| Theater |
Young Rang, Kim |
Seoul Arts Center |
Manager for Performing Arts |
Opera, Theatre, Dance, Ballet |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Seoul Arts Center |
| Venue Info |
Opera Theatre (2,278 seats), Jayu Theatre (250 seats), CJ Towol Theatre (1,004 seats) |
| Annual Number of Shows Presented |
Domestic : 50 productions / International : 10 productions |
| Program Features |
Opera Theatre - Resident Company : Korea National Opera, Korea National Ballet
Accommodating Opera, Ballet, musicla (venue rentals)
Organizing Korea Opera Festival, Korea Ballet Festival
CJ Towol Theatre – Resident Company : Korea National Contemporary Dance
Accommodation Musicals, Opera, Ballet, Theatre
Jayu Theatre - Accommodating Drama, Dance, Musical, Concert etc, Presenting SAC Theatre Programmes
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| Renowned Works |
Korea National Opera- Remeo et Julliet, La Boheme, Othello
Korea National Ballet – La Bayadere, Swan Lake, Nut Cracker
Korea Opera Festival, Korea Ballet Festival, SAC Programme – Mefisto, Frankenstein, Constellations, Tribes, Opera Little Prince, Die Zauberflote
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| Website |
http://www.sac.or.kr/eng/ |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Young Rang, Kim |
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| Job Title |
Manager for Performing Arts |
| Fields of Interest |
Opera, Theatre, Dance, Ballet |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
Producer Opera "Die Zauberflote",
Theatre “Frankenstien”, Ballet "The Nutcracker" 2015
Managing, “Korea Opera Festival 2013, 2014”,
Managing, “Korea Ballet Festival 2013, 2014 |
| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
Deutschoper in Berlin invitation performance
Royal Production in London invitation performance
Nederland Dans Theater invitation performance |
| E-mail |
rang@sac.or.kr |
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| KIM Yoahen |
Doosan Art Center |
Executive Producer |
Producing new contemporary-works and International collaborations, Supporting young artists |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Doosan Art Center |
| Venue Info |
Yonkang Hall (620 seats), Space111(200seats), Doosan Galley |
| Annual Number of Shows Presented |
Domestic : 10 / International : 3 |
| Program Features |
Doosan Art Center(DAC) fulfills the social responsibilities of Doosan Group in arts field. DAC is dedicated to incubating promising young artists and producing intranational contemporary-works in diverse genres including theater, music, dance, multidisciplinary art and so on.
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| Renowned Works |
Theater 'Kamome', 'Moran Sister', 'A Long Night in the Tropics', 'White Cherry', 'Copenhagen' , Musical 'Moby dick' , Dance 'Dancing Grandmother'
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| Website |
http://www.doosanartcenter.com |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
KIM Yoahen |
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| Job Title |
Executive Producer |
| Fields of Interest |
Producing new contemporary-works and International collaborations, Supporting young artists |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
Yoahen KIM worked for the planning team of AGA Production from 2004 to 2006. He moved to Dongsoong Art Center, where he worked as a theatre and musical producer in 2006. He has been working as the theater producer at Doosan Art Center from 2007 of DAC's opening. |
| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
- Riding on a Cloud(2015): Presenting with Rabih Mroué(Lebanon), Kings of the Road 1980(2015) Kings of the Road 2002(2015): Presenting with Seinendan (JPN)
- Current Location(2013): Co-producing with Chelfitsch, Precog(Initially co-produced with KAAT in 2012)
We're Gonna Die(2013): Presenting with Young Jean Lee's Theater Company
- Revolutionary Diary(2012): Presenting with Seinendan (JPN) |
| Additional Work Experience |
- Awards(2014) “Best New Director”
“Best New Concept Play”, “Best New Actress”
- Awards(2013) Dong-A Theatre Awards: "Best Play", "Best Director", "Best Audio-Visual Design"
- Awards(2012) Korean Theatre Awards-“Best Drama”, Korean Theatre Review "Best7"
Yegreen Awards “Best Innovative Production”
- Awards(2010) < A Long Night in the Tropics > Korean Theatre Awards- “Best Drama”, Korean Theatre Review "Best7" |
| E-mail |
ragtime1@doosan.com |
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| LEE, Yang-Hee / Min K. Shin |
National Theater of Korea |
General Manager of Performing Arts Planning Team / Producer |
Responsible for international program/collaboration/relations at National Theater of Korea |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
National Theater of Korea |
| Venue Info |
The National Theater of Korea consists of four venues.
Haeoreum Hall(Proscenium/1,500capacity), Daloreum Hall(Proscenium/500capacity), Byeoloreum Studio(Blackbox/100capacity), KB Haneul Youth Theater(Amphitheater/600capacity) |
| Annual Number of Shows Presented |
Domestic : 55 to 60 / International : 5 to 10 |
| Program Features |
The National Theater of Korea promotes the creation of contemporary performing arts based on Korean traditional arts to contribute to improving quality of people’s life. It houses three national flagship resident performing arts companies – National Changgeuk Company(traditional musical theater), National Dance Company, and National Orchestra. Running the National Repertory Season from September to June, which contains major repertoires and new works of resident companies, the National Theater of Korea strives to produce more excellent and innovative productions.
What we are interested in international exchange/collaboration : Development of Asia-Pacific regional theater venue partnership, International collaboration – co-production, co-commission, Invitation of international artists: Directors/Choreographers who enable to work for making a new production with National Theater of Korea’s resident companies [genre: music theater, dance, music]
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| Renowned Works |
[Changgeuk/pansori opera] Medea by National Changgeuk Company of Korea
[Dance] Vortex(touring in 2015 Cannes International Dance Festival),
Scent of Ink(touring in France in 2015), both by National Dance Company of Korea
[Music] Arirang Fantasy by National Orchestra of Korea
[Off-season summer festival] Yeo Woo Rak Festival - Korean music of today |
| Website |
http://www.ntok.go.kr/english |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
LEE, Yang-Hee / Min K. Shin |
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| Job Title |
General Manager of Performing Arts Planning Team / Producer |
| Fields of Interest |
Responsible for international program/collaboration/relations at National Theater of Korea |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
General director, Programming & Producing div. of Myeongdong Theater(2009-2013)
General manager, Programming & Producing div. of Hakchon Theater(1996-2006) |
| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
Creative producer, Traveling Hometown (Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Macao) (2010-2012)
Overseas program manager, Uijeongbu International Music-Theatre Festival (2008-2009)
Project executive, international exchange department of Korea Arts Management Service (2006-2008)
International program manager, Seoul Fringe Festival (2003-2006) |
| E-mail |
yhlee0587@korea.kr / minattheatre@gmail.com |
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| Tency Hyung Jung Lee |
LG Arts Center |
Head of Programming and Marketing |
Theater & Dance |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
LG Arts Center |
| Venue Info |
1 venue, multi-purpose theater, 1,100 seats |
| Annual Number of Shows Presented |
Domestic : 3 shows / International : 17 shows |
| Program Features |
LG Arts Center is a globally renowned multi-arts performance center where the audience and the performers come together as one to share the passion for the contemporary arts and create experiences that are unique and mutually beneficial. LG Arts Center respects the diverse artistic values and expressions of our time, and we believe that our center must act as a gathering place where creative and passionate artists and their fans meet and engage in open communications.
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| Renowned Works |
Pina Bausch Wuppertal Tanztheater 2000~2014, Maly Drama Theater from st.Petersburg 2001~2013,
Robert Lepage, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake etc.
Lee Jaram's Ukchuk-ga, Yang Jung Ung's Peer Gynt, The Chorus Oedipus etc.
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| Website |
www.lgart.com |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Tency Hyung Jung Lee |
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| Job Title |
Head of Programming and Marketing |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater & Dance |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
- DANCE
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Akram Khan Company, Batsheva Dance Company, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Hofesh Shechter Company, National Ballet of Spain, Korean artists, Eunme Ahn, Young-doo Jung, Seoung Yeop Hong’s Dance theatre ON, etc.
- THEATRE
Peter Brook & Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, Lev Dodin’s Maly Drama Theatre from St. Petersburg, Robert Lepage & Ex Machina, Eimuntas Nekrosius’ Meno Fortas, Vesturport Theatre, Lee Bruer’s Mabou Mines, Theatre Derevo, Korean theatre Yohang-za, Lee Jaram, etc.
- JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC
Pet Metheny Group, Sony Rollins, Buena Vista Social Club, Glibert Gil, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Balck Mambazo, Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra, Youn-Sun Nah
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| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
1. Collaboration with Pierre Rigal, 2012
LG Arts Center and French Company Compagnie Dernière Minute and Swiss Theatre Vidy-Lausanne co-produced a new dance piece called Theatre of operation, choreographed by Pierre Rigal, the artistic director of Compagnie Derniere Minute in France with engaging Korean dancers, Korean costume designer and stage co-operation by LG Arts Center staff. As a main co-producer, LG Arts Center helped finding Korean dancers and creative team and provided rehearsal studio for 50 days and technical support for the premiere. After premiered at LG Arts Center on 14 – 15 September 2012, the production successfully toured in Europe for 10 cities including Paris and Swiss Lausanne in 2012-2013 season.
2. Co-production with Pina Bausch Wuppertal Tanztheater, 2005
LG Arts Center co-produced Pina Bausch Wuppertal Tanztheatre’s ‘Rough Cut’ in 2005 which was inspired by Korean culture and Korean people. During their creation period in Wuppertal, our staff and I supported their research works by sending many materials, photos and music of Korea, and helped the company members to experience Korean life and meet Korean people when they visited Korea for 2 weeks in 2004. After premiered at LG Arts Center in June 2005, Rough cut has toured many European countries including Paris, Berlin and Wuppertal since 2006.
3. Touring of Singapore International Festival of Arts, August 2014 |
| E-mail |
tency@lgart.com |
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| M.J. Chung |
National Theater Company of Korea |
Director, International Relations and Communications |
International co-productions
New Writing development with internatinal partners
International training programme for theater directors |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
National Theater Company of Korea |
| Venue Info |
Myeongdong Theater(558seats) Baek Seonghui & Jang Minho Theater(200~400seats blackbox, The Theater Pan(200seats blackbox) |
| Annual Number of Shows Presented |
Domestic : Appx 20 productions / International : appx 2 productions |
| Program Features |
Under the leadership of the artistic director Kim Yun-cheol, NTC Korea aspires to communicate with the global community developing the nation’s topical issues into international themes. Our vision is to be an actors’ theater and to put back narrative at the very core of theatrical arts, pursuing the contemporary aesthetics of theater. With increasing repertories of world classics and new writing, NTC Korea now presents more than twenty new productions every year. With the richest theater programs in the nation, NTC Korea hopes to be a true national center for theater where everybody is welcomed any time of the year.
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| Renowned Works |
Snow in March written by Pai Sam-shik & directed by Sohn Jin-chaek
Richard II by W. Shakespeare & directed by Felix Alexa
Lee Young-Nyo - the Tragic Woman written by Kim Woo-jin & Directed by Park Jeong-hee
Yeonsan, the Tyrant written & directed by Lee Youn-taek
The Power by Nis-Momme Stockmann & directed by Alexis Bug
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| Website |
www.NTCK.or.kr
www.MDtheater.or.kr |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
M.J. Chung |
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| Job Title |
Director, International Relations and Communications |
| Fields of Interest |
International co-productions
New Writing development with internatinal partners
International training programme for theater directors |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
Musical Kingdom of Wind (1999) by Seoul Performing Arts Company at Seoul Arts Center, Woyzeck (2015) by Acom International at LG Art Centre, Julius Caesar, A Family in the Road, The Cosmonaut's Last Message for a Woman He Once Loved in the Soviet Union, Half Gods, Fathers and Sons and Empire of Light by Myeongdong Theater |
| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
Tour Producer for Farm in the Cave's Sclavi/ the Song of an Emigrant (2008-2011), Co-writer of International Co-Production Manuel published by KAMS & IETM, Reading and Showcase Performances of the musical Woyzeck - The Ruby Necklace in RADA and Charing Cross Theatre, London, commissioned by Acom International, Half Gods by Noda Hideki a co-production between Myeongdong Theater and Tokyo Metropolitan Theater (2014), The Empire of Light (a.k.a. Your Republic Is Calling You), a co-production between National Theater Company of Korea and CDN Orleans (2016) |
| Additional Work Experience |
Festival Administrator, the 1st BeSeTo Theater Festival 1994
Associate Managing Director, Theater of Nations, Seoul/Gyeonggi 1997
Acting Managing Director, Seoul Performing Arts Festival 1998
Programmer & Producer, the 1st Uijeongbu Music Theater Festival 2002 |
| E-mail |
mjchung@ntck.or.kr |
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| Kim Seo-Ryoung |
The National Gugak Center |
Artistic Director |
Dance, Music, Multi displinary |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
The National Gugak Center
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| Program Features |
"National Gugak Center has been the primary institution to perform and perpetuate traditional music for more than one thousand years. The roots of the National Gugak Center can be traced back to the Royal Music Institute of the Silla Dynasty (BC 57~AD 935).
The National Gugak Center will continue to creatively inherit and cultivate traditional performing art forms filled with the philosophy of a pure Korean art tradition.
Poongryu-sarang-bang of National Gugak Center is a small theater with 130 seats, opened in 2013. The theater, where Korean traditional music can be enjoyed with its natural sound without any microphones or amplifiers, hosts special concerts by day.“Geumyogonggam” is held every Friday and is a collaborative series between Korean traditional music and other various arts."
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| Website |
http://http://www.gugak.go.kr/ |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Kim Seo-Ryoung
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director
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| Fields of Interest |
Dance, Music, Multi displinary
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| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
In 1999, started her career as planner at Performing arts agency 210. since 2004 to present, as co-president of Eocreative, she plans, operates, and consults the dance, theater, festival, and art educational programs. Since 2013, as performance/multidisciplinary arts director at Culture Station Seoul 284, she discovers and experiments about new space and multidisciplinary art. As a result, she plans regular performances like , , and project . Since March 2015, as an artistic director of Poongryu-sarang-bang of National Gugak Center, she programs experimental original Gugak, Gugak collaborated with other genre every Friday to find diverse possibility of Gugak as contemporary art.
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| E-mail |
eocreative@gmail.com |
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| Jiang Shan |
National Ballet of China |
Director of Operation and Promotion |
Dance |
China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
National Ballet of China |
| Category |
Dance |
| Program Features |
The National Ballet of China (NBC) was founded in December 1959. By both performing Western ballets and creating works of its own with distinct national characteristics, the company has forged a successful path for the development of Chinese ballet. Numerous ballet dancers, choreographers, musicians, and stage artists have won major international awards, and have collaborated with international stars in their respective fields. The company has a repertoire of nearly 200 ballets, several of which are now known as classic Chinese works of art, and have become famous internationally.
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| Website |
http://en.ballet.org.cn/ |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Jiang Shan |
| Job Title |
Director of Operation and Promotion |
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| Liao Yanru |
China National Symphony Orchestra |
Deputy Director/Programming Department |
Music |
China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
China National Symphony Orchestra |
| Category |
Music |
| Program Features |
The China National Symphony Orchestra (CNSO) was founded in 1996 on the basis of the Central Philharmonic Society established in 1956. The orchestra is chartered and administered by the Ministry of Culture of China with three affiliations: the orchestra, a chorus and the Beijing Concert Hall. The CNSO's present director is the renowned composer Xia Guan; Artistic Consultant is Zuqiang Wu and Zhongjie Han; The CNSO Honorary Artistic Director is Tan Dun. Throughout its history, the CNSO has collaborated with many world-leading artists in order to bring excellence to its audiences at home and abroad. The Korean media praised the orchestra as "the best symphony orchestra in Asia", "pride of 1.3 billion people". The CNSO took part in the Opening Ceremony Concert of "Festival of the World Symphony Orchestras" and the Opening Ceremony Concert for"2013 Asian Orchestra Festival" in Daegu Concert Hall.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Liao Yanru |
| Job Title |
Deputy Director/Programming Department |
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| Li Dong |
National Theatre of China |
Director of International Coopertation Center |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
National Theatre of China |
| Program Features |
National Theatre of China (NTC), affiliated to the Ministry of Culture, is a performing art organization with rich resources on art creativity and splendid cultural traditions on drama. National Theatre of China commits for producing and staging both ancient and modern Chinese and foreign theatre plays with high quality, high grade. National Theatre of China has three modern theatres which are suitable for varieties of performances. In addition, NTC centers in Beijing, casting influence across the whole country, and promotes international theatre exchanges and cooperation, presenting national and international advanced theatre to Chinese audience.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Li Dong |
| Job Title |
Director of International Coopertation Center |
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| Zheng Shangjing |
China International Culture & Arts Co. Ltd |
Production & Promotion Center Project Manager |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
China International Culture & Arts Co. Ltd |
| Program Features |
China International Culture＆Arts Co.,Ltd (CICAC) was registered in 1990. It is a large-scale professional agency on the national level focusing on cultural performances and shows. CICAC is devoted to promoting a long-term cooperative relationship with cultural agencies both at home and abroad. Since its establishment, CICAC has held thousands of performances and shows, visits nearly one hundred countries and regions. By now, CICAC has invited five hundred groups to China and accorded them warm reception, including the world-class artists and art groups from different parts of the world, such as Montserrat Caballe, Julio Iglesias, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, ,Vienna Philharmonic
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| Website |
http://www.cicac.com/en/ |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Zheng Shangjing |
| Job Title |
Production & Promotion Center Project Manager |
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| Luo Yuchun |
The song and dance Ensembie of Liaoning China |
Head |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
The song and dance Ensembie of Liaoning China |
| Program Features |
The Song and Dance Ensemble of Liaoning china was founded on November 1, 1956. Formerly known as the Northeast People's Art Theater Music and Dance Group, which was founded in 1951 and soon ranked one of the four China’s A-Grade ensembles in the early days of New China. For half a century, Liaoning Song and Dance Ensemble incubated many dancers, singers, instrumentalists and composers, who have deep art attainment, and enjoy high reputation both at home and abroad. . It has more than 70 provincial and ministerial level awards, among which 6 international Gold Prizes, 31 National Gold Prizes, 24 Awards of Excellence.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Luo Yuchun |
| Job Title |
Head |
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| Zhu Zhizhong |
Chinese Folk Literature and Art Society Music Committee |
President of Music Committee |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Chinese Folk Literature and Art Society Music Committee |
| Program Features |
Chinese Folk Literature and Art Society Music Committee, the Sound of East Original Art Troupe, YinHeSiQin Inner Mongolia Original Troupe, since the founding of these organizations, spreading aboriginal music culture and art of Chinese 56 ethnic minorities has always been taken as their own duty. For more than ten years, they have distributed national folklore music culture through television, radio, stages and multimedia channels from China. Since 2009, they have visited many countries such as Germany, Netherland, Belgium, the United States, Canada, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Zhu Zhizhong |
| Job Title |
President of Music Committee |
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| Zhang Mingxing |
Shanxi Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble |
Manager |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Shanxi Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble |
| Program Features |
Shanxi Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble was established in 2005, which was the significant initiative of Shanxi Vocational Art College in carrying out the strategy of "Constructing the Cultural Province". Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble created and took on the task of performing the large national dance drama "Wild Jujube" and "Opera Warriors" ，which enjoy good reputations both at home and abroad. The dance drama has won numerous honors including one of Ten National Stage Masterpieces, Outstanding Drama Award of "Five-One Project". As a cultural envoy, Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble represented China to visit oversease. Huajin Dance Drama Ensemble was the first Chinese dance group performing in the Cannes Movie Palace of France.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Zhang Mingxing |
| Job Title |
Manager |
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| Wang Jing |
Leshan Culture and Arts Co., Ltd |
Vice General Manager |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Leshan Culture and Arts Co., Ltd |
| Program Features |
Leshan, a world famous tourist destination of history and culture, lies to the southwest of China. It is well-known for its UNESCO listed world cultural and natural heritages, Mt. Emei and Leshan Grand Buddha. Leshan Culture and Arts Co., Ltd (Leshan Song & Dance Troupe) was founded in 1959. Nurtured by this rich land, the Troupe has developed a unique Sichuan ethnical style. Through its unremitting pursuit, Leshan Culture and Arts Co., Ltd has become one of the first-class art organizations keeping Chinese traditional ethnic style as well as actively developing international performance market in China. About international cultural exchanges, the Troupe has also been very active. Recently, the Troupe has a unique collaboration with Melbourne Arts Festival and New Zealand Christchurch Arts Festival. Chinese Ministry of Culture highly appraised that it created a new cooperation pattern for bringing the Chinese performing arts products to the world.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Wang Jing |
| Job Title |
Vice General Manager |
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| Gao Pei |
Beijing poly theatre management Co, LTD. |
Director of Performance Operation Center |
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China |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Beijing poly theatre management Co, LTD. |
| Program Features |
Beijing poly theatre management co., LTD., based in Beijing, facing the whole country, with modern enterprise system and advanced quality management standards. Beijing poly theatre management co., LTD., there are 39 subsidiaries, three branches, poly theatre management co., has its business throughout central and southern China, southwest, Yangtze river delta, the pearl river delta and the central plains region, become the comprehensive development of collectivization theatre management enterprise. The Beijing poly theatre management co., LTD., summarized a set of advanced specialized market-oriented management concept and standard of management practices, to "high professional level, high standard, high grade of service management, management level is high, high social image" as the management objective, is established Based in Beijing, Shanghai, guangdong professional talent training center, accumulated the poly theatre management brand value, promote the development of the domestic large and medium-sized cities in the cultural market, to build a strong platform for the cultural industry.
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Gao Pei |
| Job Title |
Director of Performance Operation Center |
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| Deborah McSmith |
Q Theatre |
Business Development Manager |
Performing arts venue |
New Zealand |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Q Theatre |
| 2015 Edition |
Located in Auckland (New Zealand’s largest city).
A purpose built, fully flexible arts venue, which provides a year-round curated programme that delivers a diverse range of professional performing arts including theatre, dance, music, comedy and film across 4 venues.
A ticketed audience in excess of 89,000 people enjoy over 500 performances at Q Theatre on an annual basis. |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
| 70+ productions / 530 events |
| Category |
Performing arts venue |
| Program Features |
Theater, dance, music, comedy, visual arts, ideas
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| Website |
www.qtheatre.co.nz |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Deborah McSmith |
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| Job Title |
Business Development Manager |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, Music, Dance, Multidisciplinary |
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| Paul King |
White Bird |
Co-Founder |
Contemporary Dance |
U.S.A |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
White Bird |
| 2015 Edition |
Season runs from October to early May |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
| In 2014-15, 12 companies, 31 performances |
| Category |
Contemporary Dance |
| Program Features |
White Bird presents 12 of the best of contemporary dance companies from around the world.
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| Website |
www.whitebird.org |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Paul King |
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| Job Title |
Co-Founder |
| Fields of Interest |
Dance |
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| Yoko Shioya |
Japan Society Performing Arts |
Artistic Director |
Theater, Dance, and Music |
U.S.A |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Japan Society Performing Arts |
| 2015 Edition |
Traditional Dance from Okinawa with Live Music, Charan-Po-Rantan Concert + Party, Company Derashienra Spectator, A Night of Kyogen with Mansaku Nomura & Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, Toshiki Okada God Bless Baseball, Ripe Time/PlayCo Sleep, Play Reading, Sound Exploration with Otomo Yoshihide/FEN |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
| 10 |
| Category |
Theater, Dance, and Music |
| Program Features |
Shuji Onodera, Mansaku Nomura, Toshiki Okada, Otomo Yoshihide
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| Website |
http://www.japansociety.org/page/programs/performing_arts_program |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Yoko Shioya |
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, Music, Dance, and Multidisciplinary |
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| Chris Sharp |
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Music Programmer (Contemporary) |
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United Kingdom |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Program Features |
The Barbican Centre is the largest multi-arts centre in Europe. We have 2 art galleries, 2 theatres, 3 cinemas and a 2000 capacity concert hall. We present 60-70 contemporary music events each year, working across all genres. As well as doing shows in the concert hall we also work in smaller venues – Milton Court (capacity 600) and LSO St Luke’s (capacity 400). We also work off site, and produce two Summer music festivals each year, one in Walthamstow and one in Barking (both boroughs of East London).
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| Website |
www.barbican.org.uk |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Chris Sharp |
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| Job Title |
Music Programmer (Contemporary) |
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| Additional Work Experience |
Chris Sharp spent the first part of his career at various independent record companies, working at Rough Trade, Beggars Banquet and XL Recordings before becoming Managing Director of 4AD in 2000.
Chris moved to the Barbican in 2008; the first project he worked on was Drifting And Tilting, a multi-artist performance of music by Scott Walker. Since then, he has programmed hundreds of concerts and events including Beyond The Wall (a season of new Chinese music) and the Transcender series, which explores devotional, ecstatic and psychedelic music from all over the world. He has worked with prominent figures like Nick Cave, John Cale, Beck, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker and Patti Smith, and commissioned and presented music by leading living composers including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and Max Richter. He has produced orchestral concerts by artists such as Grizzly Bear (with the London Symphony Orchestra), Aphex Twin and Sparks (with the Heritage Orchestra), Dirty Projectors (with Alarm Will Sound), Efterklang and These New Puritans (with the Britten Sinfonia), Jeff Mills and Chilly Gonzales (with the BBCSO). He has brought musicians from all over the world to the Barbican, including artists from Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, South Africa, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, China and Japan.
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| E-mail |
chris.sharp@barbican.org.uk |
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| Festival |
LEE Jong-Ho |
Seoul International Dance Festival (SIDance Festival) |
Artistic Director |
Artistic Director of International Dance Festival |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Seoul International Dance Festival (SIDance Festival) |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
58 Shows from 18 Countries
Domestic : 40 / International : 18 pieces including collaboration |
| Program Features |
-Int’l Entry, Local Entry, International Collaboration, Site-specific Program, Academic Program, Other event
-Top-notch selection of reputable dance performances that accentuate the brilliance of physicality and cultural diversity, Continuous collaborative projects based on mutual trust and collaborative relations, Offering a variety of dance performance to a wide range of audiences to take a social responsibility, Inveting efforts to make an academic advancement of dance, etc.
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| Website |
www.sidance.org |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
LEE Jong-Ho |
 |
| Job Title |
Artistic Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Artistic Director of International Dance Festival |
| Work Experience |
Host and Organize SIDance from 1998 to 2015, Organize of Korean Dance Express in Africa, The Korean contemporary dance week in Russia (2014), A show on tour for celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations (2013), Focus Korea at OFF-CINAR 2012, Korean Dance Express to Cuba and Equador (2012), Programming of Center Stage Korea Europe for Korean Dance Companies (2011), Dispatch Korean Dance Companies to MAS DANZA, Dance Theater Festival Zawirowania, World Culture Festival, Hong Kong, etc |
| E-mail |
yesno@sidance.org |
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| Kwangryul Jang |
Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival(Simpro)
International Comic Dance Festival(ComicDance)
Busan International Dance Festival(BIDF) |
Artistic Director and Coordinator |
Dance |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival(Simpro)
International Comic Dance Festival(ComicDance)
Busan International Dance Festival(BIDF) |
| 2015 Edition |
Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival(Simpro): 2nd-3rd week April (15days)
International Comic Dance Festival(ComicDance): 1st week June (6days)
Busan International Dance Festival(BIDF): 2nd week June (6days) |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
Seoul International Improvisation Dance
Festival(Simpro):( 32 ) Shows from ( 8 ) Countries
International Comic Dance Festival(ComicDance):
( 24 ) Shows from ( 5 ) Countries
Busan International Dance Festival(BIDF):
( 50) Shows from ( 10) Countries |
| Domestic |
Simpro: 18
ComicDance: 15
BIDF: 35 |
| International |
Simpro: 14
ComicDance: 9
BIDF: 15 |
| Program Features |
Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival(Simpro): Meet the purest body gestures. Every spring, it gives infinite creativity to dancers and imagination to audience. Each time there are about 30 official performances by guests artists from all oever the world, and 20 workshops for the professionals and the public-especially children. The festival open in Seoul for one week them move to Busan, Daegu and Fukuoka in Japan. The festival start 14 years ago.
International Comic Dance Festival(ComicDance): Organized by the iPAP, it will be the only comic-dance-themed festival in Asia inviting professional dance companies from all over the world to find the fun in the arts of dance and to humor the audience.
Busan International Dance Festival(BIDF): The see dance festival aiming at world best in ocean capital, Busan of Korea. It is a annual open dance festival invites 10-12 international companies every year. One and only largest beach stage in Korea. The festival start 10 years ago.
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| Website |
Simpro: www.ipap.co.kr
ComicDance: www.ipap.co.kr
BIDF: www.bidf.kr |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Kwangryul Jang |
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director and Coordinator |
| Fields of Interest |
Dance |
| Work Experience
in regards to Festival Programming |
Korea-Finland Conncetion Project
Korea International Dance Event
Korean Dance Company & Ireland, Arhentina, Finland Dance company Collaboration Project
Inviting World dance company to Korea Tour:
-Stuttgart Ballet, Aalto Essen Ballet Theatre, West Australlian Ballet, Inval Pinto Dance Company, Dance Theater of Ireland etc. |
| Additional Work Experience |
Chairman of Korean Dance Critic Association
Chief Editor of monthly performing arts megazine 'Auditorium'
Guest Professor of Korea National University of Arts & Sookmyung Women's university
Operation committee member of the National Ballet Company
Operation committee member of the Korea Foundation
Consultant of Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tradeb
Board member of Seoul Performing Arts Company
Board member policy evaluation of The Ministry of Culture and Tourism
Board member international exchange of Arts Council Korea
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| E-mail |
ipap2210@gmail.com |
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| KIM Sookhee |
ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival |
President |
Theatre for children and young people, Theatre in education, Vocalization
In charge of planning invitation of overseas performances |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival |
| 2015 Edition |
The 23rd ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival, 2015 (July 21 - August 2) |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
( 23 ) Shows from ( 9 ) Countries
|
| Category |
Theatre 16, Dance 3, Musical 2, Multidisciplinary 2 |
| Domestic |
12 |
| International |
11 |
| Program Features |
Since the summer of 1993, ASSITEJ Korea has been organizing one of the prestigious performing arts festivals for children and young people in Korea. Every summer, it highlights one particular country in order to encourage Korean children to experience and understand different countries through theatre arts. Three or four pieces of a selected country are invited to the festival and it includes a co-production work between Korean and foreign artists. Furthermore, it offers a variety of other activities such as symposium, roundtable, fringe stage, drama workshop for children and exhibition.
The 22nd ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival, 2014 received a rating of “A (Very good)” for Performing/Visual Arts in the Korea Culture and Arts Promotion Fund.
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| Website |
www.assitejkorea.org |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
KIM Sookhee |
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| Job Title |
President |
| Fields of Interest |
Theatre for children and young people, Theatre in education, Vocalization
In charge of planning invitation of overseas performances
New Writing development with internatinal partners
International training programme for theater directors |
| Work Experience in regards to Festival Programming |
Artistic and executive director of ASSITEJ Korea International Summer Festival
Executive director of ASSITEJ Korea Winter Festival, Seoul
Chairwoman of the festival for disabled children, "The Way to the Theatre" |
| Work Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
2013. Conduct a workshop invited by the Colombo University in Sri Lanka
2014. Lead a co-production work between Korean and Danish companies / Host the Asian Meeting in Seoul / Programming showcase of Korean TYA(Theatre for Young Audiences) aimed at international presenters
2015. Lead a co-production work between a Korean artist and an Australian company
2015. Speaker on Asian Culture at the Asian Meeting in India invited by ASSITEJ India
Speaker on Korean TYA Landscape at the National Arts Council in Singapore |
| Additional Work Experience |
Visiting Professor in the Department of Theatre and Acting at the Far East University
Board Member of the Players' Welfare Foundation of Korea & Jongno Foundation for Arts and Culture
Former Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Acting for Theatre, Film and TV at Sungkyunkwan University
Former President of Korea Association for Drama / Theatre and Education |
| E-mail |
president@assitejkorea.org |
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| YOON Jong-yeoun |
Ansan Street Arts Festival |
Artistic Director |
Street Theatre, Multidisciplinary Arts, Festival |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
Ansan Street Arts Festival |
| 2016 Edition |
2016.May.5-8 (TBD) |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
( 61) Shows from ( 10) Countries
|
| Category |
Theatre 22, Dance 10, Circus 14, Multi 15 |
| Domestic |
34 |
| International |
6 |
| Program Features |
With various types of arts including street theatre, circus, installation, media performance and sound performance, established in 2005. The main purpose of the festival is to be the platform of presenting and producing the world’s representative street arts by sharing them with the public in Korea. Official Program, Fringe Program, City of Clown program and Ansan Street Arts Creator Productions are the very core of our festival. By inviting and cooperating with international and domestic artists and professionals every year, the festival was able to invigorate the audiences and stimulate the artists to broaden the perspectives.
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| Website |
www.ansanfest.com |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
YOON Jong-yeoun |
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Street Theatre, Multidisciplinary Arts, Festival |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
2015-Now Korea Street Arts Centre - Representative
2014-Now Ansan Street Arts Festival - Artistic Director
2013-2014 Seonyudo Street Arts Market - Director
2012-2013 Chuncheon Mime Festival - Vice Director
2011-2011 Gangdong Cultural Festival - Director
2008-2013 Chuncheon Mime Festival - Oprening Program Director |
| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
2014 Korea-Australia Connection - Presenter (KAMS)
2011 Europe Street Theatre and Festival Research (KAMS)
2007 (Korea-Netherlands Co-production) 2007 Europe and Korea Tour (40shows)
2006-2012 PAMS Choice, AWALN' ART Festival (Moroco) LES INVITES(France), Gwacheon Festival(Korea) |
| E-mail |
dalkwasul@gmail.com |
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| OH Sunmyung / LIM Sue |
SPAF (Seoul Performing Arts Festival) |
Producer (Dance) / Producer (Theater) |
Seoul Performing Arts Festival Planning and Programming (Dance / Theater)
contemporary dance and multi-disciplinary performing art |
Korea |
| 1. Theater Overview |
| Official Name |
SPAF (Seoul Performing Arts Festival) |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
22
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| Domestic |
15 |
| Program Features |
period : Oct 2 – Oct 31 2015 / for 30days
Venue : Arko Arts Theater, Daehankro Arts Theater, etc.
Programme : 7 countries, 21companies, 22performances
Berminer Ensemble 'Shakespeare’s Sonnets', Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski 'Living Room'
Peeping Tom 'A Louer', Christian Rizz 'D’après une histoire vraie', etc.
Countries : Germany, Belgium, Spain, Slovenia, Italy, France, Korea
Satelite Events : The 9th Seoul Dance Collections & Connection
The 12th Young Critic’s Awards
Korea-Germany Connection, Indian Dance&Music Workshop
Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski & Thomas Richards Acting Workshop
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| Website |
www.spaf.or.kr |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
OH Sunmyung |
 |
| Job Title |
Producer (Dance) |
| Fields of Interest |
"Seoul Performing Arts Festival Planning and Programming (Dance)
contemporary dance and multi-disciplinary performing art"
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| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
- Seoul Performing Arts Festival Planning and Programming (Dance)
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| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
-Seoul International Choreography Festival Steering Committee
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| Additional Work Experience |
- Paris 8 University Doctoral (Ph.D) ‘Estheiques, Sciences et Technologies des Arts’
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| E-mail |
smoh@arko.or.kr |
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| Name |
LIM Sue
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| Job Title |
Producer (Theater)
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| Fields of Interest |
"Seoul Performing Arts Festival Planning and Programming (Theater)
contemporary dance and multi-disciplinary performing art"
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| Experience in regards to Theater Programming
|
Lim Sue works as a theater producer for the Seoul Performing Arts Festival. Inn this capacity, she not only presents works of theater and the performing arts from both Korea and other countries but also is involved with networking and cooperative projects for foreign theater professionals and producers.
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| E-mail |
soolim@arko.or.kr |
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| Victor Kye |
Jarasum International Jazz Festival |
Assist. Director Jarasum International Jazz Festival / Gwangju Worldmusic Festival / Yeo Woo Rak Festival |
Jazz |
Korea |
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Jarasum International Jazz Festival |
| 2014 Edition |
Jarasum International Jazz Festival, held on the beautiful Island in Gapyeong, celebrated its 11th edition in 2014. |
| Number of Shows Presented (2015 Edition) |
45 Performances from 26 countries |
| Category |
Jazz |
| Program Features |
Jarasum International Jazz Festival, held on the beautiful Island in Gapyeong, celebrated its 11th edition in 2014. The 12th Jarasum International Jazz Festival will be on 9-11 October 2015, consisted of more than 10 stages throughout the picturesque surroundings. The entire concerts will be nearby nature as mountain, river and fields of reed.
"
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| Website |
www.jarasumjazz.com |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Victor Kye |
 |
| Job Title |
Assist. Director Jarasum International Jazz Festival / Gwangju Worldmusic Festival / Yeo Woo Rak Festival |
| Fields of Interest |
Music |
| Work Experience |
Victor Kye had worked as a programmer in charge of music at LG Art Center in Seoul from 2001, and has been working as an Deputy Director at Jarasum International Jazz Festival since 2007 and at Gwangju World Music Festival since 2009.
He also has created great and small distinguished festivals such as Koulmot Jazz Festival and Jarasum Rhythm & BBQ Festival while taking part in a number of music markets like WOMEX, JAZZAHEAD, SOUND AOTEAROA, Molde Jazz expo, Shanghi Arts Market, PAMS and so on at the same time. Furthermore, he takes a profound interest in introducing Korean Jazz and world music abroad, so he has been producing Mosaic Korea, Black String, Tori Ensemble as well as dedicating himself to breeding up younger promoters by giving lectures in universities and academies.
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| E-mail |
victor@jarasumjazz.com |
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| Celso Curi |
Festival de Curitiba |
Curator |
Theater, Dance, Multidisciplinary |
Brazil |
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Festival de Curitiba |
| 2015 Edition |
24th edition, 2015.3.24~4.4 |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
35(Internatioanal 5), Fringe festival 400 works |
| Category |
All genres |
| Website |
www.festivaldecuritiba.com.br |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Celso Curi |
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| Job Title |
Curator |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, Dance, Multidisciplinary |
| Experience in regards to Theater Programming |
FESTIVAL DE CURITIBA (2008/2015) / CURITIBA
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF OFICINA CULTURAL OSWALD DE ANDRADE / SP
(2013/2014)
OFF PRODUÇÕES CULTURAIS (1991/2014) / SP |
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| Experience in regards to International Collaboration |
In 2012, he was invited to participate in the “Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy: New Models for the 21st Century” Seminar developed jointly by the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. |
| E-mail |
celsocuri@uol.com.br |
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| Andrew Wood |
San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) |
Executive Director |
All Genre |
U.S.A
|
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF) |
| 2015 Edition |
12 |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
141 performances by 70 ensembles |
| Category |
Circus, dance, theatre, music, opera |
| Website |
www.sfiaf.org |
|
| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Andrew Wood |
 |
| Job Title |
Executive Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, Dance, Multidisciplinary |
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| Additional Work Experience |
A native of England, Andrew Wood lived in the United States and worked in the in the performing arts industry for nearly twenty five years. He is the founder of the San Francisco International Arts Festival (2002 to present) The festival featured nearly 150 performances by artist from the Bay Area and 16 countries in 18 days-effectively becoming the largest annual gathering of international performing artists in the western United States. |
| E-mail |
andrew@sfiaf.org |
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| Jayachandran Palazhy |
Attakkalari India Biennial |
Executive Director |
All Genre |
India
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| 1. Festival Overview |
|
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Jayachandran Palazhy |
 |
| Job Title |
Executive Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, Dance, Multidisciplinary |
|
| Additional Work Experience |
Jayachandran Palazhy is deeply committed to extending the reach of contemporary movement arts and through Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts, he has initiated various interlinked programmes and activities which have made Indian movement expressions of contemporary reality more visible both nationally and internationally. These initiatives include a Diploma in Movement Arts & Mixed Media; Talent Academy (a post-diploma vocational training programme); Education and Outreach; the internationally reputed Attakkalari Repertory Company; Trans Media Technologies which provides stage solutions; and the Attakkalari India Biennial, an international festival of dance and digital arts. |
| E-mail |
jayachandran.palazhy@gmail.com |
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| Daniel Luppo |
International Theater Festival of Integration and Recognition Formosa (Argentina) |
Director |
All Genre |
Argentina
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
International Theater Festival of Integration and Recognition Formosa (Argentina) |
| 2015 Edition |
46 shows and 4 dissertations with programmers, creators and producers |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
46 |
| Website |
www.formosateatral.com |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Daniel Luppo |
 |
| Job Title |
Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater |
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| Additional Work Experience |
Politics and philosophy of cultural management; economics of culture and cultural infrastructure in: Argentina, Spain, France, Sweden, Portugal, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, Cuba, Columbia, Chile, Paraguay, Brasil, Uruguay, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and the United States.Theater director, actor, investigator, editor, and cultural manager.
Have taken and taught courses, seminars, work shops and conferences in various events in the different specialities within the theatrical universe. |
| E-mail |
riodemisterio2004@yahoo.com.ar |
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| Kim Ngoc |
Hanoi New Music Festival |
Artistic Director |
Experimental Music |
Vietnam
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Hanoi New Music Festival |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
12 |
| Category |
Experimental Music |
| Program Features |
Concerts, Music Installation, Music Theater |
| Website |
http://www.hanoinewmusicfestival.vn/ |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Kim Ngoc |
 |
| Job Title |
Artistic Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Music and Multidisciplinary |
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| Additional Work Experience |
Hanoi New Music Festival, The relative important production of DomDom, aspires to be a trigger button to kick-start conversations and collaborations among local, regional and international practitioners of music and other art forms.
DomDom has been created in 2012 as the first independent interdisciplinary center fully dedicated to the operation and advancement of Vietnamese experimental music and its interdisciplinary collaborations with other arts forms. The Center establish the first Creative Platform for Experimental Music in Vietnam; provide music training for young composers/musicians in order to generate a new generation and a strong foundation for the Vietnamese experimental and contemporary scene. |
| E-mail |
kimngoc.tran@gmail.com |
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| Carolelinda Dickey |
Internationale Tanzmesse NRW |
Programming Team |
Dance |
Germany
|
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Internationale Tanzmesse NRW |
| 2015 Edition |
Next Tanzmesse is August 2016 |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
55 |
| Category |
Dance |
| Program Features |
Festival Programme with a marketplace and congress |
| Website |
www.tanzmesse.com |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Carolelinda Dickey |
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| Job Title |
Programming Team |
| Fields of Interest |
Dance |
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| Additional Work Experience |
Senior Program Team, Internationale Tanzmesse
Co-Director, American Dance Abroad
Director, Pittzburgh Dance Council
Executive Director, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company |
| E-mail |
kimngoc.tran@gmail.com |
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| Tommaso Sacchi |
Estate Fiorentina 2015 |
Head of the Cultural Department |
Multidisciplinary |
Italy
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Estate Fiorentina 2015 |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
More than 400 events |
| Category |
Multidisciplinary |
| Website |
www.ef2015.it |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Tommaso Sacchi |
 |
| Job Title |
Head of the Cultural Department |
| Fields of Interest |
Multidisciplinary |
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| Additional Work Experience |
Tommaso Sacchi is art director of Estate Fiorentina 2015 festival for the City of Florence (ef2015.it). He has been officially invited at the 56th Venice Biennale for Contemporary Art, art directed by Okwui Enwezor. He has a lectureship in Communication Theory at the Accademia di Belle Arti – Como and in Exhibition Planning and Management at the European Design Institute (IED) in Florence. He’s curator of ‘CROSS international performance award’. He’s co-founder of the Tomorrow editorial project (theTomorrow.net) and he’s been co-curator for the 14th Venice Biennale and 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Arts. He took on the role of a consultant for the Council of Culture, Fashion and Design for the City of Milan, focusing his researches on Performing Arts between 2011 and 2013, under the council of Stefano Boeri.
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| E-mail |
SACCHI.TOMMASO@gmail.com
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| Shelagh Magadza |
New Zealand Festival |
Artistic Director |
All Genre |
New Zealand
|
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
New Zealand Festival
|
| 2015 Edition |
"The Festival occurs every two years. Last Festival was 2014, next Festival will be 26 February to 20 March 2016.
New Zealand’s largest multi-arts festival with over 300 events in outdoor spaces and indoor stages across the city.
Held in Wellington, capital city of New Zealand (1 hour flight from Auckland)"
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| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
36 productions with a total of 270 performances |
| Category |
All genres |
| Program Features |
The programme is focused on contemporary performing arts of an international standard. |
| Website |
www.festival.co.nz |
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Shelagh, Magadza |
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, music, dance and multidisciplinary |
|
| Additional Work Experience |
"Artistic Director, New Zealand Festival 2012 - present
Artistic Director, Perth Festival, Australia 2008-2010
Associate Director, Perth Festival, Australia 200-2007
She will take the Korean presenters to the festival and also the Auckland festival when they fly to New Zealand next year.
They also organise the annual Wellington Jazz Festival which will be held in 8–12 June 2016. "
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| E-mail |
nzfestival@festival.co.nz
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| Chris Cudby |
Nowhere Festival |
Asian Touring Coordinator |
Innovative and experimental music performance, sound art |
New Zealand
|
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Nowhere Festival |
| 2015 Edition |
"Sound art organisation located in Auckland.
They deliver 3 main programmes – i) a live performance programme, ii) an exhibition programme, and the iii) Altmusic international touring artistp programme. This includes the Nowhere Festival held every 2 years which is a touring circuit for innovative sound artists. "
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| Category |
Innovative and experimental music performance, sound art |
| Program Features |
bi-annual 5-night showcase of high quality sound artists and innovative & experimental musicians from around New Zealand with visiting international artists. Live music performance events, workshops, artist talks, exhibitions and more. |
| Website |
http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/
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|
| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Chris Cudby
|
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| Job Title |
Asian Touring Coordinator
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| Fields of Interest |
Music
|
|
| Additional Work Experience |
Facilitated and programmed events, exhibitions, touring artists and festivals with the Audio Foundation from 2011.
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| E-mail |
chris@audiofoundation.org.nz
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| Carolina Rosas Posada |
Circulart |
International Projects Coordinator |
Music |
Colombia
|
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Circulart |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
2000 visitor, 90 programmers, 31 showcases, 350 artsists |
| Category |
Music |
| Program Features |
"Circulart, is the cultural market managed, produced and developed by Redlat,it born in 2010 and this year we celebrate the sixth edition. Circulart is a music event that has established itself in the city of Medellín as a circulation and export platform for music industry and is also a space for exchange, to meeting for discussion and reflection about music industry.
In 2015 we received around 2000 visitor, 90 programmers, we presented 31 showcases, and did around 1800 one-to-one meeting, we also had more than 350 artists on stage.
Showcases were free entrance this year and receive around 15000 people during the 4 days of event.
"
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| Website |
www.circulart.org , www.redlat.org
|
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Carolina Rosas Posada |
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| Job Title |
International Projects Coordinator |
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| Additional Work Experience |
"Currently Carolina Posada is coordinating the project for exporting Colombian music around the world called “Internationalize Colombian Cultural Industries” leaded by Circulart together with the Ministry of Culture of Colombia.
Former advisor of the Cultural Entrepreneurship Group of the Ministry of Culture in projects for the development and strengthening of cultural and creative industries in the country in terms of generating opportunities for access and exchange of cultural goods and services, such as participation in national and international cultural markets." |
| E-mail |
carolinarojas@redlat.org |
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| Zlata Holusova |
Colours of Ostrava |
Artistic director |
World Music |
Czech
|
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Colours of Ostrava |
| 2015 Edition |
2015.7.16-19 |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
17 stages, 200 shows and events |
| Category |
World Music |
| Program Features |
"1.Colours of Ostrava
The biggest international music festival in the Czech Republic.
Tradition since 2002. Over 44 000 visitors each day in 2014. 17 stages - 5 open
air and 12 indoor stages.200 concerts, theatres, movies, workshops, discussions
and many others.
2.Conference Music Crossroads
Music Crossroads is a new showcase festival in the Czech Republic linked
to panel discussions. It aims to present premium quality and cross-over local
music on the rock, avant-garde, jazz, folk and world music scene targeted at foreign audience. It also celebrates contemporary Czech, Slovak and Polish music that has come into its own as a competitive participant of the world stage.
"
|
| Website |
http://www.colours.cz/en/
|
|
| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Zlata Holusova |
 |
| Job Title |
Artistic director |
| Fields of Interest |
Music, World Music
|
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| Additional Work Experience |
"She is the founder and director of the Colours of Ostrava international music festival (held for 14 years) and principal of the company Colour Production, spol. s.r.o. She is the winner of two Anděl (Angel) music awards for the Colours of Ostrava as the Event of the Year. In 2010, she was awarded the Trebia European Award for the contribution to creating a dialogue between national cultures. She is a member of the Academy of Popular Music and member of the European Forum of Worldwide Music Festivals. She also has her own regular music programme on Czech Radio.
In 2014 she also started first showcase conference called Crossroads : http://crossroads.colours.cz/en/
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| E-mail |
Private |
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| Kerry Clarke |
Walker Art Center |
Artistic Director |
Music |
Canada
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Calgary Folk Music Festival |
| 2015 Edition |
36th edition, 2015. 7.23-26 |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
70 local and international musicians, 107 concerts |
| Category |
Music |
| Program Features |
"The Festival, celebrating its 37th anniversary in 2016 (July 21 – 24), annually features 70+ artists from over 16 countries on 9 stages in 100+ distinct concert and collaborative programming performances at urban, forested retreat of Prince's Island Park to daily audiences of 13,000. Like a mini town for four days, the site boasts a family area with interactive activities and entertainment, an international craft market, global culinary delights, a record tent and tree-shaded beer garden. We have plate and cup recycling, composting, are wind-powered and provide secured bicycle parking. A small staff and 1800 community volunteers look after everything from site set-up to ticketing, staging, hospitality and recycling.
We also present 40+ concerts throughout the year at our boutique performance space, Festival Hall, and other venues around the city of Calgary. We present an annual song contest that awards Alberta artists in 5 categories and prizes plus Boot Camp, master classes in songwriting, singing and instrument playing held the week of the annual festival.
"
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| Website |
http://www.calgaryfolkfest.com/
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Kerry Clark |
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director |
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| Additional Work Experience |
Kerry Clarke’s entry into the independent side of the music world was through campus/community radio as program director some 25 years ago. She spent some time on the skins in a low-fi, original all-female pop band and booked the tours of a few Canadian bands. Her day job for 20 years has been at the Calgary Folk Music Festival – a 37-year ‘post-folk’ festival held the 4th weekend of July at Prince’s Island Park – co-managing the festival, with specific focuses in programming, admin and marketing (her current title is artistic director). In her spare time, she serves on a bunch of non-profit arts boards, is a proud and active member of WRAD (the Canadian western festivals mafia), a co-founder of Rwanda’s KigaliUp festival, and hosts the CJSW Radio program Alternative to What? whenever she’s not traveling to conferences and festivals.
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| E-mail |
kerry@calgaryfolkfest.com |
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| Jose Da Silva |
Atlantic Music Expo |
Artistic Director |
World Music |
Cape Verde
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Atlantic Music Expo |
| 2015 Edition |
3rd edition, April 6th-9th |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
28 showcases, 7 conference and roundtables, 4 networking events |
| Category |
World Music |
| Program Features |
Atlantic Music Expo - The AME will take place in the center of the capital Praia, Cape Verde: its conferences, networking meetings, professional market and showcases will offer a perfect setting for international music professionals, artists from Cabo Verde and abroad to network, expand their contacts and activities, and discover the country. Atlantic Music Expo is scheduled right before Kriol Jazz Festival to give the delegates the possibility to enjoy a broader offer of musical discoveries.
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| Website |
http://www.atlanticmusicexpo.com/index.php
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Jose Da Silva |
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| Job Title |
Artistic Director
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| Fields of Interest |
World Music, Music Market, Artist management
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| Additional Work Experience |
"Founder of the label ""Lusafrica""
Artistic Director, Krioll Jazz Festival
Artistic Direcrot, AME"
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| E-mail |
jose.dasilva@lusafrica.com
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| Divya Bhatia |
Jodhpurr RIFF Festival |
Festival Director |
Music |
India
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
Jodhpurr RIFF Festival |
| 2015 Edition |
October 23th - 27th |
| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
32 concerts |
| Category |
Music
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| Program Features |
Jodhpur RIFF is an annual roots music festival celebrating Rajasthan’s musical and performing arts heritage in Rajasthan, India and the world. It features a series of spectacular concerts and events based in and around Jodhpur and in one of the most magnificent forts in Asia - Mehrangarh Fort. The festival is timed to coincide with the brightest full moon of the year in North India - Sharad Poornima.
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| Website |
www.tanzmesse.com
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Divya Bhatia |
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| Job Title |
Festival Director
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| Fields of Interest |
Roots Music, World Music
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| Additional Work Experience |
"Festival Director of the annual Jodhpur RIFF roots music festival,
Artistic Director (Theatre) for Aadyam,
Faculty at ArThinkSouthAsia"
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| E-mail |
divyakumarbhatia@gmail.com
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| Alexander Walter |
World Music Expo (WOMEX) / Piranha Arts |
Director |
Music, World Music |
Germnay
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| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
World Music Expo (WOMEX) / Piranha Arts |
| 2015 Edition |
Oct. 21-25, 21th edition
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| Number of Shows Presented (2014 Edition) |
60 showcases, 320 artists, 7 stages
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| Category |
Music, World Music
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| Program Features |
"WOMEX is an international networking platform for the world music industry. The annual five-day event comprises a bustling Trade Fair, Showcase Festival, Conference, and Film programme, as well as festive Opening and Award ceremonies.
Twenty WOMEX editions have affirmed the value of networking across borders, be they musical, political, cultural or commercial. Since 1994 WOMEX has been travelling all across Europe from Berlin (1994), via Brussels (1995), Marseille (1997), Stockholm (1998), Berlin (1999 + 2000), Rotterdam (2001), Essen (2002 + 2004), Newcastle (2005), Sevilla (2003 + 2006 - 2008), Copenhagen (2009-2011), Thessaloniki (2012) to Cardiff (2013) and Santiago de Compostela (2014).
"
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| Website |
http://www.womex.com/
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Alexander Walter |
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| Job Title |
Director
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| Fields of Interest |
World Music, Redords-Label&Publishing, Music Market
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| Ramon Simo |
The GREC Festival de Barcelona |
Artistic director |
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Spain |
| 1. Festival Overview |
| Official Name |
The GREC Festival de Barcelona |
| Program Features |
The GREC Festival de Barcelona is a major arts festival in Barcelona, encompassing programming theatre, dance, music, circus, performances and workshops. The festival takes up the whole of July, and presents mostly contemporary performing arts.
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| Website |
http://lameva.barcelona.cat/grec/
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| 2. Specialist Information |
| Name |
Ramon Simo
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| Job Title |
Artistic director
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| Work Experience
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Theatre Director and set designer. Graduate in Philosophy and Science of the Education by the University of Barcelona. Artistic director of Fira de Teatre al Carrer de Tarrega (International Street Theatre Meeting Point) during the 1996-1998. Manager of Speciality of scenic Direction and Drama of the Institute of the Theatre of Barcelona between 2006-2009.Since the 2012, he is the artistic director of the Grec Festival de Barcelona, the main international event of scenic arts in the city, programming theatre, dance, music, circus and performances.
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| E-mail |
rsimov@bcn.cat
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| Etc |
Kristopher McDowell |
KMP Artists |
CEO |
Music, dance, and multidisciplinary |
U.S.A |
| 1. Professional history |
| Name |
Kristopher McDowell |
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| Company |
KMP Artists |
| Job Title |
CEO |
| Fields of Interest |
Music, dance, and multidisciplinary |
| Work Experience |
KMP is a tour management firm and production company for the live performing arts since 2004. KMP
offers a roster that includes dance, theatre, family and music programs. Additionally KMP tours visual arts
exhibitions and offers artists-with-residency programs. KMP is committed to international cultural exchange by touring exceptional projects from around the globe that stimulate conversation and encourage mutual understanding, with a particular focus on work found around the Pacific Rim. |
| E-mail |
kristopher@kmpartists.com |
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| Pia Repo |
Van Baasbank & Vos |
Producer |
Music, dance, and multidisciplinary |
Netherlands |
| 1. Professional history |
| Name |
Pia Repo |
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| Company |
Van Baasbank & Vos |
| Job Title |
Producer |
| Fields of Interest |
Music, dance, and multidisciplinary |
| Work Experience |
Pia have been working as company and project manager for contemporary dance in Finland and in Netherlands since 2000. From 2012 started to work as producer in van Baasbank & Vos.
Van Baasbank & Vos is performing arts agency, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, focused on artistically high-level international work. |
| E-mail |
pia@baasank-vos.nl |
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| Phloeun, Prim |
Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) |
Executive Director |
Theater, Music, Dance, and Multidisciplinary |
Cambodia |
| 1. Professional history |
| Name |
Phloeun, Prim |
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| Company |
Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) |
| Job Title |
Executive Director |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater, Music, Dance, and Multidisciplinary |
| Work Experience |
A visionary cultural entrepreneur, Phloeun has spearheaded CLA’s transformation from a grassroots project reviving traditional arts to the leading cultural agency in Cambodia. Phloeun has led CLA to grow from local to international programming and to evolve its role from transmission of traditions to stimulating expression and innovation. Phloeun is regularly invited to present and participate in global dialogues relating to arts and development, from the Aspen Institute, to Salzburg Global Seminar. Born during the genocide, Phloeun is proud to have returned to Cambodia and be part of the movement to use arts for healing, social transformation and economic development. |
| E-mail |
phloeun@cambodianlivingarts.org |
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| Makiko Yamaguchi |
Japand Foundation Asia Center |
Performing Arts Coordinator |
Theater |
Japan |
| 1. Professional history |
| Name |
Makiko Yamaguchi |
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| Company |
Japand Foundation Asia Center |
| Job Title |
Performing Arts Coordinator |
| Fields of Interest |
Theater |
| Work Experience |
Born 1965. After studying law and a short stint in the banking world, she started working in the international cultural sector. At the Goethe Institute in Tokyo and at the Japanese Cultural Institute in Cologne, she was responsible for exchanges between the Japanese theatre and dance scenes and those in German-speaking countries. In 2011, the Arts Council of Japan commissioned her to build an international network of arts and culture. Since May 2015 she has worked at the Asia Center of the Japan Foundation and been responsible for the promotion of collaboration within Asia in the area of performing arts through TPAM (Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama) |
| E-mail |
makikoymg@gmail.com |
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| Johannes Georg Theurer |
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenbrug |
Editor, Presenter |
Music |
Germany |
| 1. Professional history |
| Name |
Johannes Georg Theurer |
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| Job Title |
Editor, Presenter |
| Fields of Interest |
Music |
| Work Experience |
Johannes Theurer (*1956) is editor and presenter in public service broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. He started his World Music radio show in 1987, compiles the monthly World Music Charts Europe since the beginning (1991), is chair of the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), curates the music catalogue DISMARC.org, is the RBB manager for the international project Europeana Sounds, cooperates with UNHCR for music from refugees and with the music university in Weimar about archiving in Afghanistan. |
| E-mail |
johannes.theurer@rbb-online.de |
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| Michelle Mercer |
Freelancer Radio Producer |
Producer |
music, multi-disciplinary |
United States |
| 1. Professional history |
| Name |
Michelle Mercer |
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| Job Title |
Producer |
| Fields of Interest |
music, multi-disciplinary |
| Work Experience |
Michelle Mercer is an award-winning writer and radio producer. In addition to her regular contributions to National Public Radio, Michelle has contributed to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Village Voice, many magazines, and has reported from more than a dozen countries. Michelle is the author of Footprints: The Life and Work of Wayne Shorter (Penguin) and Will You Take Me As I Am (Simon & Schuster). Her working book is titled Where Music Matters. |
| E-mail |
michellemercer@mac.com |
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