Open Call for participants from Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia: PACE.V4 Touring Conference Transport and Infrastructure in V4 Performing Arts

Application deadline: 29th February 2016

Performing arts are the only artistic area which is conditioned by direct and live contact of the actor and his/her spectator, therefore infrastructure and transport (mobility) play essential role in its genesis and existence.

WHEN AND WHERE

The Touring Conference will take place in 7 locations in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland (Budapest and its surroundings Tatabánya and Zsámbék), Topoľčany, Žilina, Olomouc, Ostrava, Katowice, Krakow). The conference is planned as a 12-day event.

PARTICIPANTS

The professional profile of the conference participants should be connected with the field of performing arts and culture, e.g. dramaturges, curators, critics, researchers, artists, cultural managers, decision-makers and experts from all over the world (see conditions for participation below). The core of the group will form 17 representatives from V4 region and Eastern Partnership countries. The total number of participants is approx. 50 persons.

Open call for participants from V4 countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary)

3 participants from each country of the Visegrad group (in total 12 persons) are offered participation in the conference with following costs covered:

• free participation in the conference program
• transport from Budapest to Krakow
• accommodation for the conference (11 nights)
• per diems (12 days)

The call is open for following participants:

• professionals from the field of performing arts (artistic, research, curatorial, managing activity etc.)
• residency in one of the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary)
• professional activity executed preferably, but not exclusively in one of the conference destinations (Budapest and surroundings, Topoľčany, Žilina, Olomouc, Ostrava, Katowice, Krakow)

Open call for participants from Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia

2 participants from Ukraine, 1 participant from Belarus, 1 participant from Moldova and 1 participant from Georgia are offered participation in the conference. Following costs will be covered:

• free participation in the conference program
• transport from Budapest to Krakow
• accommodation for the conference (11 nights)
• per diems (12 days)

The call is open for following participants:

• professionals from the field of performing arts (artistic, research, curatorial, managing activity etc.)
• residency in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia or Moldova
• professional activity executed in Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia or Moldova 

To find out more, please reade the attached PDF files.

Contact: Martina Pecková Černá, e-mail: [email protected], telephone: +420 602 589 513.

The project is realized by following institutions:

• Arts and Theatre Institute, Prague; www.idu.cz, www.theatre.cz (coordinator)
• Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw; www.instytut-teatralny.pl
• Theatre Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia; www.theatre.sk
• Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute, Budapest

The conference is funded by the International Visegrad Fund. The conference is organized as part of the PACE.V4 project. Performing Arts Central Europe – Visegrad Countries Focus (PACE.V4) is a project of a continuous co-operation of Visegrad performing arts organizations.