ASEF Culture360 | Connecting Asia and Europe through arts and culture


Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


By Judith Staines

06 Feb 2015

Asia-Europe | arts and culture agenda 2015

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In our annual round up of arts and culture across Asia and Europe, culture360.asef.org Editor Judith Staines takes a trip around some of the best arts and culture events coming …

By Judith Staines

10 Jan 2014

Asia-Europe | arts and culture agenda 2014

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culture360.org focuses on arts and culture connections across Asia and Europe - from New Zealand to Ireland, Malta to Mongolia and Laos to Latvia, there are 49 ASEM member countries …

By Florent Petit

20 Dec 2013

Luxembourg | A cultural profile

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Luxembourg, the capital of the Grand Duchy holding the same name, is the smallest capital city in the European Union. With a population of 100 000 inhabitants, it is also …

By Judith Staines

14 Feb 2013

Asia-Europe | arts events 2013

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Here is the annual round up of some of the best visual, literary and other arts events in Asia and Europe in 2013 from culture360.org’s Editor Judith Staines.

By Florentina Bratfanof

27 Dec 2012

Building bridges between Central and Eastern Europe | The EEPAP

The Eastern European Performing Arts Platform (EEPAP) is a platform that focuses on the fields of dance and theater and is a result of the cooperation between independent experts from …

By Florentina Bratfanof

08 Jun 2012

From desert ... to Circus | Fresh Circus 2012

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Contemporary circus, or nouveau cirque (term originally known in French-speaking countries), is a performing art developed in the later 20th century in which a story is conveyed through traditional circus …

By miki braniste

25 Jul 2011

Independent theater in the red carpet world

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Why theater at one of the biggest film festivals in Eastern Europe? What does it bring to the audience in addition to the movie projections?

By Valentina Riccardi

05 Jul 2011

Festivals in society | Interview with Sydney Festival Director, Lindy Hume

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In this first two-part interview with Festival Directors, culture360.org talks with Lindy Hume, Director of the Sydney Festival in Australia.

By Catarina Saraiva

13 Jun 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts: utopia or reality? Part 3

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This article gives an overview of the European and Southeast-Asian performing arts markets. It provides information that can lead to the creation of non-hierarchical dialogue between these two communities of …

By Catarina Saraiva

28 Apr 2011

The bridges to build in performing arts in Europe: utopia or reality?

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This is the first of three articles based on interviews with contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.

By Katelijn Verstraete

24 Mar 2011

The source of Monsoon

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Choreographer Arco Renz, the creator of the Monsoon platform, talks to Katelijn Verstraete, Asia-Europe Foundation’s (ASEF) Assistant Director for Cultural Exchange, about the latest edition of his project.

By Katelijn Verstraete

23 Mar 2011

Bridging Asia and Europe contemporary performing arts

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At a recent gathering in Yokohama, Japan, over 50 independent creative producers from Asia and Europe got the opportunity to inspire and learn from each other about creating leading-edge arts …

By Ramona David

14 Mar 2011

MONSOON – A whirlwind of global culture

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Belgian dramaturge Bart van den Eynde describes his experiences at ‘Monsoon’, a transcultural and multi-disciplinary research and performance platform for Asian and European artists.

By Catarina Saraiva

28 Feb 2011

Investigating the relationship between programmers and artists

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Escape Line is a research project that aims to prove the possibility of establishing a balanced dialogue between programmers and creators in the performing arts market.

By Florentina Bratfanof

17 Jan 2011

The European Dimension of the Romanian National Theatre Festival

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The Romanian National Theatre Festival (RNTF) started in 1990, in Bucharest, just after the fall of the communist regime. The festival was at first a gathering of Romanian productions from …

By Florentina Bratfanof

14 Jun 2010

European festivals in a global era

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What do ‘festivals’ mean in a global world? How are they perceived in Europe compared with Asia? What is their dialogue, keeping in mind EU and Asian practices?

By Florentina Bratfanof

10 Mar 2010

Talking about contemporary circus in Europe

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By Florentina Bratfanof - My first memories of the performing arts go back to a little town near the amazing Danube Delta, my hometown.

By Judith Staines

02 Nov 2009

China in Europe: europalia cultural festival

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Europalia, based in Belgium, is a major international arts festival held every two years to celebrate one invited country’s cultural heritage. This year China has been chosen.

By Mary Ann DeVlieg

19 Apr 2008

IETM and contemporary performing arts in Asia

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IETM is a network committed to contemporary performing arts and to collaborating across national borders. It has 440 member-organisations from over 45 countries.