Open Call | PACAP 6 - Performing Arts Advanced Programme, curated by Sofia Dias and Vítor Roriz

PACAP 6 - Performing Arts Advanced Programme
Curated by Sofia Dias and Vítor Roriz
From February 16 to July 30, 2023
Forum Dança, Lisbon, Portugal

Applications for the next edition of PACAP – Performing Arts Advanced Programme are now open.
The sixth edition of the Performing Arts Advanced Programme is curated by Sofia Dias & Vítor Roriz.
This advanced training course will run from February 16 to July 30, 2023 and it will take place mostly in Lisbon, Portugal.

\\ TARGET AUDIENCE /////
The course is aimed for dancers, choreographers, performers and other artists with performance, body, and movement practices, older than 23 (with no upper age limit). The program is open to applications from individual and duet artists.

\\ DATES OF THE SELECTION PROCESS /////
The selection process will be carried out by the curators of PACAP 6 and the direction of Forum Dança. 
Candidates must present a synopsis of a project to be developed within the scope of PACAP 6. 
This synopsis is nothing more than a starting point, an unfinished idea, an unsolved problem. 

The selection process will take place in 2 distinct Phases:

• Phase 1 – Applications - until June 20, 2022;
• Phase 2 – Auditions - 5 to 10 September 2022.

Candidates selected for an audition will be contacted by June 30, 2022. The second phase will only be for the candidates selected in the first phase. Communication of the final results: all selected candidates will be contacted by email until 30 September 2022. For foreign residents unable to travel to Lisbon, an audition and online interview will be held between September 5 and 10, 2022 at a time to be arranged with each candidate.

\\ TUITION FEES ///

• Registration: 120€.
• Payment in full: 1800€.
• Payment in two instalments: 950€ x 2.

Note: Scholarships will be awarded after the selection is completed to 2 participants that can provide simultaneous translation for small groups. The scholarship consists of a 50% reduction of the total tuition fee.

\\ SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIPS /////
Coproduction PACAP 6: TBA – Teatro do Bairro Alto and Culturgest - Fundação Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Support PACAP 6: O Rumo do Fumo, Alkantara, Estúdios Victor Córdon, O Espaço do Tempo, Piscina

\\ COMPLETE INFORMATION ////
You can access the complete information available on our website at:

• www.forumdanca.pt/pacap6 – in Portuguese
• www.forumdanca.pt/en/pacap6 – in English

\\ HOW TO APPLY/REGISTER ////
The submission of applications is done solely and exclusively through the form available on the Forum Dança website. Applications will be accepted in Portuguese, English and French. For more information and to apply, just fill out the form available here.

\\ MORE INFO ///
FORUM DANÇA
Espaço da Penha – Travessa do Calado 26-B, 1170-070 Lisboa
Tel. +351 213 428 985 \ Tlmv. +351 925 103 596
E-mail: forumdanca@forumdanca.pt

Forum Dança is an independent structure funded by Portuguese Ministry of Culture, Directorate General for the Arts and the Lisbon City Hall.
Forum Dança is a member of REDE – Association of Structures for Contemporary Dance

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