NUCLEOUS OF FESTIVALS

A proposal to strengthen and stimulate the performing arts in Brazil

Created in 2003, the Brazilian International Performing Arts Festival Core stands as an important tool to develop and publicize Brazilian culture within the country as well as abroad. Up to this moment, the Core gathers Brazil’s main festivals of the kind, namely Festival Internacional de Londrina (PR),  Festival Internacional de Teatro de São José do Rio Preto (SP), Porto Alegre em Cena (RS), Festival Internacional de Teatro Palco & Rua de Belo Horizonte (MG), Cena Contemporânea – Festival Internacional de Teatro de Brasília (DF), and Riocenacontemporânea (RJ). 

Some similarities shown by the participating festivals are: besides being international performing arts festivals, all of them are held in the public interest (achieved by the public power or nonprofit associations), agree on popular ticket prices, offer programs which include educational activities, and present a view of the world’s performing arts production.

The Festival Core aims to contribute to the policy on access to the national art creation and production, as well as foster the circulation of performances around Brazilian cities. The joining of these festivals enables the interchange of ideas concerning the performing arts production in Brazil and worldwide.