International network for contemporary performing arts
NEWSLETTER #6
June 2022
CONTENTS
That's a wrap on Perform Europe!
Job Opportunity - IETM Policy & Research Manager (Full time)
IETM Belgrade Plenary Meeting 2022
Local Journeys for Change
Latest IETM Resources
Members news
Sector news
Perform Europe's Impact - 13 June 2022
That's a wrap on Perform Europe!
After 18 months of research, testing and touring, this round of Perform Europe is coming to a close. What a journey it has been!
June was one of the busiest months of the project, with over sixty presentations by the Perform Europe partnerships happening across Europe. On 13 June, Perform Europe's Impact Event was held live in Brussels and online, where European stakeholders, representatives of the nineteen partnerships and the Perform Europe Consortium, Jury, Advisory Group and performing arts professionals gathered to hear about the learnings and achievements of Perform Europe and the essence of the policy recommendations to be sent to the European Commission.
Take a look at our Flickr album containing photos from the event by photographer Mathilde Laurent. Please feel free to share the pictures and remember to credit the photographer accordingly.
Between December 2020 and June 2021, Perform Europe explored and mapped the context in which performing art works have been presented across borders in the past few years. The research team identified and analysed the current issues and disparities in the European system of performing arts touring and presentation, and indicated some solutions for bringing change.
IETM is hiring! We are looking for a brilliant new Policy & Research Manager to join our team in Brussels. This senior position is responsible for designing, coordinating and the administration of IETM’s policy and research work. A minimum of five years experience in advocacy and research related work in the field of cultural policies and good knowledge of EU policies, institutional processes and frameworks is required.
Mark your calendars, the IETM Belgrade Plenary Meeting 2022 is only 3 months away!
Organised within the frame of the Bitef festival 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia, the meeting will be a vibrant 4-day event full of artistic works to explore, talks and participatory discussions, a pre-meeting excursion and plenty of training, pitching and networking opportunities.
A provisional programme is already online and over the summer we will continue to release new updates about the keynotes sessions, speakers and facilitators, workshops, networking and members activities, artistic programme and more. Stay tuned!
Consult the practical information page to help you plan your trip and stay in Belgrade - we have listed different hotels in Belgrade offering reduced hotel rates for IETM Belgrade Plenary Meeting 2022 participants.
Many of the Local Journeys for Change (LJC) projects have kicked off since the start of the programme, and all of the participants are now starting to work together in order to share peer-to-peer knowledge and best practices on shaping the training activities that will be included in the programme from September onwards.
You can continue to discover the LJC projects as our members continue to post their news and blog posts directly onto our website.
Creative Carbon Scotland is currently working on a project around climate justice and the ways in which it is relevant to the Scottish arts and culture sector. In this blog post, they introduce why they think this is important, discuss the context in Scotland, and share some of the results of a discussion event held on 17 May 2022.
“Meet-up on the Beach” was the first gathering of the Latvian contemporary performing arts community. The meet-up took place in Baltic Sea coast city Ventspils, 2 – 4 June 2022, and was an integral part of the theatre festival No.1.
Despite the ongoing challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, IETM continued to flourish across the course of last year. We are proud to present our Annual Report 2021, which brings a comprehensive overview of all our activities, events, publications, projects and advocacy actions that happened in the course of 2021.
This policy report is about how the European Semester can be used for improving working conditions in the cultural and creativesectors. The author has undertaken a brief analysis of how the European Semester can be a tool to stimulate and advance Member States' policies and reforms aimed to improve social and economicstatus of artists and culturalprofessionals. The objective of the research was to reveal whether the European Semester can serve as a mechanism to further such reforms, highlight possible ways how this can be done and point out the main policyplayers and levels at which such changes can be triggered and implemented.
Amidst the crisis, simply “more money” for the arts is no longer enough. Our publication Supporting Relevance unpacks the notions of inclusive, fair and flexible funding, describes the tensions that may occur when designing such funding programmes and schemes, and brings inspiration from a few case studies. It also offers a set of recommendations for funders on how to support the arts in the most relevant way.
When it comes to #MeToo in the cultural sector, IETM and our SHIFT project partners believe it is high time to shift the focus from unique cases to macro-structures, from individual experiences to collective ones. Through research and case studies, the final publication of our joint SHIFT work on Gender & Power Relations puts forward solution-oriented strategies for combating sexual harassment and power abuse in the arts, and for creating equitable and safe professional environments for art workers.
IETM and the European Festivals Association (EFA) are delighted to jointly invite you to EFA’s 70th anniversary Arts Festivals Summit 2022 from 12 to 15 September in Yerevan, Republic of Armenia. Together with the host, the Yerevan Perspectives International Music Festival, we are glad to welcome you in Armenia’s capital for a rich programme of encounters.
Thanks to the stimulus of IETM and the active help of Artists at Risk and the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, twenty seven Italian residencies in the field of the contemporary performing arts have created a national network of solidarity to host ten artists fleeing Ukraine in recent months. Read more about the project coordinated by Idra Teatro here.
Fontys Master Performing Public Space (Netherlands) is organising its 3 day Connectivity Symposium to address the notion of artistic connectivity as an approach to artistic research in relation to society.
For the first edition of this workshop, On the Move is collaborating with Motovila and focusing on the Balkan countries. This two-day workshop will contribute to a better circulation of knowledge and expertise, increase access to existing resources, and empower the participating professionals and related entities/communities to delve further into artistic mobility and international opportunities.
nrw landesbuero tanz is presenting the internationale tanzmesse nrw 2022, taking place 31 August - 3 September 2022 in Düsseldorf, Krefeld, Köln and Leverkusenand. As a forum for exchange, knowledge transfer and networking, the Tanzmesse is an important meeting place for international dance creators. Discover its programme and how to join the event.
This project is a one-day discursive and artistic event for the advocacy in the marginal and urban performing genres in Slovenia that will take place in the frame of Emanat's annual festival "Small Arts" Platform.
Between 18 and 21 August 2022, our fellow network European Dancehouse Network and their member CSC Centro per la Scena Contemporanea are organising a 4 day Carte Blanche Artist Exchange, held in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. The exchange aims to trace the soft skills in dealing with unpredictability, flexibility, endurance, adaptations and creativity in the context of seasonality and climate change in the dance field.
In the frame of ‘CULTUROPOLIS: International Days on Cultural Rights’ happening in Barcelona on 16-19 November 2022, Culture Action Europe is promoting two opportunities:
A call for projects on the topics of diversity, intersectionality, decolonisation or democratisation. Deadline: 15 July 2022.
A call for papers researching and addressing the topic of cultural rights. Deadline: 15 July 2022.
Aerowaves is looking for twenty talented emerging choreographers based in Europe to become their Twenty23 artists. Selected applicants will get the opportunity to have your work presented at the Spring Forward festival next year in Dublin (Ireland), and also by many of Aerowaves partners around Europe.
The Theatre and Dance Office of the French Institute in Germany, together wtih a consortium of partners, is hosting a forum on the topic of the performing arts and climate change at Maillon in Strasbourg France 5-6 October 2022. The aim is to reflect on the commitments the sector can make in the climate transition. Registrations are already open here - a website with further information will follow shortly. A number of travel grants will be made available for independent artists and producers.
Dates: 5-6 October 2022
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