E MAR ANHA DO [En tan gle d] follows the crossing and ritualises the memories of 11 trans, non-binary and queer people as they corrupt everyday life and have a glimpse at cures, cries from the heart, taunts, reflections, affections, anguishes, revolts and imaginings of the future.

Built resorting to a virtual chimera, E MAR ANHA DO addresses the crisis of not only environmental and economic paradigms, but also that of the very self. Aside from enhancing the creation of new artistic tools, this virtual chimera had a significant role as it created a unique dialogue network between artists from different contexts and places in Brazil.

The film’s dramaturgical web was woven by recording virtual encounters and individually producing audio-visual materials. It is not a dance performance nor a documentary film, but rather a project whose format was born from the desire to share creative practices and life.

Panorama RAFT

In this year in which we resume the focus on Brazilian creation, we deepen synergies of thought and ways of doing from the partnership with the Panorama RAFT Festival in Rio de Janeiro.

In 2021, the Panorama Festival repositioned itself in light of the pandemic and economic crisis. It proposed a new format of funding, building a raft of resources with the aim of financing the creation of unreleased works by artists from Brazil, to which several renowned institutions and festivals, including DDD, contributed. The resources raised by the partnership, through an Open Call, were channelled into ten projects for the creation of unreleased online works and five projects for research and development.

In this DDD, we selected three of these online works: Serenatas Dançadas, by Soraya Portela; Vapor, by Original Bomber Crew; and E MAR ANHA DO, by the Coletive Danças em Transições.

RAFT is an initiative of Panorama Festival with Teatro Municipal do Porto, Bates Dance Festival, CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Centre Chorégraphique National de Caen en Normandie, Charleroi Danse, Dansehallerne, FTA – Festival Transameriques, Gessnerallee, Hau Hebbel Am Ufer, Hyperjetlag Arts in between Time, Pact Zollverein, Points Communs, Nouvelle Scene Nationale Cergy-Pontoise/Val d’Oise, Sesc São Paulo, Trajal Harrell, Tickle The Sleeping Giant Inc, Vooruit, Walker Art Center.