FESTIVAL DIES DE DANSA

DIES DE DANSA
Founder member of the network CQD, Dancing Cities
Contemporary dance for all

Dies de Dansa is an international festival of contemporary dance in urban spaces. It is an annual cultural project created in Barcelona and is part of the GREC, Festival de Verano de Barcelona (Summer Festival of Barcelona). July 4th to 7th 2008

During four days the buildings, parks, streets and squares of Barcelona become alive in this encounter with dance, public and urban space.

We are interested in promoting dance in all its different aspects, generating debate and reflection on our public spaces, personifying our cities, revaluing our cities artistic and architectural heritage, and promoting the interchange between autonomous regions and their cities.

Dance companies participate in the program of the festival and follow proposals to make specific choreographies for specific sites.

The festival is an agile show of the different aspects of dance. It consists of going around different spaces and views of the cities´ architectural sites. Short performances which keep the attention of the public, no matter their age or background. It is its open quality that DIES DE DANSA tries to preserve year after year.

The Festival Dies de Dansa does not have an open call to select companies for the Project. The festivals directors invite the companies to present their proposals.

The final program is created from the proposals of the invited companies, from which we received throughout the year, and of the regular programming which we attended during the season.

The criteria which we consider is as much the quality of the choreography, the intention to present a sample of different types of contemporary dance, the work of the recognized and emergent choreographers, and the relationship of each piece with the public space.

The interaction with the space and the architecture is very important. A concrete proposal for of the spaces or like minimum an adaptation to the raised space has to become.
The programming is during daylight and in outdoor space.
The performance has to be brief; between 10 and 20 minutes.
One must have in account that there is a large public band due to this, it is preferable to work little ground for the most visibility.
The only technique on which one is depended is sound equipment.

In addition to the exterior, daylight presentations every night of the festival, we present “L'Espai of the Moviment” in the patio of the Dones of the CCCB. For these presentations we put 60 cm of the ground for a stage & scenery, with a height of 10 m x 10 m, with linoleum, a basic group of lights and equipment of sound. These are complementary presentations to those of the daytime.

dies de dansa
International Danse Festival in Urban Landscapes

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	DIES DE DANSA Founder member of the network CQD, Dancing Cities Contemporary dance for all Dies de Dansa is an international festival of contemporary dance in urban spaces. It is an annual cultural project created in Barcelona and is part of the GREC, Festival de Verano de Barcelona (Summer Festival of Barcelona). July 4th to 7th 2008 During four days the buildings, parks, streets and squares of Barcelona become alive in this encounter with dance, public and urban space. We are interested in promoting dance in all its different aspects, generating debate and reflection on our public spaces, personifying our cities, revaluing our cities artistic and architectural heritage, and promoting the interchange between autonomous regions and their cities. Dance companies participate in the program of the festival and follow proposals to make specific choreographies for specific sites. The festival is an agile show of the different aspects of dance. It consists of going around different spaces and views of the cities´ architectural sites. Short performances which keep the attention of the public, no matter their age or background. It is its open quality that DIES DE DANSA tries to preserve year after year. Companies Selection The Festival Dies de Dansa does not have an open call to select companies for the Project. The festivals directors invite the companies to present their proposals. The final program is created from the proposals of the invited companies, from which we received throughout the year, and of the regular programming which we attended during the season. The criteria which we consider is as much the quality of the choreography, the intention to present a sample of different types of contemporary dance, the work of the recognized and emergent choreographers, and the relationship of each piece with the public space. HOW DIES OF DANSA WORKS: The interaction with the space and the architecture is very important. A concrete proposal for of the spaces or like minimum an adaptation to the raised space has to become. The programming is during daylight and in outdoor space. The performance has to be brief; between 10 and 20 minutes. One must have in account that there is a large public band due to this, it is preferable to work little ground for the most visibility. The only technique on which one is depended is sound equipment. In addition to the exterior, daylight presentations every night of the festival, we present “L'Espai of the Moviment” in the patio of the Dones of the CCCB. For these presentations we put 60 cm of the ground for a stage & scenery, with a height of 10 m x 10 m, with linoleum, a basic group of lights and equipment of sound. These are complementary presentations to those of the daytime.
Chronology of Dies de Dansa:	History of the festival:
1992 Grec al Carrer (June 17th), Grec a la Terra (June 27th), Grec a l'Aire (June 20th), Grec a l'Aigua (July 5th) 1993 Dansa al Parc Güell (July 11th) 1994 Dansa al Parc (July 2nd) Sorpreses al Parc (July 10th) 1995 IV Dansa al Parc (July 8th) 1996 V Dies de Dansa (June 28th - July 7th) 1997 VI Dies de Dansa (July 19th - 20th) 1998 VII Dies de Dansa (July 24th - 26th) 1999 VIII Dies de Dansa (July 23rd - 25 th) 2000 IX Dies de Dansa (July 21st - 23rd) 2001 X Dies de Dansa (September 13 -16th) 2002 XI Dies de Dansa (July 19th - 21st) 2003 XII Dies de Dansa (July 25th - 27th) 2004 XIII Dies de Dansa (July 9-10th-11th) 2005 XIV Dies de Dansa (July 1st -2nd - 3th) 2006 XVI Dies de Dansa (June 30th, July 1st, 2nd, 3th) 2007XVI Dies de Dansa (June 29th, 30th and July 1st, 2nd)	In 1992, the team of Associació Marató de l'Espectacle, conscious of the missing link between dance and its audiences, created the first specific dance festival in Barcelona called Dansa al Parc. In 1996, Associació Marató de l'Espectacle to extend its proposals to other locations around the city given the big success of the Festival and coinciding with the IUA International Architecture Congress. The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA), the Olimpic Swimming Pools B. Picornell, the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) incorporated to the programme, at the same time changing its name to DIES DE DANSA ("Dance Days"), a festival which sets the town in motion. During the 1998 edition the Miró Foundation was also incorporated to the festival as a new performance space.
ASSOCIACIÓ MARATÓ DE L'ESPECTACLE calle Trafalgar 78 1º 1ª 08010 Barcelona tel +34 93 268 18 68 ddd@marato.com