International network for contemporary performing arts
PERFORM EUROPE PROJECTS 2021-2022 Jury Selects 19 Projects to Reimagine International Touring
Since December 2020, Perform Europe has been designing new models and sustainable practices for performing arts touring and distribution across Creative Europe and the UK. We are very happy to announce that the final Perform Europe projects have been selected by the Jury!
19 ambitious projects, aimed to test innovative, more inclusive and sustainable, performing arts touring and distribution models, have been selected by the Perform Europe Jury, composed of a balanced and diverse group of 11 accomplished performing arts professionals. These strong artistic projects come from all corners of the Creative Europe region and the UK, from Cyprus to Finland, from Ireland to Serbia, from Portugal to Ukraine. The 19 Perform Europe projects will bring high quality performances to rural areas, involve local artists and participants, empower voices of migrant artists and communities, use slow travel as a framework to create and show work, reduce carbon-intensive practices, refocus on experiences of nature and the body, bridge the gap between audiences and artists with disabilities, use technology to involve communities, bring artistic work to new places using apps and virtual reality, promote queer, feminist, decolonial, migrant, human-centered, artist-led, and ecological initiatives. These are some of the ambitions of the selected projects. Discover the full list of selected projects by checking out the Perform Europe Catalogue through the button below!
About the selection process We received 1327 individual applications in the first step, of which 508 producers and presenters were selected to be featured on the Perform Europe digital platform and participate in the Perform Europe development phase. This phase was a series of events offering networking, pitching, matchmaking, learning and mentoring opportunities. As a result, 150 partnerships submitted their project proposals in the second application step. The Jury has selected the most outstanding proposals that will receive a support fee to test their innovative models and practices in the upcoming six months.
About Perform Europe Perform Europe is an EU-funded project which aims to rethink cross-border performing arts presentation in a more inclusive, sustainable and balanced way. The project is an 18-month journey, which includes a research phase, launching a digital platform and an open call for producers and presenters of performing arts works, testing a support scheme, and designing policy recommendations. The ultimate goal of Perform Europe is to design a future support scheme for cross-border touring and digital distribution of the performing arts in Creative Europe countries.
Perform Europe is funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and co-managed by a Consortium of 5 organisations.
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About the Consortium partners IETM - International network for contemporary performing arts is one of the oldest and largest international cultural networks, representing the voice of over 530 professionals and organisations working in all the fields of the performing arts in more than 60 countries worldwide, including artistic companies, collectives, organisations, festivals, venues, residencies, producers and independent artists, theatres and dance houses, cultural/research/resource centres, fellow artistic and cultural networks, universities and institutional bodies. The European Festivals Association (EFA) is a community dedicated to the arts, the artists and the audiences. EFA’s main role is to connect festival makers to inform, inspire and enrich the festival landscape in Europe and beyond. In this perspective, EFA is a festivals’ service and a knowledge and training provider, developing a WE story of people and organisations, bridging the distance between festivals and all kinds of stakeholders around festival making. Circostrada is the European Network for Circus and Street Arts. It was created in 2003 and counts over 120 members coming from more than 35 countries. Its core mission is to further the development, empowerment and recognition of these fields at European and international level. Circostrada supports circus and street arts professionals by implementing a wide range of capacity building initiatives, boosting professional exchange, gathering information and resources, fostering continuous training, innovation and knowledge sharing. Established as a legal association in 2009, EDN - European Dancehouse Network is a network for trust and cooperation between European dancehouses in sharing a common vision regarding the development of dance art across borders. In May 2020, EDN counted 45 members in 26 countries. Its key mission is to cooperate in securing a sustainable future for the dance sector and to improve relevance for diverse dance among society. IDEA Consult provides independent advice to organisations and governments at all levels: local, intermediate, regional, federal and European. Their “Thinking Ahead” baseline reflects IDEA’s unique value proposition: committed professionals involved in society and well connected with research institutions; evidence based advice: applied research, based on validated techniques; sustainable solutions for actual social challenges.
