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XTRAX

Manchester , United Kingdom
Type of organisation
resource / information provider, development agency, network
Main discipline
multidisciplinary
Type of activities
cultural participation projects targeting specific audiences
advocacy
facilitating professional meetings
mentoring / practical support
programming
promotion
training / education / professional
Year established
2001
Circostrada member since
2009
Other networks the organisation belongs to
Contact Person
Maggie Clarke (Director)
Address
51, Old Birley Street
M15 5RF, Manchester - United Kingdom
0044 161 227 8383

XTRAX supports inspirational outdoor performance; running projects, festivals and showcases designed to promote innovative outdoor work from UK and international artists. It is based in Manchester with a global reach.

  • In partnership with some of the UK’s leading outdoor arts festivals, it provides showcase opportunities for artists to present and tour their work to hundreds of UK and international promoters.
  • XTRAX manages Without Walls, a collective of leading UK outdoor festivals, who combine resources and expertise to commission work of a high artistic quality. It also runs the Without Walls Associate Touring Network, which extends the reach of Without Walls commissions, supporting them to tour to a network of ten festivals in areas of low arts engagement in some of the most underprivileged areas of England.
  • XTRAX is the manager and producer for Wired Aerial Theatre, one of the UK’s leading specialists in theatre-based aerial dance work and large-scale outdoor shows.
  • XTRAX runs an online directory featuring 2000+ UK and international street artists, shows, promoters, outdoor arts festivals and events: xtrax.org.uk/directory
  • It manages Platform4:UK, a strategic programme designed to support the international promotion and export of UK outdoor artists. Supported by Arts Council England, it is designed to build on XTRAX’s existing showcase work and further help artists to make new international contacts.

 

XTRAX soutient des propositions artistiques dans l’espace public, à travers la gestion de projets conçus pour promouvoir des compagnies et artistes émergents anglais et internationaux.

Ses axes de travail sont :

  • L’organisation de rencontres professionnelles, en partenariat avec des festivals majeurs au Royaume Uni, afin de créer la rencontre entre diffuseurs et professionnels anglais et internationaux.
  • La coordination de « Without Walls », un collectif de festivals pionniers dans le secteur des arts en espace public, afin de mutualiser leurs ressources et savoir-faire pour développer et promouvoir le soutien et le développement du secteur dans le pays.
  • Production et diffusion du Wired Aerial Theatre, afin de soutenir la création de spectacles ambitieux et leur diffusion à l’international.
  • Un annuaire online avec plus de 1000 artistes et promoteurs: xtrax.org.uk/directory
  • Platform4: un nouveau projet conçu pour promouvoir au Royaume-Uni des projets innovants à destination de nouveaux publics et territoires.