The thirteenth edition of the international arts festival, Azores Fringe, continues until the end of June across the Azores islands. Last Sunday, a live theater performance took place at Moinho do Juncal in Lajes do Pico. It was here that Terry Costa, artistic director of MiratecArts, the promoter of Azores Fringe, announced that the next edition will have a special focus on performance.

“Whether our collaborators are from the Azores or guests from elsewhere, the idea is to focus on live performance,” explains Terry Costa. “From performance art, circus, dance, theater, whether for adults, children, or the whole family, the proposals we receive will shape the program, but don’t be shy, from short pieces that can be presented outdoors, as we experienced today, to long pieces in auditoriums, it’s Fringe and everything is welcome.”

‘Possíveis’ by Tânia Cabral and Sofia Sousa, who participated in the festival ten years ago, closed this edition’s live performance program. “To celebrate our participation a decade ago, we decided to combine my writing with Sofia’s dance, resulting in this performance that aimed to reflect our experience as mothers that we are now,” noted Tânia Cabral.

The future of Azores Fringe is being reshaped with weeks dedicated to a particular art form, focusing a little more on annual investment and thus providing more opportunities for the Azores to create for the world, admitted Terry Costa on stage, who hopes to present a whole day of performances next year in the center of the village of Lajes do Pico. “Imagine from morning until sunset, through the streets, houses, public spaces, including the tide and sea of this whaling village, performances of all kinds happening for a wide variety of audiences.”

Proposals for the fourteenth edition of Azores Fringe open on July 1, with the official document available at azoresfringe.com

From MiratecArts Press Release

Translated to English as a community outreach program from the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) and the Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures Department (MCLL) as part of Bruma Publications at California State University, Fresno, PBBI thanks the Luso-American Education Foundation for their support.