Regular and active participation in various platforms and transnational networks (Danse Bassin Méditerrané, On the Move, Anna Lindh Foundation, REDE – Association of Structures for Contemporary Dance in Portugal, among others) allows alkantara to develop the relationships necessary for the promotion of Portuguese artists in international circuits. Two international partnerships that are particularly significant in co-production and support for new work are NXTSTP and Départs.


NEXT STEP
encouraging the artistic renewal in Europe

Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels, Belgium)
alkantara festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
Baltoscandal (Rakvere, Estonia)
Gõteborg International Festival (Göteborg, Sweden)
Rotterdamse Shouwburg (Rotterdam, Holland)
Steirischer Herbst (Graz, Austria)
Théâtre National de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France)

Next Step brings together seven international festivals with the objective of co-producing and presenting new work from European artists in several European cities. alkantara festival 2010 presents eight NXTSTP productions, three of which are world premieres.


DÉPARTS
practices for an integrated development of european contemporary dance

PARTS (Brussels, Belgium)
Alkantara (Lisbon, Portugal)
Archauz – Centro Coreográfico (Århus, Denmark)
Bimeras (Istanbul, Turkey)
Centro Coreográfico Galego (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
CDC – Centre de Développement Choréographique (Toulouse, France)
Forum Dança (Lisbon, Portugal)
Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin, Germany)
Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Gent, Belgium)
PACT Zollverein (Essen, Germany)
Springdance (Utrecht, Holland)
Trafó – House of Dance (Budapest, Hungary)

Départs is a network of 12 European structures that share the common objective of promoting the work of young choreographers by investing in residencies, co-productions and presentations of new work. This year the alkantara festival hosts the general meeting of the Départs network and presents various performances supported by the program.