Explore the most innovative opportunities for contemporary dance in the Spanish capital. Discover open calls, artistic residencies, and auditions for choreographers and dancers looking to develop experimental creation projects. This guide is ideal for dance professionals who wish to present avant-garde proposals and connect with Madrid's vibrant cultural scene. Find funding and support to bring your choreographic ideas to the stage.
Autobiographical investigation into deafness and dance
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This piece is an absolute premiere in 2026 and offers an autobiographical investigation into deafness and dance, transforming a personal experience into an ultra-expressive scenic language. Its focus on listening through the body and accessibility makes it a highly relevant experimental dance proposal.
Considered Rodoreda's masterpiece
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This adaptation of Mercè Rodoreda's novel by the renowned company La Veronal fuses contemporary dance and theater. Its exploration of symbolic imaginaries and Marcos Morau's experimental trajectory make it a standout proposal in 2026.
Features characters from myth (Pandora, Zeus, Prometheus)
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This co-production with Centro Danza Matadero, directed by Asun Noales, presents a piece for seven dancers that explores mythology. Its narrative approach through contemporary dance positions it as an interesting experimental proposal.
Features choreography by renowned flamenco dancer Jesús Carmona
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This absolute premiere is a co-production that offers a deep sensory experience, reflecting on memory, body, and time. Its expanded flamenco proposal and conceptual research make it highly experimental and relevant.
Speaks to joyous and tumultuous seasons of woman's life
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This creation by the French company Leïla Ka explores the female condition through body and movement, addressing themes such as fragility and rebellion. Its focus on gender exploration makes it a contemporary and experimental proposal.
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Nominated for Best Premieres by Dance Europe
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This piece by Goyo Montero, inspired by Bach's Goldberg Variations, offers a reinterpretation of a classical musical work through contemporary dance. The choreographer's trajectory and the fusion of arts make it a standout experimental proposal.
Features new creations by award-winning artists
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These absolute premieres by Luz Arcas ('Masa') and Kor'sia ('TABLERO') with the Compañía Nacional de Danza promise to explore new choreographic languages. Their relevance in the current landscape of Spanish contemporary dance makes them essential.
Explores popular and classical musical repertoire
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This co-production by María Pagés Compañía dialogues with the notion of time and technological instability, key axes of the contemporary experience. Its exploration of current concepts through expanded flamenco makes it an experimental proposal.
Radical conference-performance
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This absolute world premiere is a scenic investigation into hate speech and narratives of hostility. Its groundbreaking nature and its focus on contemporary social issues make it a highly relevant experimental dance proposal.
Visceral, transgressive, and magnetic dance production
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This dance-performance work uses the body, brutalist aesthetics, and baroque to explore death, transformation, and resilience. Its interdisciplinary proposal and its reflection on identity and memory make it a standout experimental piece.
Abstracted figures, pure motion
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This show explores the relationship between movement, gravity, and space, inspired by Jackson Pollock's abstract painting. Its focus on abstraction and fusion with other visual arts, along with the company's trajectory, makes it experimental.
Explores reconciliation, orphanhood, and forgiveness
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This interdisciplinary proposal reflects on male vulnerability, grief, and emotional memory, integrating dance, text, and theater. Its hybrid nature and its exploration of deep emotional themes make it an experimental dance-theater piece.
Features contemporary dance and flamenco
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This absolute premiere fuses contemporary dance and flamenco, being an original creation by Teatros del Canal. Its combination of styles and its novelty make it a relevant experimental proposal in the current landscape.