June 03, 2008
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News from On the Move
Grants for Mobility
Calls for participation
10th Solo Dance and 8th Duo Dance International Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 8-13 Jan 2009 (deadline: 1 Oct) New, short dance productions are wanted! The festival is looking forward to host performances in which there are definite intentions to create new qualities, creative thinking, and a unique presentations.
Creative Forum for Independent Theatre Groups (Europe-Mediterranean) – call for performances (deadline: Oct 20) Since its first edition, the Forum has been an artistic, cultural phenomenon which takes place in the ancient city of Alexandria. One of its major axes is the concept of anti-festival, for the Forum is a space for artists – call for performances
EMYAN Euro-Med Young Artists Network's 1st Online Arts Festival (deadline: 20 Sep) Euro-Med Young Artists Network is launching a call for entries for its 1st Online Arts Festival to be held online in October 2008.The festival is open for young artists (up to 30 years old) living in one of the Euro-Med countries in all fields of arts that can be published on the web.
Disonancias 2008-2009.Basque Country, Spain. Deadline: July 7 2008 The international call is open for artists to develop research projects with companies and organisations located in the Basque Country (Spain) between October 2008 and July 2009.
SoundLAB VI – call for sonic art projects (deadline: 30 Nov) SoundLAB – sonic art project environments is happy to launch the call for its next edition, entitled: SoundLAB VI – soundPOOL – sound compositions – a challenge for imagination
European Performance Art Festival – call for performance proposals, Warsaw, Poland, 11-13 Sep (deadline: 10 Jun) The Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw / Poland invites emerging performance artists to submit performance proposals for the open programme of the European Performance Art Festival open EPAF 2008.
Competitions
Residencies
Berliner Künstlerprogramm – international guest programme, Berlin, (deadline: Jan 1 2009) A jury annually selects approximately 20 international guests for the Berliner Künstlerprogramm 12 month residencies. Artists in the fields of literature, film and music may apply.
POINT EPHÉMÈRE Dance residencies, Paris, Oct 08 – Apr 09 (deadline: Jun 6) The dance residences at Point Éphémère are, above all, research and experimentation choreographic residences.
K3 Residency programme – choreography, Tanzplan Hamburg, Apr – Dec 2009 (deadline: 4 Aug) K3 – Centre for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg is offering three residencies to choreographers at the beginning of their professional career.
Qiziqi residencies for artists, Georgia Qiziqi Residencies for Artists, Georgia (open annually for applications, now accepting bookings for summer 2008)
Palazzo Rinaldi residencies for artists, Italy (open for applications for summer 2008) Located in the hilltop village of Noèpoli, in the Basilicata region of Southern Italy, Palazzo Rinaldi is a historical property offering International artists of various disciplines and levels the opportunity to live and pursue their creative work in a stunning, remote and tranquil natural environment.
Training
European Nomadic University on theme of street arts in Europe, Aurillac, France, Aug 17-19 The international street theatre festival of Aurillac will be organising the first European Nomadic University, August 17-19, on the theme of The street arts in Europe: creation, but at what price?
Laboratori Permanenti summer workshop, Rome, July 10-26 LABORATORI PERMANENTI presents: 7th EDITION OF SUMMER WORKSHOP ON COMICAL CHARACTER CONSTRUCTION Directed by Caterina Casini, with the collaboration of the choreographer Patrizia Picano.
Movement, Dynamics and Mask Playing – international actors workshop, Spain, 1-19 Sep YINdeYAN organized an International Workshop for the Actor in Laudio-Llodio(Spain) from 1st to 19th September 2008.
Ponderosa international improvisation and performance workshops, Germany, June/July The Ponderosa TanzLand Festival is an international improvisation and performance festival that takes place annually in July for three weeks outside Berlin, Germany – extensive programme of professional workshops.
ETHNO summer music camps for folk musicians ETHNO is a series of summer music camps held annually in Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Macedonia, Slovenia and Sweden.
Trans-Contact 2008 contact improvisation workshops, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Jul 26 – Aug 3 TRANS-CONTACT –3 rd International Contact Improvisation Festival (Cluj-Napoca) brings together professional movers (dancers, actors, choreographers) as well as amateurs to explore Contact Improvisation in an intensive week of workshops, research, discussions and jams led by internationally acclaimed coaches.
Image-Making Laboratory with David Lakein, Germany, 11-25 Aug Advanced Workshop in Composition, Improvisation & Performance Skills With David Lakein 11-25 August
Theatre Masterclass with Andriy Zholdak, Leeds, UK, 1-5 Sept (deadline: 15 Jun) Masterclass with internationally celebrated theatre director, Andriy Zholdak at the School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds, Sept 1st to 5th 2008
Plesni Kampus, dance summer school, Izola, Slovenia, 14-26 Jul PLESNI KAMPUS 2008 – apply for intensive and professional training programmes in dance.
European Association for Theatre Culture – summer academy, Sardinia, 14 Jul – 2 Aug & 4-14 Aug (deadline: 1 Jul) EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THEATRE CULTURE invites actors, directors, teachers, choreographers, and playwrights to a creative summer season in Posada, Sardinia
Kedja seminar (dance & education), Copenhagen, Sep 4-6 (deadline for registration: Jun 4) Registration is now open for the SECOND keðja encounter seminar on Education and the Skills of the Choreographer taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 4-6 2008
Zurich Summer Dance workshop on Egyptian dance & music, Switzerland, 3-8 Aug 5th international residential workshops for Egyptian dance and music, organised by Tanz Raum in Zurich.
Muse 8 Summer Dance Workshop, Dresden, 14-25 Jul The second interdisciplinary summer workshop 'muse 8' organised by Tanzplan Dresden in Germany includes courses in classical and contemporary dance
Meetings
Czech Republic theatre showcase, Edinburgh, 1-25 Aug (invitation to promoters) Promoters' and theatre professionals' call and invitation to the performances and presentation of Czech Republic @ the Fringe 2008
Performing Arts Training Today – IUGTE conference, Bovec, Slovenia, Oct 24-27 – seeks presentations The conference is open to professional performers, performing arts educators and teachers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training.
THEATRE METHODS 08 – IUGTE fair, Latvia, Jul 7-13 Annual professional festival-fair bringing up the question of the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts.
International Theatre and Dance Fair, Huesca, Spain, 29 Sep – 3 Oct The Huesca Theatre and Dance Fair is a forum for professionals who work in the production, exhibition and distribution of contemporary performing arts in Spain, other EU countries and Latin America.
DIVERSIDAD! – music exchange meetings & project events DIVERSIDAD!, led by the European Music Office, has been selected as a flagship project of the EU Year of Intercultural Dialogue and offers opportunities for artists mobility.
Res Artis General Meeting, Amsterdam 9-11 Oct Artists in Dialogue, Transforming Communities – Res Artis 11th General Meeting. Res Artis is the the worldwide network of artist-residencies and residential art centers.
International Village of Culture – an international conference on rural arts touring, 31 Mar – 4 Apr 2009, Co. Durham, UK An international showcase and conference on rural touring, organised in North East England. OVER 5 DAYS WE WILL…
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