2023-11-09 17:17:25
Thirty new companies will take up residence at El Canal, the Performing Arts Centre Salt, from now until December 2024. The first call for the Creative Spaces program, which offers short artistic and technical stays in the equipment accompanied by its professionals, received forty-five applications, of which thirty were accepted from a wide variety of artistic disciplines. The proposals move from text and gestural theatre, to circus, acrobatics and clowning, through music, contemporary dance and audiovisual installationothers.
To make the selection, the jury assessed the artistic interest of the proposals, the solvency of the creative team, the structure and support of the project, the relationship of the proposal with the values of El Canal, the bond between the artists with Salt and Girona and the use of the Catalan language.
“A creative center like El Canal cannot be just a theater”
This is the first call that El Canal has opened since took a new direction as a space for creation and promotion of the living arts of the territory.
“The Canal already has a face and eyes”
The jury for this call has been formed by Arnau Olivé, technical coordinator of El Canal, Laia Alzueta, cultural manager and coordinator of the residences of El Canal, Laura Pujol, cultural worker and coordinator of the mediation program of El Canal , the director of performing arts at the Girona City Council Elena Carmona, the director of the creation center Nau Ivanow David Marín, the coordinator of the Degree in Performing Arts of the ERAM-UdG and director of the Z Festival Jordi Duran and the director and manager of El Canal Xavier Díaz.
The Creation Spaces Program is designed for make stays for specific uses, such as initial meetings, technical residencies or artistic residencies of premiered or to-be-released projects. In addition, it offers logistical and space support and technical support and allows for short stays in El Canal, between one and two weeks.
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