão

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