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Major European Arts Conference at The Junction
From 22-25 September 2005, Trans Europe Halles – The European Network of Independent Cultural Centres, will be holding its 60th meeting at The Junction in Cambridge.
Called ‘Escalator International’, it will be a meeting, a conference and showcase event that aims to develop ways of supporting, developing and nurturing emerging European performing artists.
The conference will not only be a meeting point for venue managers, promoters, programmers and festival organisers from the UK and Europe, but also a practical information source for artists interested in developing and profiling their work in Europe. The conference will consist of meetings, seminars, workshops and keynote speeches alongside a performance programme that will complement and contextualise the discussions and debates.
Approximately 250 delegates from 22 European countries will participate in the conference and see a presentation of Junction activities and showcase performances from bands, theatre and dance groups. 100 emerging artists from the UK, Holland, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Sweden, Austria and Norway will be participating in the event as both performers and delegates. Artists, art practitioners and funders will be able to attend seminars looking at funding sources for presenting work, both in and outside of their countries and practical assistance on how to get their work seen and booked.
From Thursday to Saturday night there will be a showcase programme of performances by Escalator artists and European performers in The Junction and other Cambridge venues.
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The British Council (UK), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK), Fractured Atlas (USA), The Dutch Rock & Pop Institute (NL) and Storasöder (S) have been invited to present their schemes and concepts alongside The Eastern regions own Escalator Project.
Keynote speakers of the conference are Mik Flood and Corina Suteu. Mik Flood has a 30-year track record in inter-disciplinary arts in Britain, Europe and the USA. He has held senior positions in several of the UK's most innovative arts venues, and was director of IETM. Corina Suteu is Head of Cultural Programmes at the Institute of Technology and Human Development in Nantes (France) and president of EUCUMEST Association (Romania); she has been involved in many international activities as a cultural mediator, networker, trainer and external expert.
The conference is open to all TransEuropeHalles members, European artists linked to TEH venues, UK Escalator delegates and artists, UK and European arts organizations and agencies working in the field of emerging art.
Escalator International is funded by Arts Council England
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Another exciting TransEuropeHalles project is the Staff Exchange Scheme, which The Junction is co-ordinating. The exchange programme is aimed at all staff of T.E.H. member centres, working in all cultural and arts areas (i.e. artistic, financial, managerial, development, catering, technical, communications, education, social, operations). Volunteers can also be included in the programme.
The project will enable people to gain new experiences while working in a different cultural and artistic environment, developing their skills, knowledge and professional careers. Moreover it will provide the opportunity to exchange ideas and suggestions between both the hosting centre, sending centre and the visitor. The exchange programme aims to promote the cooperation and understanding between T.E.H. members working across Europe in the cultural industries.
The exchange could last from one week or up to six months. A short visit might be just about learning how the particular centre works, its structure, aims etc. whereas the longer visit might include actual work and participation in everyday life of the Hosting Centre.
The Junction will be responsible for coordinating the whole exchange. The responsibilities will include: organising the matching of candidates and centres, coordinating any fundraising required, keeping information about the project, liaison with the person responsible for the visitor in each centre and preparing the evaluation of the project.
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Trans Europe Halles is a European network of 36 venues that offer arts partnership, exchange and training programmes. First conceived at Les Halles de Schaerbeek in 1983, Trans Europes Halles celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2003. The Junction joined the network in 1994 and in 1996 produced a five-day cultural festival in Copenhagen. Two hundred and fifty young artists presented a variety of work on a car ferry that had been converted into a floating arts centre. The Junction has also been involved in other European projects such as the Youth Exchange Programme.
The network aims to build up ties that can lead to mutual enrichment in a constantly evolving association, bringing together a great diversity of independent, multi-functional and multi-disciplinary cultural centres located throughout Europe. Trans Europe Halles offers an exciting opportunity for combining views and actions on the cultural development of Europe.
Each of the organisations in the network is distinguished by its own unique environment, organisation and project however all teams share the same spirit of support for young artists, new talents, innovative approaches and emerging cultures. The projects undertaken in the Trans Europe Halles (T.E.H) centres involve themselves in local contexts while developing international perspectives.
The member centres of T.E.H pay close attention to new forms of artistic expression. They help out with the emergence and professionalisation of young artists and work with young people who are motivated by and utilise the new skills and technologies which accompany contemporary creation.
In the early eighties, the kinds of centres which now make up Trans Europe Halles were still only unusual experiments, often considered marginal. Yet similar approaches began to multiply and are still multiplying all over Europe, in answer to the growing demand which younger generations have expressed for intermediate, flexible, liveable spaces. Factories, warehouses, covered markets, dairies, slaughter houses or barracks are remodelled into open spaces: the Trans Europe Halles centres offer places for production and creation, presentation, training and social intercourse.
The expansion of the EU has had the positive effect of attracting more venues to join Trans Europe Halles These include The Arts Printing House in Lithuania amongst others.
T.E.H Communications and Administration office
A new permanent office has been established in Helsinki to handle the day to day administration of T.E.H. Contact co-ordinator Birgitta Persson birgitta@teh.net for further information.
For the latest news on Trans Europe Halles, visit www.teh.net
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The members of Trans Europe Halles meet twice a year - each time at a different network site. This annual meeting is the occasion for intense exchanges in both formal and informal settings. The European encounters are essential to the life of the network and they constitute a high point in the process of learning and appropriating the complex but vibrant, invigorating reality of Europe, with all its perspectives for possible actions. Everyone is encouraged to formulate their expectations and experiences so that all can better grasp the diverse realities and profit from new ideas.
To access meeting reports from the last ten years, visit the 'meetings' page at www.teh.net
TEH meeting at Buenaventura, Italy - 03.06.2005
Over 60 participants from all over Europe concentrated for 2 days on the major issues that a young and independent cultural centre need to address: the vision of a centre, its relations with public institutions and the community, its relations with volunteers engaged in the centre, the finance and building solutions.
The meeting ended with a public meeting where the results of the five working groups were presented by Paul Bogen, Sigrid Niemer, Sandy Fitzgerald, Andrea Gancs and Natasa Serec. The mayor of Castelfranco, Mrs Maria Giomerato as well as the president of Buenaventura Sergio Gazzola, the director of Melkweg Cor Schlösser and journalist Alessio Surian gave speeches.
The TEH meeting in Castelfranco was organized by volunteers alone - a fact that deeply impressed the participants.
57th meeting at Mejeriet, Sweden May 2004
TEH formed a Digital Group to harness the different members strengths and supply the members with IT-related services and common systems to improve communication and productivity. So far the group has a few members spread across Europe. The group works on both internal systems for finding the correct person or functions at another member venue as well as building new systems for teh.net and helping those members not blessed with a webmaster of their own.
The 2003 meeting of T.E.H was at The Drum in Birmingham (the only other English member of T.E.H.) between the 25-27 September 2003. This meeting's theme, Cultural Diversity, is one of The Drum's particular strengths.
The Drum is Europe's first arts centre dedicated to developing and promoting African, Asian and Caribbean Arts and Culture including music, spoken word, visual art, comedy, drama and dance from local, national and international artists and companies.
Alongside the usual seminars and discussions a programme of performances took place including music, dance and theatre.
"Migrating Cultures" was an open symposium and networking event aimed at celebrating the artistic stimulus, inspiration and creative wealth that people of different nationalities bring when they cross national borders.
As always, this Trans Europe Halles gathering of national and international delegates was a convivial celebration of the creativity of today's artistic and cultural practices. The weekend included vibrant dialogue, workshops and a passionately shared commitment to the expression of diversity in the arts.
Workshops included culturally diverse programming and marketing, EC policy on funding culture and digital media. The four speakers at the symposium were James Early (Director of Cultural Heritage Policy at the Smithsonian Institution centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Washington DC), Dr Christophe Bertossi (from the Institute of Political Studies in Toulouse France), Colin Prescod (Chair of the Institute of Race Relations, London and ex founding Chair of The Drum) and Sylvia King (Chief Executive of The Public, a major Multimedia Complex in West Bromwich and a recipient of the Guardian Jerwood Award for achievement in the voluntary sector).
Dublin meeting
Thursday 27th February - Sunday 2nd March 2003
Paul Bogen (Junction CDC Director) and Richard Brown (Music Development Manager) attended.
Report from Richard Brown
Thursday 27th February - Delegates Meeting.
Friday 28th February - The Civil Arts Inquiry Day One
The Civil Arts Inquiry was set up by The Dublin City Arts Centre to investigate the future of Arts Centres and their role in society. The boundaries for the symposium were introduced by The Dublin City Arts Centre director Declan Mcgonagle. The debate was phrased around three key areas:
Q: Civil Citizenship - If democracy is enhanced by participating in culture how can arts centres facilitate this? Should they?
Q: Programme - Is participation in the arts as important as providing opportunities for people to view elite/signature art?
Q: Organization - What is the best organisational mechanism to achieve this? Should arts centres be venue based or not?
After lunch we had a presentation on the Ballymun regeneration process. Ballymun is a collection of run down tower blocks which date back to the 60's and are a good example of how the designers and town planners failed in the past.
Q: How can the arts help in regeneration?
This was followed by three presentations from T.E.H. Members on their venues as examples of how Arts Centres can be very different and have extremely different approaches to arts provision.
Saturday 1st March
Another presentation of how arts can help within a regeneration project came from residents and artists from Fatima Mansions. This area was another town planning disaster to the west of Dublin.
This was followed by a panel discussion and the symposium ended with a keynote address from Pavel Buchler an artist and head of research at Manchester Metropolitan. Pavel discussed the idea of the artist as agitator. He put forward a challenging proposition that the artist him/herself and the artistic process is of greater importance than the artefact produced.
What do you think?
If you have any opinions on the questions and issues raised at the Dublin T.E.H meeting, let us know and we can post your views on our website.
Email comments to cat@junction.co.uk
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TRANS EUROPE HALLES
Helsinki Office, Finland
tel: 00358 9 476 38 316
fax: 00358 9 476 38 383
Email: contact@teh.net
Link: www.teh.net
Office Manager: Christian Moustgaard
013 POP CENTRUM
Tilburg, The Netherlands
tel: 31/13 46 09 500
fax: 31/13 46 09 501
Email: miranda@013web.nl.
Link: www.013web.nl
Jan Baak, Miranda Rijks
O13 is a sparkling, professional centre for pop music and pop culture. The main aims of O13 are the presentation, entertainment and education in the area of popular music as well as to create a popular hang-out. O13 stands for dynamic and permanent interaction between audience and musicians, appealing to all lovers of pop music from The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and further afield in Europe. Quality, public opinion and affordability are of great importance to O13.
A38
1507 Budapest, Pf. 19
tel: +36 1 464 3941
fax: +36 1 464 3949
email: agancs@a38.hu
Link:
www.a38.hu
Contact: Andrea Gáncs, artistic director
A38 is an independent cultural venue on a converted Ukranian stone carrier ship, harboured on the Danube in Budapest. A38’s objective is to become a sparkling, dynamic cultural and community centre. A38 mainly programmes international modern music (jazz, world music, rock, electronic music) but also provides home for various cultural activities such as professional meetings, film, literature, digital and even gastronomy events.
ARTS PRINTING HOUSE
Siltadarziog. 6
LT - 01124 Vilnius
tel: +37 052 61 0805
fax: +37 052 61 0805
Email: space@dance.lt
ATENEU POPULAR NOU BARRIS
Barcelona, Spain
tel: 34/93 353 95 16
fax: 34/93 350 30 00
Email: ateneu.prog@telefonica.net
Link: www.noubarris.net/ateneu
Xavi Perez, Fons Van Lersel
The Ateneu Popular of Nou Barris, a cultural centre open to the public, grew out of a struggle engaged in by neighbourhood residents to restore the area to public use. The numerous cultural activities that have taken place over the years produced several specific groups whose regular events have gradually determined the current personality of the Ateneu: circus, theatre, cinema, street animation, music etc. In addition, these groups established a model of management in which decision-making is based on maximum participation and responsibility of all interested parties.
From the beginning, it has considered cultural activities as a tool for social transformation. Both the quality of the activities offered and the support from neighbourhood groups which share Atenu Popular's cultural philosophy contribute to this process of change and improvement. For these reasons, it adheres to certain priorities when programming activities such as creativity, training, production and distribution, all within an organisational framework that promotes participation on all management levels.
BEAT INITIATIVE
Belfast, UK - Northern Ireland
Tel : 44/ 028 90 460863
Fax : 44/028 90 460865
Email: david.boyd@belfastcarnival.org
Link: www.belfastcarnival.org
David Boyd
BLOOM
Milan, Italy
Via Curiel 39
20050 Mezzago (MI)
Italy
Tel: +39 039 62 38 53
Fax: +39 039 602 27 42
E-mail: info@bloomnet.org
www.bloomnet.org
Bloom is a recreational building for the inhabitants of Mezzago (with cinema, dancing, pizzeria, bar, boccia playground). Bloom was created with an objective to present and promote cultural productions off-the-beaten-track and to provide space for these activities
CC LAMPARNA/L.A.E.
Labin, Croatia
Dean Zahtila
CINEMA REX
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Tel/fax: +381 11 3284 299
Tel/fax: +381 11 3284 398
Tel/fax: +381 11 3284 534
Email: rex@b92.net & katarina@b92.net
Link: www.rex.b92.net & www.cyberrex.org/rex
Katarina Zivanovi & Maria Mesch
CITY ARTS CENTRE
Dublin, Ireland
Tel: +353-1-6770643
Fax +353-1-6770131
Email: sandyfitzgerald@eircom.net
Sandy Fitzgerald
Converted from a ship chandlers, the City Arts centre's policy is putting the arts to work for the community in a relevant, practical and exciting way.
CONFORT MODERNE
Poitiers, France
Tel: 33/5 49 46 08 08
fax: 33/5 49 61 30 34
Email: bifi@confort-moderne.fr
Link: www.confort-moderne.fr
Francois Robin & Fabienne Malka
The cultural project of Confort Moderne was created and developed with the following objectives: to offer a space where the public could come in contact with diverse artistic expression, to allow for experimentation and encourage initiatives, to provide occasions for the public to discover the evolution of contemporary artistic creation through the most diversified programming possible. The main function of Confort Moderne is to serve as intermediary between artist, institution, professionals and the population.
COORDINATION OFFICE
St Ouen, France
Tel/fax: + 33/ 1 40 11 64 14
Email: teh@teh.net
Link: www.teh.net" class="emailLink">www.teh.net
Fazette Bordage (co-ordinator)
DE EFFENAAR
Dommelstraat, Eindhoven
Tel: 31/40 244 88 61
Fax: 31/40 24 36 67 69
Email: marijke@effenaar.nl
Link: www.effenaar.nl
Marijke Appelboom
EMMETROP
Chapelle, Bourges
Tel: 33/2 48 50 38 61
Fax: 33/2 48 20 55 01
Email: emmetrop@fr.fm
Link: www.emmetrop.fr.fm
Karine Noulette
FREE CULTURE FOUNDATION
St Petersburg, Russia
Tel: 7/812 164 5371
Fax: 7/812 164 5207
Email: p-10@mail.ru
Link: www.pushkinskaja-10.spb.ru
Liudmila Vorontsova
KORJAAMO
Töölönkatu 51B
FI - 00250 Helsinki
tel: +358 20 74 17 000
email: info@korjaamo.fi
web: www.korjaamo.fi
Contact: Raoul Grünstein
The Korjaamo culture factory is founded on a new concept of urban space where the creators of art and culture and their works mix and mingle with the viewing public. Korjaamo hosts a wine bar/culture cafe, a beer garden, a courtyard, a gallery and kulmasali, an event space for hire - all contributing to an innovative, energetic community with exhibitions, events and seminars. Korjaamo is also home to the imag magazines of the image group: Image, Mondo, Muoto and Viini.
LA FRICHE BELLE DE MAI
Marseille, France
Tel: 33/4 95 04 95 04
Fax: 33/4 95 04 95 00
Email: bsimonet@lafriche.org
Link: www.lafriche.org
Beatrice Simonet & Patrick Cheron
La Belle de Mai is a venue for artists - invited by in-house producers or who producers who are themselves invited. The organisation is based on 45 cultural workers: art companies, independent artists, service and training organisations working in all the contemporary art fields such as theatre, music, dance, plastic arts, cinema and video creation, information and communication technology, cross-disciplinary activities.
HALLES DE SCHAERBEEK
Brusells, Belgium
Tel: 32/2 227 59 60
Fax: 32/2 219 42 90
Email: annick.deville@halles.be
Link: www.halles.be
Annick de Ville & Phillipe Grombeer
Les Halles de Schaerbeek promote young, innovative and non-commercial artists.
They actively support projects initiated in partnership with various associations (from the arts, community or humanitarian sector) and welcome some institutional or well-established productions (festivals, drama or dance companies, music agencies). This resolutely independent, urban community project transformed the Halles de Schaerbeek into a multipurpose base for community groups, new generations of creative talent and the international arts scene. It's a real Aladdin's cave for young and old alike, with its cinematographic decor, circus ring, opera stage, world culture centre, rock cellar, television studio, theatre loft, tropical bazaar, banqueting hall, community forum, adventure playground.
KAAPELITEHDAS
Helsinki, Finland
Tel: 358/9 476 38 300
Fax: 358/9 476 38 383
Email: cable@kaapelitehdas.fi
Email: pekka.timonen@kaapelitehdas.fi""
Link: www.kaapelitehdas.fi
Pekka Timonen & Marjatta Raunila
Kaaperlitehdas offers permanent and short-term space for all possible fields and forms of art.
KULTURFABRIK
Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
Tel: 352/55 44 93-1
Fax: 352/55 04 03
Email: rene@kulturfabrik.lu
Link: www.kulturfabrik.lu
Rene Penning, Serge Basso de March & Michele Hemmer
La LAITERIE
Tel: 33/3 88 75 10 05
Fax : 33/3 88 75 58 78
Email: la.laiterie.cejc@wanadoo.fr
Link: www.lalaiterie.com
Jean Hurstel
LUGAR COMUM
Barcarena
Tel: +351/214387460
Fax: + 351/214387467
Email: lugarcomum@lugarcomum.com
Link: www.lugarcomum.com
Jorge Barreto Xavier
MAINS D'EUVRES
St Ouen, France
Tel: 33/1 40 11 25 25
Fax: 33/1 40 11 25 24
Email: info@mainsdoeuvres.org
Link:
www.mainsdoeuvres.org
Fazette Bordage, Magali Terrier & Valerie Peugeot
MEJERIET
Lund, Sweden
Tel: 46/ 46 211 13 74
Fax: 46/ 46 211 01 75
Email: birgitta@kulturmejeriet.se
Link: www.kulturmejeriet.se
Brigitta Persson
Mejeriet is a multicultural venue with an emphasis on music of all kinds. Mejeriet takes a special interest in youth-culture but strives to be a meeting place for all generations both amateur and profesisional. It's goal is to offer a broad variety of stimulating cultural activities.
MELKWEG
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tel: 31/20 531 81 81
Fax: 31/20 531 81 99
Email: cor@melkweg.nl
Email: annette@melkweg.nl
Link: www.melkweg.nl
Cor Schlosser & Annette Wolfsberger
Formerly a sugar warehouse, The Melkweg is a multi-discipline cultural centre, focusing on music (new dance developments to world music) as well as theatre (cross-over of new theatre with dance, visual arts, performance art and new media). The cinema offers opinionated programming and concentrates on peripheral genres. The programming of the photo-gallery focuses on portraits, social and political topics in addition to video-manifestations. The Melkweg as a venue as well as organisation and production activities - is an important player in the Amsterdam festival scene (Amsterdam Roots Festival, World Wide Video Festival, Crossing Border).
METELKOVA MESTO
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel/Fax: 386 1 432 33 78
Email :natasa.s@guest.arnes.si
Email: info@metelkova.org
Link: www.metelkova.org
Natasa Serec
MORIZBASTEI
Leipzig, Germany
Tel: 49/341 70 25 90
Fax: 49/341 70 25 959
Email: mario.wolf@mb.uni-leipzig.de
Link: www.moritzbastei.de
Frank Heinecke & Gerhard Nenke
MULTIHUS TOBAKSFABRIKKEN
Esbjerg, Denmark
Jorgen Johansen
PEKARNA MAGDALENSKE MREZA
Maribor, Slovenia
Tel: 386/62 300 78 70
Fax: 386/62 300 78 71
Email: info@pekarna.rulz.org
Link: www.pekarna.rulz.org
SCHLACHTHOF
Findorffstasse, Bremen
Tel : 49 / 421 37 77513
Fax : 49/ 421 3777511
Email: b.hirsch@schlachthof-bremen.de
Link: www.schlachthof-bremen.de
Barbara Hirsc
ROTE FABRIK
Zurich, Switzerland
Marianne Isler
The DRUM
Birmingham, Uk
Tel: 44/1 21 333 24 00
Fax: 44/1 21 333 24 40
Email: p.udenze@the-drum.org.uk.
Link: www.the-drum.org.uk
Paul Udenz
THE JUNCTION
Cambridge, UK
Tel: 44/1 223 578 000
Fax: 44/1 223 565 600
Email: vita@junction.co.uk
Link: www.junction.co.uk
Paul Bogen
The Junction's aim is to be the centre and driving force for youth-culture in the mid-Anglia region, developing the range and quality of arts provision for young people as one of the premier venues of it's kind in Britain. This is to be achieved through promoting a quality regional, national and international live performance programme which is popular, innovative and enjoyable; ensuring that the expectations and needs of our audience inform programming, reflecting their cultural demands and interests; supporting and developing new generations of artist, by commissioning and presenting their work and encouraging understanding of, and participation in the arts and entertainment industry, through an education and participatory programme.
TOACA CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Bucharest
Tel : 40/ 1 322 75 40
Fax : 40/ 1 322 75 40
Email: tot@fx.ro
Iulian Baltatescu
UFAFABRIK
Berlin, Germany
Tel: 49/30 75 50 30
Fax: 49/30 75 50 31 17
Email: sigrid.niemer@ufafabrik.de
Link: www.ufafabrik.de
Sigrid Niemer
Once a UFA Film Factory, The ufafabric is a green cultural oasis in the middle of Berlin. It is a space for creation and culture, for innovative ideas with a future-a productive surrounding for artists from all over the world.
VERKATEHDAS
PL 84
FI - 13101 Hämeenlinna
tel: +358 3 621 2247
fax: +358 3 621 2885
email: jouko.astor@hameenlinna.fi
web: www.verkatehdas.fi
Contact: Jouko Astor
Verkatehdas will be a new generation arts and conference centre with a very wide concept of culture. It will combine both public and private services and civic activities.
Verkatehdas is an organic and accessible combination of industrial heritage and modern architecture. The unique atmosphere and character of the old industrial buildings are preserved. Construction works of the new concert hall and cinema start in June 2005. Once they have been finished, year 2007, Verkatehdas will be one of the largest European cultural centres housed in old factories.
Currently the quarter is home to the multi-functional concert venue Kulttuuritukku, the Art Museum, the City Theatre, the Children’s Art Centre ARX, Radio YLE, the Mini-Theatre, designers and artist studios, production offices and an advertising agency.
WUK
Vienna, Austria
Tel: 43/1 40 121 35
Fax: 43/1 40 121 66
Email: martinad@mail.wuk.at
www.wuk
Martina Dietrich & Sabine Schebrak
The WUK is an open cultural space encouraging the interaction of art, politics and social issues. It allows for the expression of a broader notion of culture, transcending the sense of the word in every-day language. The WUK establishes ties between synergetic models of a socio-cultural centre and an international centre of art and culture. As a socio-cultural centre, it focuses on furthering independence and self-help and supports cultural activities on the premises as well as self-government and autonomy.
WUK concentrates on promoting the production and presentation of innovative, experimental, interdisciplinary, critical art and culture at a local, regional and international level.
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WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS:
1) The Role & Responsibility of Cultural Centres in sourcing & supporting emerging artists.
2) A to Z of Performing/Touring in Europe.
Masterclass for theatre and dance companies.
Masterclass for bands
3) Funding Opportunities for Emerging Artists in Europe.
4) Performing at European Festivals – how to be invited.
5) Opportunities for Youth Arts & Young Artists.
6) European Support Agencies, projects and networks for performing artists.
7) How Mobile will the next generation of European performing artists really be?
8) Support Mechanisms for emerging artists at local level across Europe.
9) Audience Development for unknown artists, branding & promotion.
10) Who books emerging artists in Europe – how do they decide who to book
11) Possibilities for European artists to perform in the UK.
12) Which supports do European artists need/ Use of collaboration.
13) Beyond Europe – supporting/working/performing/collaborating and touring
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ESCALATOR INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE PROGRAMME:
THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER:
Theatre Showcase:
New International Encounter (UK/Czech)
perform The End Of Everything Ever.
Music Showcase (7.30pm - 1am):
JUNCTION FIVER - European Band Showcase
THE BROKEN FAMILY BAND
Cambridge's favourite Alt-Country rockers have played Glastonbury, Cambridge Folk festival and every small venue in the UK. Is Europe next?
MOUSSE 20 (Luxembourg)
A resident band at Kulturfabrik, Mousse 20 are the most innovative and experimental band in Luxemburg.
SKIP THE RUSH (Holland)
A classic from our friends at The Melkweg, Amsterdam. Skip the Rush offer left-field rock with a twisted Indie nose for a melody.
ALAZARIN (Holland)
Winners of their regional band competition hosted by Dutch venue P60, Alazarin combine Dutch Indie pop with a knowing melodic awareness and great vocals.
NICCOKICK (Sweden)
Swedish band who finally got their big break-through last year. Now they've played all big festivals in Scandinavia, but still haven't reached out to Mainland Europe.
The bands will be followed by an Indie disco until 1am, featuring the wonderful Alternation DJs.
FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER:
Dance Showcase: (8pm)
Heather Eddington (UK)
Jeanie McCaghren-Powell (UK)
Jia Yu Chang (UK)
Ersatz Dance (UK)
Nadine O’Garra (Spain)
Audio/Visual presentation:
Compose Collectif (France)
Spoken Word:
Aisle 16 (UK)
Live Art:
Gilbert & Grape (Norway/UK)
Escalator UK Band Showcases at THE PORTLAND:
RIGHT TURN CLYDE - One of the UK's leading unsigned acts. Come highly recommended with a 5 'K' review in Kerrang! and a great reputation for their live act. They have just finished their debut mini album and plan to tour in the winter.
FLUID GROOVE - Adrenaline fuelled rock and roll - mixing influences as diverse as T-Rex and AC/DC.
DIASTOLE - Fantastic female fronted four-piece rock band from Bury St Edmunds.
ECKI - With the likes of James Blunt hitting the top of the album charts, the time has never been better for Ecki's brand of acoustic music to hit the high notes
BOOGIE WONDERLAND (disco & funk club, 10pm - 2.30am)
Will be enhanced by the addition of a EUROVISION KARAOKE!
SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER:
Theatre Showcases:
Farm In The Cave (E. European)
Dance Showcase:
Sortir Le Dragon De L’Hibernation (France)
Escalator UK Band Showcases at THE PORTLAND:
THE DAWN PARADE - After storming performances at SXSW and a Rolling Stone party Dawn Parade are ready to roll out their debut album late in 2005. They tour the UK from November onwards but catch them before they are famous at The Portland!!
MISS BLACK AMERICA - MBA have one of the strongest fanbases of any unsigned act working in the UK at the moment. A solid gigging background gives a steely edge to their Indie rock music.
SMOTHER - Hailing from deepest Essex they released their debut single on Global Warming Records to great reviews earlier this year. Smother play powerful rock music with deep melodies.
THE MADELINES - The Madelines look set to be one the most talked about bands of 2006. They play infectious Indie/rock tunes with great style and passion
DOT COTTON (LesBiGay Club, 10pm - 3am)
Features VideoJockey MEES from Holland.
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