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Highlights: Alkantara Festival 2012 (Portugal)

Highlights: Alkantara Festival 2012 (Portugal)

Alkantara is an association based in Lisbon, dedicated to the development of the performing arts in Portugal and in an international context. Its work is motivated by a worldview mindful of difference and a less Eurocentric vision of contemporary artistic creation. Known until 2005 as Danças na Cidade (‘Dances in the City’), the association focused...
Highlights: La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival (NYC)

Highlights: La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival (NYC)

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, which takes place in all three of our venues and features over 50 emerging and seasoned choreographers, reflects La MaMa’s longstanding mission to performance that transcends politics and unifies cultures. 2012 Festival Line-Up: May 9: Love Story, Palestine May11: Chamber Works I May 17: Beauty May 17: The Mermaid Show...
Highlights: Festival Bo:m 2.22-4.18.2012 (Seoul, Korea)

Highlights: Festival Bo:m 2.22-4.18.2012 (Seoul, Korea)

The Festival Bo:m is an international festival of performing arts and visual arts that is multi-cultural as well as multi-genre. The Festival Bo:m produces art works and productions by Korean as well as international artists whose works represent an unique vision in their art. The Festival Bo:m will introduce innovative and avant-garde Korean and international...
Highlights: American Realness Festival 01.05-14.2012 (NYC)

Highlights: American Realness Festival 01.05-14.2012 (NYC)

BIG ART GROUP BROKE HOUSE THURS JAN 5 & 12 8:30 PM SAT JAN 7 9:30 PM FRI JAN 13 8:30 PM SAT JAN 14 7:00 PM Run time: 75 minutes ABRONS ARTS CENTER PLAYHOUSE 466 Grand Street / tickets $15 / AbronsArtsCenter.org Broke House is a new group performance from Caden Manson / Big...
Highlights: Slow Down Winter Performance Festival December 15-18, 2011 (Amsterdam, NL)

Highlights: Slow Down Winter Performance Festival December 15-18, 2011 (Amsterdam, NL)

Slow Down Winter Performance Festival presents original productions created by artists who explore the boundaries of performance. It is a festival for artists with a unique view on the world and for audiences unafraid of questioning their own perspectives. A selection of 9 international performance-artist is presenting art pieces which durational nature, giving the audience...
Highlights: Under The Radar January 2012 (NYC)

Highlights: Under The Radar January 2012 (NYC)

Under the Radar (UTR) is an annual theater festival that spotlights international artists ranging from emerging talents to masters in the field. The festival is a wild mix of works by ensembles, solo artists, writers, and creators. The ultimate goal of UTR is to offer a crash course in theater that is exciting, independent, and...
Highlights: Spielart Festival 11.18 - 12.04, 2011 (Munich, Germany)

Highlights: Spielart Festival 11.18 – 12.04, 2011 (Munich, Germany)

SPIELART has been exploring and researching new trends and movements in the world of international theater since 1995, in order to present them to audiences in Munich every two years. The antennas are aimed at unusual forms of expression and aesthetics, current topics, strong personalities, and impressive productions. SPIELART, however, also always concentrates on posing...
Highlights: PICA's TBA Festival (Portland, Oregon)

Highlights: PICA’s TBA Festival (Portland, Oregon)

PICA’s annual Time-Based Art Festival (TBA) draws artists from across the country and around the globe for a convergence of contemporary performance and visual art in Portland, Oregon. Now in its ninth year, the TBA Festival is presented September 8-18, 2011, with visual art exhibits running through October. TBA activates the entire community with art...
Highlights: Crossing the Line September 17-October 16, 2011 (NYC)

Highlights: Crossing the Line September 17-October 16, 2011 (NYC)

This fifth edition of Crossing the Line presents diverse and dynamic new work from significant artists who are revolutionizing artistic practices on both sides of the Atlantic. The Festival takes you from Central Park and Museum Mile to an historic Gilded Age-era mansion, as well as to some of the city's most notable arts venues....
Highlights: Noorderzon Festival (Groningen, Netherlands) August 18-28, 2011

Highlights: Noorderzon Festival (Groningen, Netherlands) August 18-28, 2011

The Noorderzon has grown from a small scale culture festival into an internationally-profiled cultural event, spanning eleven days and receiving upwards to 135.000 visitors. In 2001 Mark Yeoman was appointed as director and artistic leader of the festival. The change to a director from outside the Netherlands created a number of possibilities for new initiatives,...
Highlights: Tanz Im August 8.12- 8.28, 2011 (Berlin, Germany)

Highlights: Tanz Im August 8.12- 8.28, 2011 (Berlin, Germany)

Tanz Im August 8.12- 8.28, 2011 (Berlin, Germany) Highlights ROBERT AND MARIA Maria Hassabi & Robert Steijn   FOTO Antoine Tempe Maria Hassabi, a New York-based choreographer and performer, is known for her works’ aesthetic precision, sculptural quality and extended durations that almost exceed the limits of live performances. In this quiet collaborative duet with Robert...
Highlights: ImPulsTanz Festival 2011 (Vienna, Austria)

Highlights: ImPulsTanz Festival 2011 (Vienna, Austria)

ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festival July 12 – August 14 Thousands of professional dancers, choreographers and teachers from all over the world, come together, work together, for five weeks, in one city – ImPulsTanz. 1984. In Austria‘s leading cultural city Vienna the cultural manager Karl Regenburger and the choreographer Ismael Ivo launch the Internationale...
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