Teatro do Elefante

National Network
Portugal
Address

Pta. Amadeu de Sousa Cardoso, nº4 - 2º Dto.
2900-164 Setúbal

Setúbal
Portugal

Telephone
+ 351 265 535 640
Telephone (other)
+351 927751881
Fax
+ 351 265 535 640
E-Mail
ritasales@teatrodoelefante.net
E-Mail (2)
elefante@teatrodoelefante.net
Mobile Phone
+ 351 966 434 317
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1997
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
General Information
Teatro do Elefante was founded in 1997 and employs three persons, besides several project collaborators. Its main partner it’s Setúbal City Hall, but has partners around the world. Have around 60000 euros of budget for 2010 and it's sources are City Halls, Portuguese Government and Private Foundations. Work's on concrete projects, national and international exchanges and artistic residences. For 2010 its main partners are Setúbal College of Education, Montijo City Hall and Portuguese Social Security.
Mission and Objectives

Teatro do Elefante main activities are to create performances and workshops and other events of cultural and artistic character, either in Setúbal, as well on tour from North to South of Portugal. Positioning it self as an itinerant group Teatro do Elefante also develops educational and social projects with the aim of promoting awareness on civic and environmental matters, such as equality opportunities and multicultural exchange – directed, mainly to young people. Nowadays, is working with local partners, as the City Hall and cultural organisations, on a programme for the formation of new audiences in Setúbal. This programme intend to develop a series of activities promoted by and for the youth - performances and workshops – and is based on the idea that the artistic expressions, as well as all cultural activities in general, contribute to the identification with/of a community, promoting the social involvement of minority groups in the society, specially ethnical and social-economical excluded groups.

Main Projects / Activities

Twelve years after its formation, Teatro do Elefante announces a new training program in the field of Performative Arts, taking place in Setúbal. Performative Arts Scholl aims to provide diversified training experiences, which globalize several artistic disciplines as Physical Theater, Theatrical Dance, Circus and Music, among others. This initiative is pioneer in Setúbal Region in the field of non-formal education. The experience of training is complemented with participation in artistic projects. In the wake of the apprenticeships, trainees have the opportunity to integrate the creation and production of performances. Participation in projects will happen in partnership with artistic structures, museums, libraries and cultural centers. The project began in the towns of Setúbal e Montijo, in partnership with secondary schools integrated on neighborhoods with social and economical disadvantage, and the financial support of the City Halls. The project includes artistic residences and international exchanges, with the main objective of promoting the multicultural awareness.

Contact (1) Full Name
Rita Sales
Head of the organisation
Fernando Casaca
Contact (2) Full Name
Marlene Aldeia