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Teatro Nacional D. Maria II is launching an international call in order to choose the Artistic Director for the 2024-2027 period, considering the end of the mandate of the Theatre’s current Artistic Director on 31 December 2023.

« AléVini » est un fonds pour soutenir la mobilité professionnelle (à l’échelle de l’océan Indien mais aussi à l’échelle mondiale). La perspective de ce fonds d’aide à la mobilité régionale est également de soutenir la structuration d’un système aidant l’épanouissement des initiatives des acteurs culturels.

Lugar Futuro – First Works is a showcase of choreographic works by young choreographers who are starting a career in the professional world of dance. The organisers are calling for applicants for the next edition, which will take place from 21-24 March 2024. Applicants should be between 18-30 years old, and have a completed piece between 10-25 minutes in length with max. 5 performers.

Emerging artists and companies working in theatre, dance, music, circus, performance, intervention, installation, new media, graffiti, magic and multidisciplinary forms from around the world are invited to present their work at Imaginarius Mais from 24-26 May 2024. One project will be selected for an award and commission for a new piece to be presented at the festival in 2025.

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The upcoming edition of Porto Design Biennale will take place from 19 October - 3 December 2023 in the cities of Porto and Matosinhos, Portugal. As part of this year’s event, the organisers have announced an Open Call for Satellite Projects, inviting designers and cultural agents to submit their proposals related to the theme, ‘Being Water: How we flow together and shape each other’.

The O Rumo do Fumo residency programme in Lisbon supports contemporary artistic creation and stimulates its research and development. There are two upcoming residencies for emerging artists: 8 August - 2 September 2022 and 2 October - 28 October 2022. Submissions should be for projects that are still in creation, and the artist should have created and presented no more than three prior works.

Oficinas do Convento (OC) – Cultural Association of Arts and Communication opens the contest BRICK for grants for artistic residency projects in the areas of Sculpture and/or Architecture. The contest is open to all artists, architects, students and other creators, over 18 years old, national or international. The residency runs between 4-30 September, with a second moment in November if necessary.

CRL – Central Elétrica is looking for artistic proposals from young creators in performative arts to be part of VOLTS – International Encounter for Performative Arts, in 2023 in Porto, Portugal. Applying artists/collectives must be from the member countries of the Iberescena Program, excluding Portugal: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

IN EX(ILE) LAB are looking for artists in exile who want to develop a performance. If you are an artist in exile, currently based in Cyprus, France, Italy or Portugal and you have (or would like to develop) an artistic practice that relates to performance then IN EX(ILE) LAB wants to hear from you. Activities take place over the period from May 2023 to July 2024.

Celebrating its 10th edition 12-15 April 2023, Westway Lab is Portugal’s showcase festival, international music conference, and artist residency annual event. 4 working groups of 3 artists (with at least 1 person in each group being Portuguese) will be selected to work together the week before the festival to create new side-projects together.