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 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 Claire Wilson

23 Dec 2010

Dancing in the Graey: A Festival of Asian Dance in Singapore

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The Graey Festival, staged in Singapore in November at the Substation, had its 3rd edition this year in 2010. The festival originally began as a study of Indian contemporary dance …

By Anupama Sekhar

15 Dec 2010

Talking Dance in India

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Conceptualised by the Delhi-based Gati Dance Forum, Ignite! succeeded in creating a dedicated platform for both performances and the debates surrounding practice.

By Valentina Riccardi

22 Jul 2010

Asia-Europe dance film: the Bow project

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The Bow Project was borne out of affiliations created during the Asia Europe Dance Forum- Pointe to Point organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation in China in 2007. It aimed to …

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 Vanini Belarmino

08 Feb 2010

Cambodian contemporary dance: Amrita Performing Arts

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AMRITA Performing Arts is an NGO based in Cambodia. Its primary objective is to promote and sustain the preservation of traditional Cambodian performing arts.

By Vanini Belarmino

20 Jan 2010

Search for Dance: a conversation with Takako Suzuki

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Takako Suzuki, a Japanese performer, is a familiar face in Berlin and internationally, working with Germany’s premiere dance company, Sasha Waltz & Guest since the 90s.

By Judith Staines

01 Jan 2010

Solutions for the mobility of visual artists in Europe

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[caption id="attachment_1023" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image credit: Trans Europe Halles http://teh.net/"][/caption] The Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste (IGBK) organised a meeting of European experts on ‘Mobility in the Visual Arts Sector …

By Vanini Belarmino

01 Dec 2009

Asia-EU performing arts: cultural influences

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I interviewed two prominent figures in the performing arts: one from Thailand and one from Germanyto discuss their own experiences in working in opposite sides of the world.

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 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 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 Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

UK: performing arts operator reflects

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Alison Andrews, Performing Arts Officer in the Yorkshire region for the Arts Council England.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Indonesia: performing arts operator reflects

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Amna Kusumo and three cultural activists founded Kelola, a national non-profit organisation that promotes Indonesian arts, through learning, access to funding and information.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Japan: dance critic reflects

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[caption id="attachment_2811" align="alignright" width="170" caption="Daisuke Muto, Japan "][/caption] Contributed by Ive Stevenheydens 'We are interrelated through history' Daisuke Muto, Japan "I like to interpret the word 'contemporary' literally: a moment …

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Asia-EU: 4 performing arts operators reflect

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What is 'contemporary' in performing arts today? What at first seems to be a very simple question actually has no straight or univocal answer at all.