Two European cities, two artistic venues, two communities work together to commission an art work. The partners involved this year are arts centre BUDA, in Kortrijk (BE), and Dublin Theatre Festival, in Dublin (IE). Coming Soon!Continue Reading
Two European cities, two artistic venues, two communities work together to commission an art work. The partners involved this year are Tanec Praha, in Prague (CZ), and Festival Divadelná Nitra, in Nitra (SK). photo credit: Juraj Vavrovič ICARUS Concept: Marie Gourdain in cooperation with: Jaro Viňarský, Václav KalivodaChoreography and scenography: Marie GourdainPerformers: Jaro Viňarský &...Continue Reading
The research activities aim at a better understanding of how participatory activities impact on the venues and how to enlarge the analysis at regional level. The research team will develop the right tools to be shared among artistic partners, to collect not only qualitative data, but also quantitative ones, to understand how the process activated...Continue Reading
European Spectators Day is a community based event that connects the local groups of active spectators and the citizens despite the distances and the cultural gaps, through the social media channels. The event takes physically – and simultaneously – place in all the venues of the cultural organisations involved: all the participants are linked through...Continue Reading
European Art Commissioners is a site-specific project finalized to create a strong connection between the artists, the professionals and the citizens of local communities through co-commissioning practices. Every year, 2 communities in 2 cities of the network, will work together for commissioning an art piece, that could be a performance/show/exhibition. 8 will be the communities...Continue Reading
Be SpectACTive! produces 15 new theatre/dance shows, involving young and innovative European artists or groups that are supported in the entire cycle of production, from the research period to the touring phase. The companies/artists involved are carefully chosen through a common assessment expressed by the artistic directors of theatres and festivals of the project. The...Continue Reading
Founded in 1939 by governmental decree, the CNRS aims to evaluate and carry out all research capable of advancing knowledge and bringing social, cultural, and economic benefits for society; contribute to the promotion and application of research results; develop scientific information; support research training and participate in the analysis of the national and international scientific...Continue Reading
At the interior of the University of Montpellier, the “Centre for Political Study in Latin Europe” was founded in 1983 on research topics related to the land and academic networks in Southern Europe. CEPEL is also affiliated both to the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research). The unit refers to the scientific fields of political...Continue Reading
The University of Barcelona is ranked the 1st Spanish university and the 33rd European institution in scientific quality and academic productivity. It is the largest Catalan university with more than 87.000 students and a research staff of more than 5,000 members. Its Cultural Management Programme (CMP), created in 1989, offers courses on cultural management, cultural...Continue Reading
“Radu Stanca” National Theatre is a public repertory theatre that consists of a Romanian and a German department, presenting performances in the two languages and participating in numerous international co-productions. “Radu Stanca” National Theatre together with Sibiu International Theatre Festival (www.sibfest.ro) created Sibiu Arts Market, the Theatre and Cultural Management School, becoming one of the...Continue Reading
Tanec Praha is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation (NGO) founded in 1991. It has three basic missions: in the first place, to organise high quality festivals (TANEC PRAHA and CZECH DANCE PLATFORM), including additional programmes (seminars, workshops, conferences, site-specifics etc.). Secondly, to manage dance venue (PONEC) for production, creation and realisation of new work, mostly in...Continue Reading
Occitanie en scène is the regional association for the development of performing arts in Occitanie. Created by initiative of the Regional Council of Occitanie and the French State (Ministry of Culture and Communication), its goal is to contribute to artistic and cultural development in Occitanie (a region in the south of France) to make it...Continue Reading
Dance Theatre Ljubljana (Plesni teater Ljubljana or PTL) was established in 1984 and it laid the foundation for contemporary dance in Slovenia. It is a is a small but artistically exciting contemporary dance theatre. Its programme of productions, put together by an artistic board consisting of both long-established and young artists, is orientated towards innovation...Continue Reading
The Association Divadelná Nitra is a main organiser of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra – the largest theatre event in Slovakia and a renowned festival in the Central Europe. Divadelná Nitra is held annually at the end of September in regional Slovak city Nitra. Festival is known for its conceptual program created as a...Continue Reading
SKCNS is a significant institution in the cultural life of young people in Novi Sad. Its work encompasses literary, theatrical, musical and visual arts. SKCNS insists on genuine artistic value, in so doing playing an educational role for young people. In the area of literary creativity, SKCNS’s activity is focused on both renowned and young,...Continue Reading
Stora Teatern is a performing arts venue in Gothenburg presenting both Swedish and international guest performances within dance, theatre, contemporary circus, music and other performing art forms. Stora Teatern also functions as a resource for the city’s and region’s independent performing arts scene. Stora Teatern operates within the Department of Cultural Affairs in the City...Continue Reading
Fitzcarraldo is the leading Italian center on cultural, arts and media management and policies. It has been active worldwide since 22 years. Fitzcarraldo focuses on ground-breaking approaches in planning, research, consulting, training and documentation of activities and projects. It has acquired a relevant experience in evaluating cultural policies and programmes and in analyzing the audience...Continue Reading
Established in 1957, Dublin Theatre Festival is Europe’s longest running theatre festival and takes place over 18 days from the last Thursday in September. Our mission is to present a programme of exceptional theatrical experiences that will appeal to the diverse communities that make up our city. We bring world-class theatre to Dublin, support artists...Continue Reading
Domino is a non-governmental, non-profit organization based in Zagreb, Croatia, that has as its mission the questioning of the traditional and the transformation of oppressive norms in transitional societies through culture, media, public policies, education and collaboration with local and international organizations. The vision of Domino is that in the society there is a continuous...Continue Reading
Café de las Artes Teatro (CdAT) is a cultural centre for circus and performing arts in Santander. Since 2009 CdAT promotes arts creation and exhibition and offers training all year around for national and international artists. It closely works with the local community in order to boost access of new audiences and their active participation...Continue Reading
Arts centre BUDA (Kortrijk) runs a workspace for performing artists, 3 festivals and an arthouse cinema. Every year BUDA welcomes up to 65 companies / 250 performing artists to work in one of the (5) studio’s or (2) theatre venues. They get supported by a YES-team. The performances made at BUDA are presented on numerous...Continue Reading
brut is a production and performance venue for the performative arts in Vienna. Since its inception in 2007, it has been among the most influential places in the independent performance, dance, and theatre scene. The brut programme stands for experimentation and interdisciplinarity as it showcases the free scene’s diverse and differential character. In addition to...Continue Reading
“The First Factory Theatre” in Budapest is an art center operating on European standards from private resources, also it is one of the forerunners of the futuristic trend of turning post-industrial buildings into multi-cultural spaces. Bakelit M.A.C. gives the opportunity for artists creating in different art mediums to learn, create, and perform by accommodating them...Continue Reading
Artemrede is a project of cultural cooperation gathering 15 Portuguese municipalities and promoting the interaction between cities of different scales. Artemrede focuses on the specificities of the territories through its support to artistic creation, participatory practices, cultural programming, qualification, training and the design of cultural mediation strategies. www.artemrede.ptContinue Reading
CapoTrave/Kilowatt is both an Italian theatre company and a festival dedicated to new companies of the contemporary scene (theatre, dance, music, literature, performing and visual arts). The festival takes place in Sansepolcro (Tuscany) every year in July.The festival was conceived in 2003. The “Visionaries Selection” was created in 2007: every year a group of about...Continue Reading
