International network
for contemporary
performing arts

Réseau international
pour les arts du spectacle
contemporains

Rete internazionale
per le arti performative
contemporanee

コンテンポラリー
パフォーミングアーツ
国際ネットワーク

Internationales Netzwerk
für zeitgenössische
darstellende Künste

Международная сеть современного 
исполнительского 
искусства

Red internacional
para las artes escénicas
contemporáneas

Internationaal netwerk
voor hedendaagse
podiumkunsten

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Rede internacional
para as artes performativas
contemporâneas

الشبكة الدولية
لفنون الأداء
المعاصرة

Alþjóðlegt
tengslanet
í sviðslistum

Xarxa internacional
d'arts escèniques
contemporànies

Rhwydwaith rhyngwladol
ar gyfer celfyddydau
perfformio cyfoes

Rrjeti ndërkombëtar
për artet skenike
kontemporane

Διεθνές δίκτυο
για σύγχρονες
παραστατικές τέχνες

Međunarodna mreža 
za savremene 
scenske umjetnosti

Mezinárodní síť 
pro současné 
divadelní umění

International netværk
for kontemporær
scenekunst

Internasionale netwerk
vir kontemporêre
uitvoerende kunste

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Nemzetközi hálózat
a kortárs
előadóművészetért

國際當代表演藝術網絡

líonra idirnáisiúnta
na taibhealaíona
comhaimseartha

Starptautiskais tīkls
laikmetīgai
skatuves mākslai

Netwerk internazzjonali
għall-arti performattivi
kontemporanji

Międzynarodowa sieć
na rzecz współczesnych sztuk
performatywnych

Internationellt nätverk
för samtida
scenkonst

Međunarodna mreža
savremenih izvođačkih
umetnosti

Международна мрежа
за съвременни
сценични изкуства

Rrjet ndërkombëtar
për arte skenike
bashkëkohore

Міжнародная сетка
сучасных
перфарматыўных мастацтваў

Međunarodna mreža
za suvremene
izvedbene umjetnosti

国际当代表演艺术网络

Rahvusvaheline
kaasaegsete etenduskunstide
võrgustik

현대 공연 예술을 위한 국제 네트워크

Tarptautinis tinklas
šiuolaikinis
scenos menai

Интернационална мрежа
за современа
изведувачка уметност

شبکۀ بین المللی
برای هنرهای نمایشی معاصر

Rețeaua internațională
pentru artele spectacolului
contemporan

Medzinárodná sieť
pre súčasné
scénické umenie

Çağdaş
gösteri sanatları için
uluslararası iletişim ağı

Tomso
30.04 - 03.05.2020

The Norwegian government and the Institute of Public Health have issued a ban on all gatherings and cultural events taking place in the country in order to contain further spreading of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

In addition, a severe travel restriction has been issued. Any traveller from countries outside of the Nordic region, who are not residents of Norway, will be asked to return. The alternative for those travellers would be a 14-day quarantine. Travellers presenting symptoms of the virus will be isolated. This policy has retroactive effect and applies to all arrivals since Thursday 27 February, and it will apply until a new decision is made.

Following this announcement, and taking into consideration the potential impact of a large international gathering on the health of our members, participants and staff, it is with a heavy heart that we announce we are cancelling the 2020 IETM Tromsø Plenary Meeting.

We have compiled a page with answers to questions you might have related to this, from getting a refund for your registration fee to how to engage with other participants until our next live meeting. Please read here a more personal note by Ása Richardsdóttir, IETM’s Secretary General.

For information on the decision of the Norwegian  government and an update on the situation in Norway, please visit:  

Information in Norwegian
https://www.helsedirektoratet.no/nyheter/informasjon-om-karantene-etter…

Information in English
https://www.visitnorway.com/plan-your-trip/coronavirus-and-travelling-t…;

https://www.fhi.no/en/news/2020/norwegian-directorate-of-health-impleme…


The scene for IETM´s 2020 Spring Plenary will be Tromsø, the cultural capital of Arctic Norway. 

The theme of the meeting is Activism -  fitting for an area now in the midst of global attention due to the region's natural resources and strategic location.  The fate of the melting Northern ice cap is a hot political topic, and a new set of challenging power dynamics between different nations has entered the stage.

What is the place of the performing arts in facing the developments which are literally changing the face of our planet?   

IETM Tromsø will discuss, digest and discover the role of activism in our art form, the relation between art and politics, and art as protest. What differs artistic activism from regular activism? Does it have any impact? Are we preaching to the converted? Can the performing arts change minds and bring people together despite the compelling divergence of opinions? If artistic work gets political, are there aesthetic compromises to be made?

Historically a hub for international trade and exchange, Tromsø is home to many different cultures, including several Sami communities, and has a resourceful and diverse artist community that is looking forward to hosting you during the plenary.

Their work and those of other Norwegian artists will be highlighted in the meeting ‘s artistic programme curated by the Vårscenefest festival, in collaboration with various local partners. 

And it wouldn’t be an IETM plenary without a great space for networking, exchange of ideas and informal conversations among international peers. 

 

Image in banner: © NORDTING / The Northern Assembly marching the streets of Tromsø as part of its election campaign for the Norwegian Parliament, 2017. Photo by Martin Eilertsen.