Catalan Arts at Up Festival

Brussels, Belgium

Focus Pro at UP Festival

26-29 March 2024

Catalan focus at UP Festival

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

12:15 Showcases

Cia Du’K’tO

Impulsos

Manel Rosés

13:30 Catalan Arts networking reception

15:00 Roundtable: the Catalan circus ecosystem

Join us and get in touch with Catalan structures and artists!

Organised by:

In partnership with:

Fostering Catalan Creativity Worldwide

The Government of Catalonia, through the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) and its internationalisation brand, Catalan Arts, supports the internationalisation of Catalan cultural enterprises worldwide. Through a network of five offices (Barcelona, London, Berlin, Brussels, and Paris), Catalan Arts has partnered with Trapezi to collaborate for the first time with UP Festival, a professional circus event organised by UP – Circus & Performing Arts.

UP Festival is a performing arts festival held in Brussels, Belgium. The festival showcases a variety of performances from around the world, mostly in the circus discipline. The festival’s professional programme days are an opportunity for artists and programmers from different countries to network and learn from each other.

During the festival, UP will programme three Catalan circus companies (Rauxa Cia, Lali Ayguadé & Akira Yoshida and Palimsesta) and during the professional programme days (Wednesday 27 March 2024), three Catalan circus showcases (Cia Du’K’tO, Impulsos and Manel Rosés).

Furthermore, 14 Catalan circus structures will also be part of the mission and will be present during the days of the professional programme.

This Catalan Arts booklet at UP Festival gathers all the contact information for the Catalan structures and artists invited to the festival, with the hope that it will spark your interest in discovering and welcoming them into your structures.

If you wish to learn more, contact them directly or reach out to the Catalan Arts team present at UP Festival during the professionals programme. We would be delighted to see you!

06 APCC

07 Ateneu Popular 9 Barris

08 Circ Picat

09 Danseu

10 El Canal

11 Festival Grec

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Data

Artists

21 Cia Du’K’tO

22 Rauxa Cia

23 Impulsos

24 Lali Ayguadé & Akira Yoshida

25 Manel Rosés

26 Palimsesta Institutions

28 ICEC

29 Institut Ramon Llull

Catalan Structures

Associació de Professionals del Circ (APCC)

The Catalan Association of Circus Professionals (APCC) is a non-profit organisation whose goal is to promote and disseminate the circus in Catalan cultural, social and economic life. For the last 20 years, the APCC has provided key support for the sector and all its professional branches are represented. At present, it has 400 members.

apcc.cat | +34 933 560 931 |

internacional@apcc.cat

@ApccCat @circ.cat

Contact at UP

Juliette Beaume

Coord. of the internationalisation project

Alina Ventura Internationalisation committee

Ateneu Popular 9 Barris

The Ateneu Popular 9 Barris was formed by local activists in the Barcelona district of Nou Barris in 1977, occupying and transforming an asphalt factory into the cultural centre it is today. The Ateneu’s project is based on social intervention through culture, production, preparation and performance of shows related to the circus and the performing arts.

ateneu9b.net | +34 933 509 475 | circ@ateneu9b.net

Contact at UP

Javier Casado Specialist in the circus creation support area

Circ Picat

This festival was first held in 2014 in Alpicat, in the province of Lleida. Initially a day of workshops for children, it became a programme of circus-related performances and activities and took on its present name: Circpicat. Today, its presence in the territory is consolidated as an event where people know that they will enjoy a weekend with an attractive range of activities for the whole family.

circpicat.cat | +34 628 503 510 |

circpicat@alpicat.cat @circpicat

Contact at UP

Erik Varea del Pino Production manager

Danseu

International dance and movement arts festival in a rural setting. Each year, Danseu Festival connects more than 3,000 people and about a 100 artists with the territory and rural landscapes in Les Piles, a village with just 200 inhabitants in the region of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia. The festival’s main action lines are: exhibition, support and co-productions, and new audiences.

danseufestival.com | +34 605 669 276 |

direccio@danseufestival.com

@danseufestival

Contact at UP

Pau Estrem Artistic director

El Canal

El Canal is a Performing Arts Creation Centre specialised in the live arts. Starting from a locally-based social awareness, the Centre networks with other organisations within the same sector and territory and aspires to become a leading amenity both within Catalonia and abroad. At present, it hosts 40 companies in residences during the year.

elcanalsalt.cat | +34 972 249 191 (ext. 1203) | info@elcanalsalt.cat

@elcanalsalt

Contact at UP

@elcanalsalt

Xavier Diaz, Director

Laia Alzueta, Company coordination and hosting

Festival Grec

El Grec Festival is the top event for performing arts in Barcelona. Created in 1976 and held every summer, it is Barcelona’s most popular cultural event and one of the top events in the European festivals calendar. It pursues a two-fold goal: support locallybased productions and showcase some of the best Catalan creations. It is also the city’s leading venue for stage performances produced abroad.

barcelona.cat/grec/en | +34 933 161 118 | hmora@bcn.cat

@grecfestivalbcn

Contact at UP

@grecfestivalbcn

Hèctor Mora, Assistant to the Artistic Director and Executive Producer

Fira de Circ al Carrer de La Bisbal d’Empordà

The Fira de Circ al Carrer de La Bisbal d’Empordà showcases mostly contemporary, nationally-produced circus, complemented with a selection of international proposals. The festival has been held every year since 1996 in the third week of July and its primary goal is to take culture to the people through street performances.

firadecirc.org | +34 629 261 220 | correu@firadecirc.org

@Firacircbisbal @firadecirc

Contact at UP

Martí Ribet Programmer

FiraTàrrega

FiraTàrrega is one of the Government of Catalonia’s strategic markets, a space for contacts and exchanges between professionals to facilitate performance creation in Catalonia and exchanges between national and international professional artists, with a particular focus on the street arts.

firatarrega.com | +34 616 128 774 | art@firatarrega.com

@firatarrega @firatarrega

Contact at UP

Anna Giribet Artistic Director

ICUB – Barcelona City Council, Institute of Culture

The goal pursued by Barcelona City Council’s Institute of Culture is to consolidate Barcelona’s culture as a priority resource for the city’s projection. The La Mercè and Christmas festivals, among others, have become popular events for disseminating musical and performing arts in free-access public spaces.

barcelona.cat/barcelonacultura/ca | +34 933 161 000 | festes@bcn.cat

@bcncultura @bcncultura

Contact at UP

Anna Lleó, Head of the Festivities, Festivals and Events Department

Sergi Ots, Artistic Director of Barcelona Festival de Nadal

La Central del Circ

Barcelona City Council’s Central del Circ, Fàbriques de Creació is a space for creation, research, physical training, rehearsal and ongoing education of professional circus artists. It provides support for the circus arts and facilitates artistic projects by generating synergies and fostering interrelations at local, national and international level.

lacentraldelcirc.cat |

@CentraldelCirc

Contact at UP

Daphné Malherbe

+34 933 560 890 | creacio@lacentraldelcirc.cat

@lacentraldelcirc

Creation, research and internationalization project manager

L’Estruch, live arts creation factory

L’Estruch is a resource for national and international artists and companies working in the field of the performing and visual arts. It provides assistance in creation, process value, experimentation and artistic research through a programme of residences, mentoring, training and technical support, initiating cultural mediation dialogues with the public.

lestruch.sabadell.cat | +34 937 172 571 | mllunella@ajsabadell.cat @lestruchfabricadecreacio

Contact at UP

Maria Llunell Director

Mercat de les Flors

The Mercat de les Flors - Casa de la Dansa is a public performing arts structure that hosts, disseminates and promotes projects involving dance, the body and movement in all the diversity of contemporary creation.

mercatflors.cat | +34 608 502 870 | molive@mercatflors.cat @mercatflors @mercatflors

Contact at UP

Marc Olivé Artistic programmer

Roca Umbert - Arts Factory

Roca Umbert is a multidisciplinary facility focused on contemporary creation, training, research, production and cultural promotion. The Movement Arts Centre is the facility hosting the programme to support contemporary dance and circus creation.

rocaumbert.cat | +34 938 614 941 |

info@rocaumbert.cat

@rocaumbertfabricadelesarts | @centreartsmoviment

Contact at UP

Sandra Arisa

Live arts coordinator

Trapezi

Since 1997, the city of Reus has hosted the Trapezi, Catalonia’s Circus Fair. Open to new disciplines in the circus world, with a contemporary focus that welcomes new creation, the Trapezi has become a reference framework for all circus enthusiasts, professionals, programmers and the general public, who come to Reus specifically for the Fair.

trapezi.cat | +34 634 444 967 | direccio@trapezi.cat @firatrapezireus @firatrapezireus

Contact at UP

Cristina Cazorla, Artistic co-director

Alba Serraute, Artistic co-director

Artists

Rauxa Cia

Show available for touring: A story of wool

A fantastic tale starring a simple thread of wool that, blown on the wind, transports us to a world where fantasy reigns and the unexpected has yet to happen. Clown, Innovation, puppets that move through the wind, a live pianist and projections, are the ingredients of this piece that will make the guests’ imagination fly.

rauxacia.com | +34 622 103 880 | rauxacia@gmail.com @rauxacia @rauxacia

Analia Serenelli , Director

A disturbing character bordering on insanity looks for a principle of certainty in an increasingly distorted world; in his quest, new characters will emerge from disparate universes, forming a collective delirium of shared solitudes.

Circus, theatre, movement, music and visual poetry at the service of quasi-cinematographic playwriting that will unsettle us and disrupt the borders of what is possible through absurdity and drama.

Lali Ayguadé & Akira Yoshida

Manel Rosés

Show available for touring: Akri

Ákri” is a Greek word that translates as “threshold” or “limit”. It forms the first part of the compound word “ακροβασία” (acrobat). This can be translated as “walking on the edge” or “walking on the threshold”. Ákri is a circus solo by one acrobat and a ladder that explores the concept of “threshold”. The ladder, which is both a circus apparatus and a set design, represents a passage between two spaces while symbolising a profession and a way of life.

+34 654 177 237 | contacte.akri@gmail.com

Contact at UP

Manel Rosés, Artist, producer Maria Palma, Sound technician

Palimsesta

Show available for touring: Masha

Masha is a performative contemporary circus experience that offers a space where we can observe, reflect, and coexist. The piece is a creative laboratory where we collectively investigate and focus our attention on human relationships. The performance takes place on a linoleum surface one metre wide by eight metres long, covered with body oil, upon which we develop a repertoire of movements.

palimsesta.com | +34 689 716 493 | sideralmasha@gmail.com

@palimsesta @palimsesta.cia

Contact at UP

Andrea Rodriguez, Author

Sergio González, Author

Institutions

Catalan Arts – Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC)

The Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) is a public institution attached to the Catalan Ministry of Culture. Its mission is the development and consolidation of the Catalan creative sectors as a lever for their professionalisation. The ICEC advises and supports the development of Catalan cultural companies in a number of sectors, including music, performing arts, visual arts, audiovisual productions, books and digital culture.

icec.gencat.cat | @icec_cat @icec.cat

Catalan Arts is the ICEC’s brand for the international promotion of Catalan companies. With a network of European offices (Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris), the ICEC works in a variety of areas of action to connect, accompany and support the internationalisation of creative businesses. With this goal, Catalan Arts promotes the presence of companies and their creations at international fairs and major professional events and publishes resources for professionals.

catalanarts.cat/en |

Contact at UP

@catalanarts @catalanarts.cat

Maria Basora, Market Development Director | international.icec@gencat

Núria Bultà, Market Area - BXL | brussels.icec@gencat.cat

Ester Campabadal, Market Area - BCN | ecampabadal@gencat.cat

Paula Cáceres, Market Area - BXL | brussels.icec2@gencat.cat

Institut Ramon Llull

The Institut Ramon Llull’s mission is to project Catalan language and culture internationally. The Institute partners with and provides support to artists, institutions, organisations or festivals, fostering exchange and cooperation in the performing arts, music, audiovisual productions, visual arts, architecture, design, literature and translation, and Catalan studies.

lull.cat | info@lull.cat | +34 934 678 000 @irllull @irllull

Resources for assisting in the international programming of the contemporary Catalan performing arts scene by the Institut Ramon Llull.

Contact at UP

Teresa Carranza Coordinator of the Creation Area info@llull.cat

Other grants for the international mobility of Catalan artists

The Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE)1 is offered by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) with the aim of enhancing Spanish culture’s presence abroad, with AC/E acting as facilitator. The programme gives priority to the proposals that are least consolidated in the creative sector, most in need of boosting their presence abroad, and characterised by reflecting more closely on the contemporaneity, creativity and plurality of Spanish culture today. The line of support called “PICE Mobility”2 helps foreign cultural organisations include Spanish artists and professionals in their projects and activities by providing financial incentives. Only foreign institutions can propose candidates.

1 https://www.accioncultural.es/en/pice-grants

2 https://www.accioncultural.es/media/2024/PICE/Conditions2024.pdf

ICEC Barcelona

+34 933 162 770

internacional.icec@gencat.cat

ICEC Berlin

+49 30 551 95 40

berlin.icec@gencat.cat

ICEC Brussel / Bruxelles

+32 2 230 72 21 brussels.icec@gencat.cat

ICEC London

+44 207 842 0853

london.icec@gencat.cat

ICEC Paris

+33 1 43 250 435

paris.icec@gencat.cat

catalanarts.cat

catalanarts

catalanarts.cat