From the social and cultural context that Chile was experiencing in 2020, Vidal decided to create Emerger, which has its genesis in Emergenz, a piece that was presented in June 2019 in Hamburg, in the framework of a production between Kampnagel - one of the most important artistic centres of independent performing arts worldwide - and Jose Vidal & Cia in co-production with Fundación Teatro a Mil.


The main difference with the original is that EMERGER is a performance that goes out into the street, opens up to the territory and is constructed as a call to loving resistance, to take refuge in the community, in collective, sensitive and critical work; and in the energy of bodies in movement to transform and have an affective impact on our society.

Emerger was presented for the first time at the Chilean festival Santiago a Mil 2020, where it toured 3 districts of the capital, inviting hundreds of citizens to join the experience.

In this way, the cast is built free of prejudice and cultural, age, social or gender barriers: 20 international performers - who have previously worked in Emergenz and come from Germany, Turkey, Italy, Syria, France, Japan and Denmark - together with 21 members of the company and more than 200 citizens.