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08 Jun 2011
This is the second of a series of three articles based on interviews done to contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.
28 Apr 2011
This is the first of three articles based on interviews with contemporary performing artists and programmers from Europe and Southeast Asia.
28 Feb 2011
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.
17 Jan 2011
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 …
28 Sep 2010
Complicite producer Judith Dimant describes the long process of setting up a tour of their theatre production about Indian mathematician, Ramanujan, to Mumbai.
14 Jun 2010
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?
08 Feb 2010
Over the last nine years, Romanian theatre went through a hectic but powerful journey. Some may argue that things are always evolving too slowly in Romania.
01 Jan 2010
[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 …
01 Dec 2009
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.
09 Nov 2009
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 …
07 Nov 2009
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.
02 Nov 2009
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.
15 Apr 2008
Alison Andrews, Performing Arts Officer in the Yorkshire region for the Arts Council England.
15 Apr 2008
Amna Kusumo and three cultural activists founded Kelola, a national non-profit organisation that promotes Indonesian arts, through learning, access to funding and information.
15 Apr 2008
Kentaro Matsui is a theatre critic and also Programme Director of the Tokyo based Setagaya Public Theatre, Japan.
15 Apr 2008
[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 …
15 Apr 2008
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.
