Da Man 2025
Da Man is a collaborative project by AMARELO and Manu Lago, sponsored by the Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais through the Centro Coreográfico Galego, to support emerging dance artists selected through a call for applications.
The artists are supported during the process of creating a piece or a company project through tutoring on administrative, logistical, artistic, financial and any other subject matter that the specific process requires. During this support, they are provided with the knowledge and information necessary to produce a professional production, search for residencies and financial resources, sale and distribution of the show, networks and circuits and contacts, etc.
The objectives are:
-to promote new artists in dance.
-to promote the creation of a talent pool and own languages.
-to energize the local, national and international market.
Call application of 2025
What are we looking for?
A dance project by emerging Galician artist/s or those residing in Galicia.
Artists who, regardless of their age, gender, or biometric data, have not created more than 3 shows integrated into professional circuits/programs and want to start the process of creating a new dance piece, promote their company or another type of project around dance.
What do we offer?
1- 360-degree support: we provide support throughout the entire process of company management, production and creation, distribution plan and any other stage contemplated by the creators' plans.
2- The inclusion of the piece in the AMARELO catalogue, in the case of a new production.
What do we ask for?
3 PDF documents:
1- Motivation letter. Maximum 1 page.
2- Project showing the key points of the new creation or project (type, format, team, planned schedule, and all the data considered relevant). Maximum 3 pages.
3- CV with links to previous work (if any). Maximum 2 pages.
Where and when?
Deadline for receiving applications: Until November 11, 2024. Send the documentation to lilian@amarelo.es with the subject Da Man.
The resolution will be published on social media and the website on November 25, 2024.
Who we are
Lilian Portela - director of AMARELO
Lilian Portela began her journey in the performing arts in 2011, working in production, distribution and management for different dance, theatre and music companies.
In 2022 she decided to create her own company and thus AMARELO was born, a project dedicated to the distribution, production and management of performing arts projects with the intention of serving as a transmission stream between artists and programmers and bringing fresh, attractive and quality shows to the public.
At AMARELO we support emerging companies and new talents that are beginning to stand out in the sector. Focusing on dance and new languages, we support shows that seek to seduce all types of audiences.
Manu Lago - He is an advisor to AMARELO and is part of the management team of A Casa Vella and the Plataforma Sólodos.
Master in Cultural Management from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2015), Bachelor in Art History from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (2000), Higher Technician in Plastic Arts from the Escola de Artes e Oficios Mestre Mateo (2002).
In 2018 he published the Online Archive of Contemporary Dance of Galicia, which collected data on 357 shows by 82 choreographers from Galicia that premiered between 1987 and 2021, as well as data on the production and programming of public exhibition networks.
In 2018 and 2019 he published interviews and chronicles in Isto é danza.
He provides consultancy and programme planning services, project writing, mediation and production assistance, evaluation and impact measurement for project improvement proposals from: the distribution, production, promotion and support catalogue (2017-2022) Galicia Danza Contemporánea, Amarelo Distribución Escénica, Plataforma SóLODOS or A Casa Vella.
He was coordinator of PROPULSA Danza + Paisaxe + Patrimonio of the Xunta de Galicia and Xacobeo 21-22 and co-produced the show Clásicas Desfeitas Vol 3 with the Fundación Cidade da Cultura and Centro Dramático Galego, 2021.
Axencia Galega das Industrias Culturais. Da Man is a project sponsored by the Galician Agency for Cultural Industries through the Galician Choreographic Centre.
www.industriasculturais.xunta.gal
Da Man 2024
It is a collaborative project of AMARELO Distribución Escénica and Manu Lago and sponsored by the Xunta de Galicia through the Galician Choreographic Center to accompany a creation process of two emerging dance artists selected through a call.
The artists are accompanied during the process of creating a new piece through tutorials on administrative, logistical, artistic, financial content and any other topic that the specific process requires. During this support, you are given the knowledge and information necessary to carry out a professional production, search for residences and economic resources, sale and distribution of the show, networks and circuits and contacts, etc.
The objectives are:
-promote new artists in dance.
-promote the creation of our own quarry and languages.
-invigorate the local, national and international market.
Artists selection and dates 2024
-An emerging Galician artist: Raquel Ferradás.
We accompanied Raquel during the creation of "Mesura". The piece premieres on May 26 at the Escora Festival. On the 29th, Escena PRO is scheduled in Galicia and from that moment on it is part of the AMARELO distribution catalogue.
-An emerging artist at the state level: Colectivo A Ras de Suelo (Isa Salas & María Peláez). We are working with Isa and María on their new creation process. It will see the light of day in 2025 and, in the meantime, we are seeking with them the necessary resources for that premiere.
The open call 2024
The selection and search process for the artists will be:
What are we looking for?
-An emerging Galician artist.
-An emerging state artist.
Both artists who, regardless of their age, gender or biometric data, have created a maximum of 5 shows integrated into professional circuits/programs and want to start the process of creating a new dance piece that can be in a hall or street format. conventional and maximum 2 performers/creators.
What we offer?
1- 360° support: we provide support throughout the entire company management process, production and creation, search for financing, distribution plan and any other stage that the creators' plans contemplate.
2- The inclusion of the piece in the AMARELO Distribución Escénica catalogue.
What to send us?
3 documents in pdf:
1- Motivation letter. Maximum 1 page.
2- Project in which the keys to the new creation are shown (format, team, planned schedule, ... and all the data considered relevant). Maximum 3 pages
3- CV with links to previous jobs (if any). Maximum 2 pages.
Where and when?
Deadline for applications: Until December 22, 2023.
Send the documentation to lilian@amarelo.es with the subject Da Man Galega or Da Man State as appropriate.
On January 15, 2024, the resolution will be published on networks and the web.
