Online auditions / FOCAR – Intensive Course in Choreography for Architecture

FOCAR is a program dedicated to choreographic creation for informal, public, private, and collective spaces, promoted by Instável – Centro Coreográfico.
Intensive and interdisciplinary, it stands out for:

– Bridging contemporary dance, performance, and architecture
– Encouraging the critical and artistic appropriation of space
– Combining theoretical and practical training, with contributions from artists, architects, and programmers
– Supporting the development of original projects, providing tools for the creation of an individual choreographic language
– Offering direct contact with the methodologies and processes of choreographers and creators with diverse approaches to composition

The course provides tools to interpret, appropriate, and reinvent space through the body — addressing these themes from both a performance and architectural perspective.

12 modules on Choreographic Creation from Space and Thinking and Reflection on Space
4 complementary modules – Feedback Method, Sound, Screendance, and Production
5 testimonial sessions with programmers
4–6 public presentations

Confirmed tutors:
Alessandro Carboni, Catarina Miranda, Daniela Cruz, Gabriela Vaz Pinheiro, Gustavo Ciríaco, Helder Seabra, Pedro Azevedo, and Willi Dorner.

Online component: January 21 to 23 On-site component: March 9 to July 6 2026

Online audition through the form in bit.ly/focar-2026

Info session:
November 26 / 14:00 e 19:00
https://bit.ly/focar-info-session

Full fee (no discount): €1,100 Payment in four instalments: €1,200 Registration fee (mandatory and non-refundable): €180 (not included in discounts)