{"id":20018,"date":"2026-03-16T18:08:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=20018"},"modified":"2025-03-23T19:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:01:24","slug":"contemporary-dance-elenita-queiroz","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/akropoditi.com\/dancefest\/en\/events\/contemporary-dance-elenita-queiroz\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary dance &#8211; Elenita Queir\u00f3z"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soft Rebellion<br \/>\nContemporary dance workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exploring themes of exhaustion, vulnerability, and rebellion, the workshop <em>Soft Rebellion<\/em> invites participants to engage with the methodology developed by Elenita Queir\u00f3z for her dance piece <em>Warning for Contemplation Sections<\/em>. The approach navigates the tension between oppositional forces\u2014balancing stillness, sustained positions, and minimal movements with raw, energetic motion. Through guided artistic exploration, participants reflect on their personal values, embodied expressions, and individual stances to uncover <em>what they stand for<\/em>. This journey transforms personal insights into a collective movement, culminating in a shared manifesto. The workshop offers a dynamic space for self-exploration, collaboration, and artistic resistance, encouraging participants to engage with their bodies and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16+<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Level:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit:<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" id=\"arve-vimeo-708149370\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:135\/76\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.296296%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-vimeo-708149370\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/708149370?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963&amp;transparent=0&amp;title=1&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"225.18518518519\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/708149370?dnt=1&#038;app_id=122963&#038;transparent=0&#038;title=1&#038;byline=0&#038;portrait=0&#038;autoplay=1\" title=\"\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/akropoditi.com\\\/dancefest\\\/en\\\/events\\\/contemporary-dance-elenita-queiroz\\\/#arve-vimeo-708149370\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/player.vimeo.com\\\/video\\\/708149370?dnt=1&app_id=122963&transparent=0&title=1&byline=0&portrait=0&autoplay=1\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elenita Queir\u00f3z<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elenita Queir\u00f3z is a Brazilian-born choreographer, performer, and cultural thinker whose career in contemporary dance reflects a profound engagement with the complexities of identity, feminist discourse, and the fragility of human existence. Since 2016 based in Switzerland, Queir\u00f3z channels her life experiences and interdisciplinary training into works that resonate with universal themes while maintaining a deeply personal edge. Based in Switzerland since 2016, she has collaborated with international artists and institutions worldwide and created her own work over 22 years. Recognized with the 2023 WerkbeitragSt.Gallen and the 2021 TanzPlan Ost Choreography Prize, her latest works include Warning for Contemplation Sections (2022) and The Fabulous Ones (2024). Queir\u00f3z holds a Master&#8217;s degree in Expanded Theatre from the Hochschule der K\u00fcnste Bern &#8211; CH, a postgraduate degree in Cultural Management from SESC S\u00e3o Paulo, and a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Dance and Pedagogy from UNICAMP &#8211; BR.<br \/>\n<em>\u201cI feel small in the face of life&#8217;s magnificence. On stage, I\u2019m equal: immense, fragile and insatiable.\u201d<\/em> (Elenita Queir\u00f3z)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soft Rebellion Contemporary dance workshop Exploring themes of exhaustion, vulnerability, and rebellion, the workshop Soft Rebellion invites participants to engage with the methodology developed by Elenita Queir\u00f3z for her dance piece Warning for Contemplation Sections. The approach navigates the tension between oppositional forces\u2014balancing stillness, sustained positions, and minimal movements with raw, energetic motion. 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