2 days workshop: 04th and 05th June

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“To develop the next generation of arts leaders requires nothing less than a culture shift and systemic change. This will only come about through partnership, collaboration and shared leadership. We need to work together.” (Rosalyn Rubenstein from Rubenstein & Associates).

As we – the artistic community – grow, enriched by our diversity, we learn; gaining knowledge and generating intelligence that contribute to our resilience as a dynamic, transnational network operating in changing social, economic and political circumstances. We need to think differently, to extend our reach encouraging dialogue, to promote and communicate the value of Performing Arts as a collaborative artistic practice, and being open and flexible to new global challenges facing arts and civil society throughout Europe and beyond its borders.

Which networks are being created by our colleagues oversea? What kind of projects can arise from these encounters? How can artists and presenters be connected in this dialogue? How to facilitate artists’ mobility on a vast territory, as Europe tends to close itself? Which artists work beyond the “normal” european circuit and network? Networking with both other presenters and with artists from around the globe seems vital to me. Many artists coming from more marginalized communities are frustrated with the existing presenting models because they don’t see room for themselves there – so some are creating their own opportunities through festivals and series, and encouraging more inclusion within traditional structures.

So how has all this changed how we network and stay open?

Some ideas and topics: Artists for sale;  Let´s talk about values and not costs; Let´s reflect about the values generated by artists and their „sale“. Directors and choreographers as the new migrants; The theme of values relates also to their migrant mobility. How do they impact the cities and citizens where they (the artists) live, teach, research and present their creations?

And: the juggling act that many presenters are dealing with is a constant puzzle: How to support new work, new voices, and be adventurous in the programming while at the same time presenting work that can fill the theatres? By „educating“ an audience that comes to trust their choices, and take the chance on something they don’t know? Is audience curious enough to come and find out? Which role play artists in this puzzle? The resources only go so far, and the choices far outweigh the opportunities.

So how do artists get presented across the country and how do artists tour outside of the country?  Exposure is an ongoing issue, and the demands we all face are getting more complicated.

With Carmen Mehnert (Hamburg, Germany). Born in Lima, Peru, she finished her studies in Applied Arts and
Theater Studies at the University of Giessen.
From 1994 to 1999 she was the organization manager at the International Summer Theater Festival Hamburg and from 1999 to 2000 Organizational and program director at the festival “Theaterformen” at the Expo 2000 in Hannover. Since 2001 she has worked as a freelance dance dramaturg with Sam
Louwyck, Lisi Estaras, Einat Tuchman (Les Ballets C. de la B.), Angela
Guerreiro, Rasmus Ölme, Sara Gebran, Cristina Moura, In-Jung Jun, Elio
Gervasi and Akram Khan worked. Since 2003 she has worked in close cooperation as Dramaturge with Constanza Macras. From 2006 to 2008 she was Dance dramaturge at the Staatstheater Kassel under the direction of Johannes Wieland. Since March 2009 she is program leader Performing Arts in Hellerau – European Center for the Arts in Dresden and Teaching in the Master program Culture and Management at the Dresden International University.