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The 35th annual International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra ends today. Its main programme indoors drew together over 2,500 spectators. The 5 Festival days brought 8 productions from Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine, 2 world premières of Slovak independent ensembles, as well as 13 events within the accompanying and working programmes ...
Viirus GUEST open call: What effect does art have on the world? Viirus GUEST open call is open 30.9.-15.10.2026. Viirus is a stage for the performing arts and a platform for artistic reflection. We have our own productions as well as a vast repertoire of guest performances. We are now looking for propositions for our Viirus GUEST program for the ...
Across Europe, cultural organisations and artists are facing growing political pressure: funding can be withdrawn, institutional independence challenged, leadership appointments politicised, and critical or uncomfortable artistic voices pushed towards silence or self-censorship. A new European petition is calling for a Cultural Freedom Act : an EU ...
On 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the Union address, setting out the Commission’s priorities for the year ahead. The speech ranged from competitiveness, climate resilience and artificial intelligence to social policy, Europe’s global partnerships, security and defence, and migration ...
The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2027–2036 as the International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development, creating a ten-year global framework aimed at strengthening the role of culture in sustainable development policies. The resolution, initiated by Viet Nam and co-sponsored by 103 UN Member States, was adopted on 4 ...
The third iCoDaCo conference, “Working conditions in the dance field: in pursuit of fairness”, will take place online on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 from 16:00 to 18:00 CET . The online event is organised by FACE , in collaboration with HowlRound . How to register Registration for the conference is free and open to all . To secure your place, please ...
Divadelná Nitra opens its 35th anniversary year today Today marks the start of the five-day, 35th annual International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (25-29 September 2026). Although this year it was created without support from the Slovak Arts Council, the Festival brings a programme that maintains the dramaturgical rigour the spectators are ...
Socially engaged arts, participatory arts, community-based art and community art come in many forms and under different names. What they share is a creative process that brings professional artists together with people who may have never been part of an artistic practice before. How do we enter this relationship? Which values and ethics should ...
From 5 to 14 February, Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM) returns for its 2027 edition, bringing together performing arts professionals, artists and audiences from Japan and across the world for 10 days of performances, artistic exchange and new discoveries in the Creative City of Yokohama. YPAM Exchange, YPAM’s professional ...
We are thrilled to invite you to the 2026 edition of ISTANTEDANZA | Dancing the present , taking place this November in the heart of Italy's Emilia-Romagna region (Bologna, Modena, and Cesena). This year, we are doubling the rhythm! To offer you the best of contemporary dance without the rush, we have structured the festival across two intense ...
