New strategies for the development of performing arts at the producers’ Network Meeting & Forum
The Producers’ Network Meeting & Forum is een groeiend netwerk van onafhankelijke producers in de Asia-Pacificregio dat tracht nieuwe samenwerkingsvormen te ontwikkelen en een breder draagvlak te creëren voor de hedendaagse podiumkunsten in Azië.
Flanders Arts Institute’s head of research Joris Janssens participates in the second meeting, that takes place from 3 May to 6 May 2016, by giving a talk dealing with European experiences with collective strategies for the development of the performing arts, with a focus on Flanders. A summary: In the 1980s, international networks and platforms for (co-)production and presentation were set up (e.g. IETM). In the case of Flanders, this coincided with diverse domestic strategies, among which the emergence of artists’ collectives, a touring circuit, and an advocacy organisation. In a time when government support for contemporary performing arts was absent, the interplay of these strategies resulted not only in Flemish artists being launched on international platforms, but also led to the development of an innovative Flemish funding system. It enabled artists, companies and producing houses to develop their work and to fully engage in a transnational network for (co-)production and presentation.
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