DANCE ON CAMINO DE SANTIAGO FESTIVAL

THE BIGGEST DANCE ROUTE

Architecture, dance, music and avant-garde stage unite in a festival that brings together creations inspired by the Camino de Santiago in an artistic amplitude that is also a space for collective learning. The Consejería de Cultura de la Junta de Castilla y León organizes and co-produces, together with CIDANZ Producciones - Ballet Contemporáneo de Burgos, an event that counts with the collaboration of the regional governments of Burgos, León and Palencia, the Xunta de Galicia (AGADIC), the Government of La Rioja, the city councils of the venues where the festival is held and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.


From July 1 to 21, 2025


The festival will allocate a total of 28,000 euros in fees and contracts and will extend its calendar of performances between July 1 and 21. In total, there will be 19 days of exhibition distributed in municipalities of Huesca, Navarra, La Rioja, Burgos, Palencia, León, Lugo, A Coruña and Vizcaya.

19 DAYS OF EXHIBITION

Performances in municipalities of Huesca, Navarra, La Rioja, Burgos, Palencia, León, Lugo, A Coruña and Vizcaya along the Jacobean route.

2025

28,000 EUROS IN FEES AND CONTRACTS

PARTICIPATION RULES

Choreographers interested in submitting their proposals to the Festival must provide audiovisual material (five minutes long) for evaluation by the selection committee. In this material, they will show the style that defines their choreographic line, as well as a general idea about the choreographic composition and its relationship with the Jacobean Route or any of its values or conceptual elements. Preference in the selection will be given to those works created specifically for the festival, i.e., unpublished (as a premiere).


The festival organizers, CIDANZ Producciones-Ballet Contemporáneo de Burgos SL, will evaluate the proposals submitted and select the three finalist choreographers.


The maximum number of performers will be five and works with only one performer may be presented. The style is free: the festival 'Danza en el Camino' is open to the programming and exhibition of Spanish, classical, contemporary, urban, etc. dance pieces.


The work must be between 10 and 15 minutes long. The choreography will be unpublished and expressly created for 'Danza en el Camino'. 


The scenic space will be at street level, seeking to blend in with the environment. A dance linoleum that simulates stone separates the artist from the audience. The lighting is on-site and as a support in the later hours.


Choreographers who have their works registered with the SGAE or other similar rights societies must have paid the canon for their performance. The Festival management will not pay any fee for the choreographies in competition. In the same way, if the music of the choreography is subject to any kind of royalty, the choreographer contestant will bear the expenses related to the SGAE or other similar rights societies.


All choreographies by new and professional choreographers, Spanish or foreign, over 18 years of age, may participate. 


All film material will remain at the disposal of the Festival organization. Likewise, the organization reserves the right to keep all the material sent -including the works not selected for its historical archive- and will be exempted from the rights of the images taken by the photographer during the development of the performances. Local, regional and national television channels will be allowed free access only for informative purposes, so that no choreographer will be able to prevent the recording of the staging of his or her piece.


The organization will be responsible for the cost of accommodation, meals and transportation during the Festival. For those groups coming from the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, the Balearic Islands and abroad, a travel allowance of 200 euros per group will be provided, but not including travel expenses. For the rest of the participants, the usual travel expenses (train, bus or car tickets) will be paid up to a maximum of 100 euros per group.

DANZA

ON CAMINO

DE SANTIAGO

Freestyle

(open air dance)

JACOBEAN ROUTE

DATES & LOCATIONS

1/07/25. Huesca

2/07/25. Huesca

3/07/25. Navarra

4/07/25. La Rioja

5/07/25. La Rioja

6/07/25. La Rioja

7/07/25. Burgos

8/07/25. Burgos

10/07/25. Palencia

11/07/25. Palencia

12/07/25. Palencia

13/07/25. León

14/07/25. León

15/07/25. León

16/07/25. Lugo

17/07/25. Lugo

18/07/25. A Coruña

20/07/25. Bilbao

21/07/25. Burgos

TEAM

DIRECTOR: Alberto Esbébanez

PRODUCTION: Sara Sáiz y Leticia Bernardo

TECHNICAL TEAM: Miguel Tena, Alejandra Miñón y Eva Merchán

DANCE ON CAMINO DE SANTIAGO CONSULTANT: Alfonso Ordóñez

MUSICAL ATMOSPHERE: Samuel Peñas

HOST: Andrea Santamaría

COMMUNICATION: Eduardo Vielba

AUDIOVISUALS: Carlos Herrera

PHOTOGRAPHY: Gerardo Sanz