The specialist and performance team have done this route to bring the work to the stages of 16 towns of the Valencian Community from their first night in La Nau Cultural Centre of the University on 5 May until the last performance that had place in Moixent on 6 July.

All through the summer tour, ‘Un instant de bellesa’ has achieved to reunite more than 7.300 people, consolidating at the same time public from the district area.

This data is inside the framework in the bet of the Universitat de València for European cooperation, juvenile limelight and cultural promotion of the Valencian towns through theatre and performing arts, which materialises through the programmes UVculture and UVsociety that put the UV as first academic institution with biggest presence in the territory -with headquarters in 16 towns and 10 districts, a part from the twenty seasonal universities-; while its politic of internationalization maintains the first Valencian university the first Spanish university in reception of Erasmus students.

This way, the University is promoter of the project Escena Erasmus UV, combines the artistic creation with an experience of cohabitation and exchange between European university students and the communities of our towns, creating shared reflection spaces and intercultural dialogues.

The work will be performed one las time on December in the city of Valencia.

The human beauty that comes from desolation
Escena Erasmus of the Universitat de València, Honor Award of Valencian Performing Arts 2023, deepens with ‘Un instant de bellesa’ in the desolation that the dana provoked last autumn: a catastrophe without precedents in the South of Valencia, hitting and marking the whole town with the tragedy.

Through the text written by recognised authors of the present cultural scene, some of whom lived that terrible experience in first person, Escena Erasmus UV explores the emotions and feelings of the people who saw life as they knew it disappear as water and dirt came through, but they also saw how in the midst of chaos and destruction, surprising flashes of light appeared in the form of row of volunteers and solidary campaigns from all over the world to remind us that is possible to be reborn again from the mud.

The show at the same time, rethinks about the beauty that, in spite of pain, can arise from natural catastrophes which human beings have to suffer: fire, earthquakes, tsunamis and floods. A human beauty that appears without being asked and which comforts the victims in times of such sadness.

Directed by Josep Valero, the script has been written by Carles Alberola, Carmen Amoraga, Máximo Huerta, Maria Andrés, Joaquín Camps, Marta Toso, Jaime Millás, Sara Olivas, Sergio Serrano and Anna Marí; and the dramaturgy has been coordinated by Daniel Tormo. The play will be performed by a cast formed by eight Erasmus and Valencian students: Lluna Avellaneda, Ollie Binnie, Yasmin Chaabane, Jordi Casamayor, Dolores E. Noriega, Laura Luque, Romain Timmermans and Àngels Vaca.

“Taking urgency in”
Josep Valero has highlighted the effort made in this production that has been developed “among an academic year that has not been easy, full of setbacks that have been marking the consequences of the dana”.

This way, Escena Erasmus UV was taken in “on an urgency” and achieved a text “inviting a dramaturg team that helped us to reflect on the beauty we find among the natural and personal catastrophes; because beauty among catastrophe is not the absence of pain, but the ability of the human being of resisting with dignity, empathy and creativity. It is in this moments where extraordinary gestures emerge and, probably, will not solve anything, but give a sense to our existence”, says Valero.

And he explains: “‘Un instant de bellesa’ is a show built from the entrails that walk through dystopic futures and that marks a continuous line in the form of flashbacks to make a trip from hypothetical crisis provoked by fires and tsunamis to human scenes of people that lived first hand the earthquakes in the centre of Italy and above all the dana in Valencia”.

In ‘Un instant de bellesa’, the public has confronted a theatrical proposal built on a stage with elements that were not found in the place and where “sadness, comedy, rage and calm” have coexisted “when trying to comprehend everything lived to that moment”.

What Escena Erasmus UV has done was offering “many questions and few answers, -as they usually do-, so the public themselves are free to interpret”, pointed the director.

The Escena Erasmus UV 2025 tours
‘Un instant de bellesa’ is a production of the Universitat de València with the management of General Foundation UV and the support of the Valencian Institute for Young People (IVAJ) and the Culture Area of the Valencia Provincial Council, giving way to the coming tours:

The 2025 Culture Area of the Valencia Provincial Council Tour has reached seven towns from the province in which they offered a full workshop that culminated with the theatrical show and an open colloquium with the public. This format promotes citizen participation, the critical spirit and the value of the culture as a tool of local development.

At the same time, the Carnet Jove 2025 of IVAJ Tour has travelled thorught six towns from the districts of Castellón and Alicante with two shows per day: one for secondary education institutes and another for the general public. This programme bets for values, like solidarity, tolerance, creativity, peace, giving voice to a compromise and active youth.

Furthermore, the Universitat de València took the show to Ontinyent and toGandia inside their programme UVsociety that allowed to present the stagingin the big theatres Echegaray and Serrano, respectively.

Escena Erasmus UV is, definitely, an open window to Europe and an opportunity for people to connect with a living, young and transformative culture.

2025 SCHEDULE

• 5, 6 and 7 May: La Nau Cultural Centre of the Universitat, Valencia
• 8 May: La Nucia (IVAJ Tour)
• 12 May: Benicàssim (IVAJ Tour)
• 14 May: Elda (IVAJ Tour)
• 15 May: Almenara (IVAJ Tour)
• 7 June: Palma de Gandia (Provincial Council Tour)
• 9 June: Santa Pola (IVAJ Tour)
• 12 June: Gandia, Teatre Serrano (UVSociety)
• 14 June: Higueruelas (Provincial Council Tour)
• 17 June: Atzeneta del Maestrat (IVAJ Tour)
• 21 June: Gestalgar (Provincial Council Tour)
• 25 June: Ontinyent, Teatre Echegaray (UVSociety)
• 27 June: Alcàntera de Xúquer (Provincial Council Tour)
• 28 June: Moixent (Provincial Council Tour)
• 4 July: Marines (Provincial Council Tour)
• 6 July: Moixent (Provincial Council Tour)

16 years, more than 350 cities and 5 awards of recognised prestige
Escena Erasmus is an European theatrical project of the Universitat de València born in 2009. In Escena Erasmus UV mainly participate Erasmus and local students of the Universitat. The goal is to make the most of their creative potential during the year they spend in Valencia and promote their participation in the cultural life of the territory.

The shows, which always talk about current events, are lead by a professional team in Valencian performing arts. In their 16 years of history they have been represented in more than 350 cities and in theatre festivals, like Almagro, Olite, Olmedo, Santander or Alcalá de Henares.

Escena Erasmus received the Charlemagne Youth Award 2011 of the European Parliament; the Honourable Mention 2018 of the ‘Spotlight on Heritage in Culture and the Arts’ Award of the Performing Arts Employers Association League Europe in Brussels; the AVETID 2019 Award for Best Valencian Theatre Project in 2021; the Distinction of the 9 d’Octubre Lluís Vives Award 2021 from the Valencian Government for their Valencian contribution to European construction in 2023, and the Valencian Performing Arts Honour Award 2023 of the Cultural Institute of Valencia-GVA.