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


By Michael Neo

21 Nov 2023

Crossing Continents, Converging Culture: The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Review

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The beginning of November saw the close of the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Singapore, featuring artists from over seven different countries in Asia and Europe. Michael Neo shares their …

By Kerrine Goh

01 Nov 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: 2023 | Highlights

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival, a celebration of the vibrant cultural tapestries of Asia and Europe, made its debut in Singapore from 22 October to 1 November 2023. Organised by the …

ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 | Interview with H.E. Hab Touch, Ministry of Culture & Fine Arts of Cambodia

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Looking back at the first hybrid version of the ASEM Cultural Festival 2021, Preeti Gaonkar and Bridget Lee from the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), interviewed His Excellency Hab Touch from Ministry of Culture and Fine …

By Judith Staines

15 Apr 2020

#StayHome #iorestoacasa #Quedateacasa - virtual tours of museums, online performances, webcams and more

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Many of us are confined at home #StayHome during the COVID-19 pandemic. Across Europe and Asia, masses of arts events have sadly been cancelled – festivals, conferences, performances, exhibitions, biennales …

By Chris Baldwin

24 Aug 2019

#peripheries: Playing Medea at the Edge | Bulgaria

Medea at Plovidv, Bulgaria

culture360.ASEF.org is featuring a new series of articles on the topic of #peripheries. The #peripheries have been regarded as being in the geographical margin, distant from the capital cities and …

EARS on Mumbai: Vibrant Platform for Cross-Cultural Collaboration & Networking Opportunities

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The Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions (EARS) aims to provide a creative platform to support international collaboration and cross-cultural interaction between Europe and Asia.

By Valentina Riccardi

14 Jan 2018

A look back at the Asian Intercultural Conference 2017 | Interview with T. Sasitharan

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As part of the media partnership with Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), culture360 has interviewed its director and co-founder T. Sasitharan on the results of the the Asian Intercultural Conference organised …

By Valentina Riccardi

18 Nov 2014

Asian Intercultural Theatre Conference 2014| Interview with Phillip Zarrilli

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[caption id="attachment_45286" align="aligncenter" width="512"] Phillip Zarrilli with some of his students[/caption] As part of the media partnership with the Intercultural Theatre Conference that will be organised on 25-28 November in …

By Valentina Riccardi

29 Oct 2014

Asian Intercultural Theatre Conference 2014 | Interview with T.Sasitharan

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[caption id="attachment_45290" align="alignleft" width="202"] T. Sasitharan, co-founder and director of Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI)[/caption] As part of the media partnership with the Asian Intercultural Theatre Conference that will be organised …

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 Valentina Riccardi

01 Jun 2012

Curating culture360.org #2 | Lesley Alway, Asialink

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Valentina Riccardi asked Lesley Alway, Director of Asialink Arts to share her curatorial journey with Curating culture360.org #2.

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 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 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.