Date: June 29 - July 30
Location: different venues
One of the most important arts festivals in the city. The Grec Festival is a popular summer event for everyone who is in love with theater. It features theater plays, dance shows, music and circus performances from both local Catalan artists and international performers.
Named after its main venue, the Teatre Grec, which is an open-air theater on Mount Montjuïc, the festival has a rich history. The theater was originally built in 1929 for the Barcelona International Exposition and was later restored and revitalized through the first Grec Festival in 1976. Now, the festival takes place in various venues across the city.
The festival's mission is to showcase exceptional works by Catalan artists and companies, as well as to present captivating shows from Spain and around the world.
Director of the GREC Festival de Barcelona, Francesc Casadesús:
“As with jazz improvisations, in order to build up their solo, each performer needs to listen carefully to the rhythm set by the ensemble as a whole. This is the image described by philosopher and writer Eulàlia Bosch, when she says that the singular is born of the plural. An observation that offers a neat way of describing this year's Grec, which revolves around the idea of collectivity, of how group awareness underscores and enriches individual qualities. The programme focuses on the creation of synergies between various performing arts disciplines, with the notable presence of circus arts and choral groups, choirs with a multitude of approaches that offer a mix of different voices. In fact the word cor in Catalan (choir, core, heart) has both a plural and a singular meaning.”
Info: https://www.barcelona.cat/grec/en
Location: different venues
One of the most important arts festivals in the city. The Grec Festival is a popular summer event for everyone who is in love with theater. It features theater plays, dance shows, music and circus performances from both local Catalan artists and international performers.
Named after its main venue, the Teatre Grec, which is an open-air theater on Mount Montjuïc, the festival has a rich history. The theater was originally built in 1929 for the Barcelona International Exposition and was later restored and revitalized through the first Grec Festival in 1976. Now, the festival takes place in various venues across the city.
The festival's mission is to showcase exceptional works by Catalan artists and companies, as well as to present captivating shows from Spain and around the world.
Director of the GREC Festival de Barcelona, Francesc Casadesús:
“As with jazz improvisations, in order to build up their solo, each performer needs to listen carefully to the rhythm set by the ensemble as a whole. This is the image described by philosopher and writer Eulàlia Bosch, when she says that the singular is born of the plural. An observation that offers a neat way of describing this year's Grec, which revolves around the idea of collectivity, of how group awareness underscores and enriches individual qualities. The programme focuses on the creation of synergies between various performing arts disciplines, with the notable presence of circus arts and choral groups, choirs with a multitude of approaches that offer a mix of different voices. In fact the word cor in Catalan (choir, core, heart) has both a plural and a singular meaning.”
Info: https://www.barcelona.cat/grec/en