COFFEE TALK with Bebê de Soares | March 13, 2025

Bebê de Soares on EU project »SPARSE Plus« on supporting and promoting arts in rural settlements of Europe

The initial »SPARSE« project has established rural touring networks in four European countries from 2018 to 2021. The current »SPARSE Plus« project running from 2023 to 2027 involves 11 partners from 9 European countries and will result in cross-border touring with the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Sweden. This project is funded as a medium scale Creative Europe Co-operation and it involves the following partners: Associazione Marchigiana Attività Teatrali (Marche, Italy) as Coordinator with SA Eesti Tantsuagentuur (Estonia), Artists Group Fish Eye (Lithuania), Shoshin Theatre (Transylvania, Romania), Riksteatern Varmland (Varmland Sweden); with new partners Pro Progressione (Hungary), SINUM (Hungary), Nova Sit (Czech Republic), Teatro 4Garoupas (Germany), Art Fraction Foundation (Poland) and Fondazione Toscana Spettacolo (Tuscany, Italy).

Bebê de Soares is the artistic director of the German SPARSE Plus partner »Teatro 4Garoupas«, located around Cologne. She is a board member of »ASSITEJ« International. Since 2019 she is back in Germany after 8 years in Chile, where she is producer and organizer of tours, residencies and collaborations on a European level, such as »PERFORM EUROPE« and »SPARSE Plus«.

In her talk Bebê de Soares gives an insight on her work within the international rural touring network.

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