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By Valentina Riccardi

17 Nov 2009

Cultural journalism and its grasp on cultural policy

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The Central European University, Budapest, held a seminar to give cultural journalists an overview of the major trends in cultural policy-making in Europe.

By Vanini Belarmino

09 Nov 2009

Interview: German theatre director

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I met German theatre director/choreographer, Helena Waldmann at a Café in the trendy Berlin-Mitte. Respected for her bold character, very much reflected in her edgy works and professional engagements in …

By Vanini Belarmino

07 Nov 2009

Interview: Thai choreographer

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Pichet Klunchun bridges traditional Thai Classical Dance language with contemporary sensibility, while keeping the heart and wisdom of the convention. He earned domestic notoriety for his efforts in contemporising Khon.

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 Vanini Belarmino

01 Nov 2009

Dialogue with Asia in Berlin

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Asia-Pacific Weeks 2009 successfully hosted more than 150 parallel events in business, science, culture and society at the different spots in Berlin.

By Jerneja Rebernak

29 Oct 2009

Words and photo: literature and photography

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The symposium Encutentros Photo España, held in Madrid, highlighted the influence of photography in modern literature, and their impact on the reproduction of history and memory.

By Anjali Devidayal

29 Oct 2009

A new cultural platform for Indian contemporary art?

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The visual arts scene for Indian Modern and Contemporary art has grown exponentially over ten years, but its internal structure reveals almost no support system for public art.

By Sasiwimon Wongjarin

29 Oct 2009

Regional Dance Summit, Jakarta August 2009

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The Regional Dance Summit that took place in Jakarta last August 2009, was organised by Goethe-Institut Jakarta, Indonesia.

By Valentina Riccardi

28 Oct 2009

Creative economies: tent cinemas of India

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The tent cinema project portrays a different perspective on media entertainment in the rural provinces of Maharashtra, India, showing an alternative economy in action.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

25 Oct 2009

Asian Village: young musicians and visual artists

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Asian Village is a Follow-Up Project of I'mPULSE Clandestino, 4th Asia-Europe Music Camp (Sweden, 2007) and aims to continue the cultural exchange that the programme started.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

20 Oct 2009

Bangalore: Asian cultural actors connect

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CultureAsia: Connecting Asian Cultural Actors, was organised by the Arts and Culture Network Program of the Open Society Institute, Hivos, a Dutch development agency, with the Center for the Study …

By Anupama Sekhar

15 Oct 2009

Young cultural leaders for diversity of cultural expressions

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The Under-40 World Forum - “Cultural Diversity 2030” organised by the German Commission for UNESCO and the International Federation of the Coalition for Cultural Diversity from 12-14 June 2009 in …

By Judith Staines

14 Oct 2009

LabforCulture: online resources for cultural cooperation in Europe

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LabforCulture is a European Cultural Foundation project. Online since June 2006, its mission is to ensure access to arts & cultural information & encourage experimentation with web technologies.

By Sasiwimon Wongjarin

08 Oct 2009

Reflections on the Asia-Europe Dance Forum

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The sixth edition of the Asia-Europe Dance Forum successfully took place in Portugal from 12th till 27th June 2009, hosted by Alkantara in Lisbon.

By Kerrine Goh

30 Sep 2009

Asia-Europe Digital Film Workshop: A Critical Insight

Korean filmmaker Park Kiyong relates a story of having met key “Nouvelle Vague” figure Agnes Varda in Paris three years ago, shortly after she had shot the documentary The Gleaners …