Lugar Futuro 2026

On its 6th edition, the LUGAR FUTURO Festival will return in 2026to promote young artists, both through the premieres of new dancepieces by national and foreign choreographers and the presentationof first works by emerging choreographers, in a program dividedbetween the Teatro Viriato, the IPDJ Auditorium and the Lugar Presente space, with the financial support of the Municipality of Viseuand the Direção Geral das Artes.The four-day program, directed by Leonor Keil, will consist ofperformances, films, masterclasses and discussions with the public,with the aim of exchanging experiences between the participatingyoung choreographers and dancers, joined by students and teachersfrom national and international dance schools, in an environment oflive exchange with the public in the city of Viseu and also around theworld via live streaming.One of the highlights of this year’s program is the presentation of a selected set of dance works, which we call ‘first works’. A careful selection of six pieces by youngchoreographers, chosen from a pool of hundreds of applications from dozens of countries, that as usual promises to surprise with the diversity, quality and freshness of itsproposals.For this edition, the festival once again collaborates with the InShadow video-dance festival, which will present a selection of short films that have won awards in2025.The partnership with the Escola Superior de Dança will also be repeated, presenting the work of students from the Dance Degree. In addition, this year there will be partnerships with the Conservatório de Dança de Paredes and with the Bucarest Dance Conservatory, which will perform in Viseu for the first time.In its 6th edition, the Lugar Futuro Festival has once again established itself as a vibrant platform for international contact between the professional world and dance education, bringing together young artists and renowned choreographers with the aim of constantly raising public awareness of contemporary dance.