Name of organisation

Théâtre de Macouria, Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national – Art en territoire

Country

French Guiana (France)

Organisation website

https://www.facebook.com/theatre.demacouria.7

Contact person

Sandrine Lessard-Blais, production director

[email protected]

+33 7 69 51 72 45

Organisation type

Theatre

Scale of the organization

Small (550 000 € - annual budget)

PIC number

Aims and activities of the organisation

Theatre programming (diffusion de spectacles)

Role of the organisation in the project

Principal partner (project coordinator)

Sector or field

Theatre – Performing arts and artistic residencies (diffusion de spectacle vivant et résidences croisées d’artistes)

Description or summary of the proposed project

We aim to establish an inter-regional residency program that facilitates collaboration between artists from the Global North and South. This initiative seeks to overcome cultural isolation and promote cultural diplomacy by enabling creators to develop their projects in their home countries, while inviting artists from partner regions to collaborate.

Projects will be selected by a committee made up of representatives from each partner organization. Each partner will host one residency per year, with the number of residencies determined by the number of partners involved. The selected projects will be developed in the home country of the creators, with invited artists from partner countries joining the residency to collaborate. Each project will include the participation of one to two international artists, with at least one artist coming from the opposite region. For example, if a project is created in Congo (Global South), at least one of the invited artists will be from the Global North, such as France or Belgium. Conversely, if the project is created in Belgium (Global North), at least one invited artist will be from the Global South, such as Congo or Guyana.

The program will establish a wide network made up of the partner organizations and their respective networks to support the programming and circulation of works created during these residencies. This network will aim to promote understanding between regions with shared colonial histories, using cultural exchange to challenge stereotypes, address historical inequalities stemming from colonization, and build lasting, equitable partnerships.

Partners currently involved in the project

Théâtre de Macouria (Macouria, French Guiana), FACTORY festival (Liège, Belgium) and Tarmac des auteurs (Kinshasa, DR Congo). From country or region

Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Latin American countries

Preferred field of expertise

Performing arts programming and artistic residencies (diffusion de spectacle vivant et résidences croisées d’artistes)

Please get in contact no later than

January 30th, 2025