EIRA

EIRA is a creation, production and distribution company based in Lisbon / Portugal supporting a group of associate artists but also a workspace and international platform to support various artists and projects. After twenty years of existence, EIRA is today a reference in Portuguese contemporary dance and performance. Since its foundation (1993) EIRA has been producing and promoting the work of its artistic director, the Portuguese choreographer Francisco Camacho. From 1996 onwards it has started to produce and promote other Portuguese choreographers, being today the daily workspace, production and distribution company of the choreographers Francisco Camacho, Rafael Alvarez, Mariana Tengner Barros and Tiago Cadete. Our productions have been presented extensively in Portugal, Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Croatia, Spain, Slovenia, Finland, France, Italy, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland, among other countries), South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay) and the United States of America, Africa (Cape Vert and Mozambique), Middle East (United Arab Emirates) and Asia (China). Some of our projects have also received the following awards: ACARTE - Maria Madalena de Azeredo Perdigão Award (1995/1997 and a special mention of the same award on 1992/93) - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; "Prix du meilleur spectacle étranger" by the "Syndicat professionnel de la Critique de Théâtre, Musique et Danse" (France, 2008) and Bessie Award 2012 - Outstanding Visual Design (New York City, 2012). EIRA also fosters the development of contemporary dance in Portugal and internationally by supporting and co-producing new works by other artists as well as through the organization in its Lisbon studio of artists residencies and rehearsals by other choreographers, and companies from Portugal and from abroad.
 From 2014 onwards EIRA will organize biannually Cumplicidades, the new international contemporary dance festival of Lisbon. The first edition will be held between 15th and 30th of March 2014 at Centro Cultural de Belém, Teatro Camões and other venues in Lisbon. Since 1998, EIRA is supported by the Government of Portugal - State Secretary for Culture / Directorate-General for the Arts.