FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
National Network
Portugal
Address
Travessa de São Vicente, 111100-575 LisboaPortugalCountry
City
LisboaStreet address 2
Travessa de São Vicente, 11Telephone
351 21 353 09 31Year of Establishment
1993Contact Person1
Sara MachadoOrganisation Type
Private CompanyFields of Activity
ArtsGeneral Information
EIRA is an artistic production structure that dedicates its work to the development of contemporary dance as well as to its national and international promotion.
After 20 years of activity, EIRA is known today, national and internationally speaking as a reference of excellence, not only for its work as a creation structure, but also as a working crossing space of and for creators and artistic projects. Besides producing the works of Francisco Camacho, EIRA supports several other artists, both Portuguese and foreigners. The core of the structure is constituted at the present by Francisco Camacho, Rafael Alvarez, Mariana Tengner Barros e Tiago Cadete
Mission and Objectives
EIRA is a private organization based in Lisbon / Portugal who's mission is developing contemporary dance and performance in Portugal and internationally.
Main Projects / Activities
EIRA is also a place for contemporary dance in Lisbon. One of the few working spaces for artists still available and open in the city. Since 1996, EIRA has been a working space for many Portuguese and foreign artists, hosting and organising in its own facilities in Lisbon, various artistic residencies, rehearsals, workshops and international research projects. Since 2013, EIRA is running the facilities of Teatro da Voz in Lisbon, one of the oldest theaters in town where EIRA keeps providing an open workspace for many artists from Portugal and beyond.
From 2014 onwards EIRA will also organize biannually the new Lisbon's International Contemporary Dance Festival. The first edition will be held in March 2015 at Centro Cultural de Belém, Teatro Camões and other art venues in Lisbon.