International network for contemporary performing arts
NEWSLETTER #9
NOVEMBER 2023
CONTENTS
IETM Focus Luxembourg - Register now before the early bird deadline!
Get ready for the Perform Europe open call
IETM Caravan Ljubljana 2024 - Apply now
This was the IETM Caravan Kosovo 2023
New IETM Report: Understanding the Greenlandic Performing Arts
Members' news
Advocacy & EU news
The early bird deadline for theIETM Focus Luxembourg 2023 is TODAY! Register now to benefit from reduced registration fees. After the deadline, a late fee will apply to all registrations.
The IETM Focus Luxembourg promises two days of visionary action packed brainstorming where participants will be able to imagine the impossible, share bold ideas and map together how doable change can be achieved. The meeting will also boast a rich artistic programme that will introduce us to the Luxembourg dance scene as well as experience the most prominent theatre makers from the Grand Duchy.
Would you like to make new connections with other IETM members and discover more about our network during IETM Focus Luxembourg? We are looking for experienced IETM members to become a buddy, while new or recently joined IETM members or participants based in Luxembourg can request a buddy
In the afternoon of Monday 27 November, take the opportunity to get to know the cultural actors of Luxembourg, deepen your understanding of its arts and culture scene and gain valuable insights into the local context through a visit to the former 2022 European Capital of Culture Esch-sur-Alzette.
Perform Europe — a highly-anticipated funding scheme for the European performing arts sector — continues its mission to support inclusive, diverse and green partnership projects across the 40 Creative Europe countries.
Join us on 1 December for the Perform Europe Open Call Launch Event - Learn more about the vision behind the new edition of Perform Europe and explore the opportunities of the upcoming Open Call, which will be open for four months until 31 March 2024.
The new Perform Europe website is officially live! We’re excited to invite you to explore it and discover all about the previous and current Perform Europe editions.
The first IETM Caravan of 2024 takes us to the Slovenian cities of Ljubljana and Maribor, where participants will experience the fifth edition of the TRIGGER platform showcase organised by Glej theatre and TRIGGER platform consortium. Alongside a rich selection of performance work, panels and dialogues, we will attempt to place local contemporary performing arts practices within the socio-political legacy of the former Yugoslavia.
This Caravan welcomes both IETM members and non-members - however, it is only open to presenters of performing arts works. Professionals who work in a double capacity - meaning those who both produce work and present work - are eligible to apply to participate in the Caravan. Selected applicants will be contacted by mid-December.
Application deadline: 7 December 2023 at 17:00 CET
Last week, over 60 international participants joined us in Kosovo during the Kosovo Theatre Showcase 2023. We are still thinking about the rich and resilient independent theatre sector of Kosovo and the kindness from all the locals we met in the cities of Prishtina, Gjilan, Gjakova and Prizren.
Thank you to our local organisers Teatri Oda and Qendra Multimedia, all the speakers, guests, artists and our participants.
In this essay, Greenlandic-Danish director, researcher, producer and sound designer Sirí Paulsen offers a valuable insight into the Greenlandic performing arts from a performance-historical perspective. With a particular focus on Inuit narratives, archival traditions and the transmission of knowledge, she asks - which story is being told, who is telling it, and to which audience?
Vesuviotetaro (Italy) launched the open call “RACCONTI PER RICOMINCIARE 2024” aimed to select four original writings, proposed in the form of a short story for the next edition of their eco- friendly performing arts festival “Racconti per Ricominciare – Sunset Tales Theatre Festival” taking place in Campania, South of Italy. Apply by 24 December 2023.
The 2023 edition of the Outdoor Arts Portugal Showcase includes a digital event, on 12 December, with an online pitch session in which emerging creators selected from an open call will present the concept of their artistic proposals to an international audience of professionals. Read more here.
The Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting 2023 (YPAM2023), will take place from 1 to 17 December2023 in Yokohama, Japan. Discover more about the meeting here.
This year's main programme of the Cyprus Choreography Platform is enriched by parallel events organised by Dance House Lemesos (Cyprus), under the title "Dance Throughout the Year" on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November2023. Read more here.
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In the past months, IETM - in coordination with other representatives of the cultural sector - has engaged with the European Parliament in order to ensure that the EP report 'An EU framework for the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors' takes the necessary steps to improve the working conditions in the creative sector. Find out more about the adopted report and what the framework will include here.
The call for small and mediumcooperation projects from Creative Europe is now open. With a budget of €60 million, the call aims to support at least 130 cooperation projects between cultural organisations to increase the cross-border dimension of creation and circulation of European artistic content. It will also encourage the development, experimentation, dissemination and application of new and innovative practices. Read more and apply by 23 January 2024.
Applications for large cooperation projects are currently not being accepted by Creative Europe due to budget cuts. This development was strongly opposed by 69 organisations, including IETM, in a joint campaign over the course of the past summer.
The call aims to support artists and cultural professionals to carry out a project with a partner of their choice in another Creative Europe country. The grant contributes to travel and subsistence costs, and offers additional top-ups based on grantees’ individual situation. Read more and apply by 31 May 2023.
