How to apply

1. All performing arts and musical projects both from the Balearic Islands and elsewhere may apply. Performing arts productions included in any of Fira B!'s previous editions annot be submitted again. Bands or soloists included in any of Fira B!'s previous editions must have a new album released after the year in which they played at Fira B! In order to achieve Fira B!’s goal of making the musical and theatrical creation of the Balearic Islands known worldwide, the programme will feature at least 70% of artists from the Balearic Islands. This percentage is subject to the selecting committe's discretion.

2. For the performing arts, original texts and/or choreographies from Balearic playwrights or choreographers will be highly valued.

3. For music, showcases including original works by composers from the Balearic Islands will be highly valued. Applicants must have at least an album published in physical format or on Spotify or iTunes and available audio and/or audiovisual material. Furthermore, they must have performed live at least five times in the previous year.

4. All genres in the performing arts may be submitted (text theatre, gestural theatre, dance, ballet, circus, object and puppet theatre, street theatre, etc.); all musical genres may be submitted (pop, rock, jazz, classical, electronica, etc.). The works may be ready to tour or in progress looking for partners with which to end the process. Should this be the case, these proposals will be included in the presentation programme at the conference, aimed only at professionals. Fira B! does not programme shows for children or family audiences.

5. The official programme will feature several formats and show duration: full version, project presentation of works in progress, video projections, etc. All selected productions must adapt to the most suitable format, depending on the date, slot and location for the show, and also taking into account the full programme. Fira B! will allocate venues according to artistic criteria and availability. Moreover, there will be activities only for professionals, where speed meetings, presentations and networking events will take place; these will be available for all professionals attending Fira B!.

6. All submitted proposals will be reviewed by the organisers, who will send them to a selection committee made up of experts in the different genres. Said committee will carry out the selection according to the following criteria:

• Technical and artistic quality, innovation, uniqueness and other singular traits of the show.
• Outreach potential in Spain and abroad.
• Availability to tour.
• The applicant’s artistic career.

7. Applications may be submitted from 30 January to 7 March 2019.

8. Performing arts companies or music artists featured in the official programme with full shows will receive a fee to be calculated depending on the number of participants in the production (artists and technicians). For those artists who need to travel to Mallorca, a travel bursary of 100 € per person, all taxes included, is available. Travel expenses can be applied for, up to 500 €, all taxes included. These amounts will only be available to artists who do not have support from a cultural promotion institution for this concept.

9. Fira B!’s technical coordinators reserve the right to adapt technical riders to venues, based on the venue’s schedule and the full programme.

10. Performing arts companies that use text in their productions will have subtitles or descriptive material available to the professionals that require them.

11. All artists featured in the programme will sign a letter of intent, in which they confirm their participation in Fira B! within a month of the artistic selection being announced.

12. The artistic selection will be available on the websites www.iebalearics.org and www.firab.org.

13. All artists featured in the programme authorise photographies and video recording of their performances at Fira B! for broadcasting purposes, both in the media and social networks, as well as for archive purposes.

Compulsory information to be submitted:

• Filled-in application form.
• Dossier, presentation and career summary of the company/band.
• Photographs and links to high-quality audio and audiovisual material for the show/s submitted.
• Technical rider for the show/s submitted, stating the minimum requirements to perform a short version of the show (minimum stage measurements, minimum lighting and sound equipment requirements, etc.)

All documents must be uploaded to the application form before 7 March 2019.

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