Tesouros Invisíveis (Invisible Treasures) is a cultural and artistic laboratory run by Sandra Peixoto Santos in the Odemira area, dedicated to artistic research and creation in a rural setting.

The laboratory

It brings together movement and improvisation, music, singing, performance and community participation, exploring the links between body, territory, memory and identity. Through creative and research processes developed close to local communities, it values the stories, knowledge, experiences and forms of expression that make up the collective local memory.

Its projects include Almejar, Desencadeadas and Tradimprovisações, which create spaces for encounter, experimentation and collective creation. The work builds bridges between generations, knowledge and artistic languages, seeing the territory not just as a backdrop but as material and an active partner in the creative process.

What it offers

Movement and improvisation workshops: movement, improvisation and body awareness practices for different audiences, including improvised dance, contact improvisation and somatic practices.

Community art and participatory music: creative processes with communities that combine movement, music, singing, words and memory, including group singing and participatory composition.

Mediation, programming and research: workshops, gatherings, performances and participatory projects for municipalities, associations, schools and other organisations, plus artistic and ethnographic research on memory, territory and cultural practices.

About Sandra Peixoto Santos

Sandra Peixoto Santos is an artist, researcher and cultural creator with training in Anthropology, Ethnographic Research and Art Therapy. Her work sits at the intersection of artistic creation, research and community participation, combining movement and improvisation, voice, music, performance and the memory of the territory.

Since 2017 she has been developing cultural projects in rural areas, working closely with local communities. She founded Tesouros Invisíveis, a cultural and artistic laboratory in a rural setting, which she coordinates and directs artistically, and she is the creator and artistic director of projects such as Almejar (a popular band and choir), Desencadeadas and Tradimprovisações.

Her work often starts from research and listening to create collective artistic processes, valuing individual and community knowledge, stories and experiences and turning them into creative material.

Areas of support

• Movement, improvisation and somatic practices
• Community art creation
• Participatory music and singing
• Cultural mediation
• Artistic and ethnographic research
• Cultural projects in rural areas

Shall we create together?