Many projects in Polish performing and visual arts in recent years are being developed in non-institutional spaces to take advantage of the context and to experiment with strategies of viewer …

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• Poland

Since George Town received the World Heritage title from UNESCO, jointly with Melaka as historic cities of the Straits of Malacca in 2008, it has experienced growing attention and underwent …

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• Asia
• Malaysia

PICNIC 2011 is a festival that has taken place at NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam last September. Florentina Bratfanof talks to Kitty Leering, the Program Director & interim General Manager of …

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• International
• Netherlands

Despite the lack of government support towards performing arts in Thailand, various artists and organizers are striving to create arts festivals for and with their respective communities.

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• Thailand

Two cases of Thailand in the context of the festivals and their communities will be shared in this two-parts article. This first part outlines the case of Pahtum Thani International …

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• Thailand

Attakkalari is India’s premiere organization working in the field of contemporary movement arts. Through its many distinct programmes it works towards creating a context for contemporary movement.

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• Asia
• India

In 2003, The Bagasbas Beach International Eco Arts Festival (BBIEAF) was created to answer the need for active participation to alleviate poverty and spur sustainable development with care for the …

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• Asia
• Philippines

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?

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• Europe
• Romania

After a week of intensive workshops and discussions I am attempting to put into words what an incredibly inspiring and transforming experience it has been for me to attend the …

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• Singapore
• United Kingdom

A report on a meeting in Kobe, Japan, in April 2011, to share case studies of dance festivals in Asia and to build a network among festival directors.

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• Asia
• Korea

Held for the first time in Asia, the Atelier for Young Festival Managers brought 34 young professionals to Singapore from 14 to 21 May. They reflected on topics related to …

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• Asia
• Europe

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 …

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• India
• Indonesia
• Malaysia
• Singapore
• Thailand

The 2010 edition of Filminute Festival is an exclusively online festival consisting of 25 shortlisted movies. Each movie lasts one minute. The festival is a platform for directors to produce …

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• International

Festivals in Asia run on very different models, as the state and sophistication of arts development and support in various parts of Asia are highly disparate.

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• Asia
• Singapore

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?

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• Austria
• Europe

Transmediale.10 took up residence at the House of World Cultures in snowy Berlin in the first week of February 2010. Transmediale is an internationally prestigious festival for contemporary art and …

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• Asia
• Europe
• Germany

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.

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• Belgium
• China
• Europe