The Fira participates in the performing arts market in Seoul as an organisation associated to the Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) and collaborates with the Ramon Llull Institute to open new business lines in the Asian market for Catalan performing arts companies.

From this week on, anyone interested can enter their research in cultural studies for this award promoted by FiraTàrrega and Ros Roca with a first prize of €6,000

From now until the 1st of April 2012 deadline, anyone interested in taking part in the “International Ramon Roca Boncompte Cultural Studies Award” can submit their research work.

The subject of the studies must refer to the analysis of or research into the field of cultural management, such as case studies, the impact on the territory, comparative studies, co-operation, cultural policies, analysis of organisations, typologies of professionals and audiences, R+D, sponsorship and patronage, etc.

Tarrega has enjoyed from 8 to 11 September the 31st edition of FiraTàrrega. A total of 97 companies with 87 different shows have come to Tarrega. The Fira has to be developed normally in escenarios annd streets, and without relevant incidencies.

The present Fira, which the new artistic direction of Jordi Duran, has been developed around two major facts: the motivation for the internationalization of the companies and the stimulus to creation.

Different scenarios Street recorded a full house, just as the show room, selling tickets which continues apace.

Until yesterday it had sold 7.426 tickets. Moreover, the street shows have gathered thousands of people who have filled squares and streets of the city during the performances.

Viewers FiraTàrrega (Foto: Jesús Vilamajó)

Tomorrow Los Galindos will offer the opening show of a venue that counts with the presence of ninety-seven companies and sixteen national and international premieres.

The official program of FiraTàrrega 2011 is already available in the web, with information of all the shows that will be presented in this edition. You can download the program from the download area of the web of FiraTàrrega or in this link:

http://www.firatarrega.cat/en/descarrega#programapdf

La Fira: a showcase for the diversity of languages the circus englobes

The circus “made in Catalonia” has a special place in the programme of FiraTàrrega 2011. Circus that plays, searches and experiments with different artistic expressions to open itself to new approaches. Dance, music, body language or text theatre converge in different works whose main ingredient is circus. La Fira becomes a showcase for the good creative situation of the circus in Catalonia, with creations at a high level, which have crossed frontiers and are acknowledged internationally.

Dance in all its many facets is one of the leading aspects of this edition

FiraTàrrega 2011 pays special attention to dance, and does so from an unusual angle, understanding it from a new point of view to reclaim its presence on the street. Dance that breathes fresh air into the panorama and that will show its many faces in Tàrrega. From the most codified and technical creations to the more intimate dance, passing through theatrical dance and combining the creations by new companies and emerging talents with established names in the current artistic panorama.

The work "The social return of cultural politics: how to measure the public value of culture?" won this award sponsored by FiraTàrrega and Ros Roca with a prize of 6,000 euros.

A joint work of several researchers, teachers and consultants in the field of cultural policy and management has been awarded the "RAMON ROCA BONCOMPTE INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR CULTURAL MANAGEMENT STUDIES" which was sponsored for the first time by FiraTàrrega and the company, Ros Roca.

• The program is based on training activities, creative workshops, creative residencies and transnational productions

• Tàrrega will become a permanent space to support the creation of street theatre throughout the year