450 proposals aspire to Emergentes 2018.

• The 450 proposals are reached, a third more than last year.
• Companies from 29 countries participate in the call.
• EMERGENTES 2018 will take place from July 26 to 29 in Mairena del Alcor.

The seventh edition of EMERGENTES – International Meeting of Young Creators in the Performing Arts closed on February 28 the deadline for the reception of proposals in order to configure this year’s programming. The result has been more than 450 proposals received, once again beating all the records of this call, increasing by almost a third the number of candidatures of the previous edition.

If we break down the candidacies by their place of origin, Spain is at the top with 170 proposals from 32 provinces, highlighting in number Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. Mexico is the next country on the list with 46 applications, Colombia with 44, Argentina with 40, Chile with 29 and Brazil with 19, these are the countries that show the greatest interest in Emergents. The other countries from where we have received requests for participation are Italy, Portugal, Poland, Ecuador, France, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Germany, Guatemala, Venezuela, Panama, Belgium, Switzerland, Bolivia, Peru, Cuba, Senegal, Greece, Austria, Iran, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Pieces of contemporary dance, documentary theater, puppets, cabaret, musical theater, flamenco, children’s theater, circus, gestural theater, vertical dance, musical proposals, perfopoesía, shadow theater, performances or butoh dance assure us that the seventh edition of this Encuentro , which will be held in Mairena del Alcor from July 26 to 29, will be marked by the diversity of styles and themes, as well as a very high quality.