Creative Collaborations   

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Creative Collaborations Projects 2009 - 2010    Orange lozenge left    

Word Express    
Word Express is working with younger generations of literary professionals and audiences in the region in order to connect countries and areas where political conflict has prevented cultural contact. A train journey will carry authors around the region who will create literature in response to their journey as well as hold workshops which will bring translations of selected literature to a wide audience. The project aims to develop closer links among literary organisations and publishing outlets (print and electronic / virtual) in the region of South-East Europe with a view to creating an informal network which will facilitate literary exchange and explore the potential of literature as a tool of intercultural dialogue.
Participating countries: Turkey, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Israel, UK
On 26 October five authors from Romania, Armenia, Turkey and Montenegro joined by four Bulgarian authors will have a literary reading at the Ciela Bookstore at the Sofia City Centre. Find out more about the event.
The names of the visiting authors are: Adela Greceanu (Romania), Anahit Hayrapetyan (Armenia), Barış Müstecaplıoğlu (Turkey), Claudiu Komartin (Romania), Ognjen Spahić (Montenegro)
Bulgarian participants: Angel Igov (Bulgaria), Ivan Hristov (Bulgaria), Kamelia Spasova (Bulgaria), Maria Kalinova (Bulgaria)
Project partners in Bulgaria: British Council, Ciela Publishing House and Literaturen Vestnik
With the support of Angela Rodel EOOD.
More information about the project is available here in English.    

E-Tribal Art   
The project brings together 12 international artists to test new ways of creatively reaching ‘electronic tribes’ through their work using digital technologies. It culminates with a festival, exhibition and public debate about the work in 2010.
Participating countries: Romania, Bulgaria, UK
Find out more about the project in English.
On 28 October the Bulgarian participants in E-Tribal Art will deliver a presentation about the project activities in the framework of the Digital Arts Festival at the National Academy of Arts. Find out more about the event.    

Skills Exchange    

A collaboration between Greenwich Dance Agency in South East London and dance artists and organisations in Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece, the project seeks to facilitate exchange of knowledge, experiences and artistic opportunities to create and perform work. A key aim is to act not only as a catalyst for the further development of dance in the different countries but to enable an ongoing dialogue to shape and inform practice for all four partners.
Participating countries: UK, Bulgaria, Croatia and Greece
Partners organisations: Greenwich Dance Agency (UK), Heteropodi Dance Company (Bulgaria), Full House Promotions (Greece) and the Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance / HIPP (Croatia)
More information about the project is available here in English. Find out more about the project partners.

Discussion on contemporary dance industry
Discussion on contemporary dance industry in Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia and the UK with the participation of representatives of artists of all Skills Exchange project partners and representatives of state and municipal institutions, NGOs, teachers from the New Bulgarian University, the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts and the Dance Secondary School, art critics and others. They will discuss ways of attracting larger audiences and how to support dance artists in the different cities.
When: 25 February, 1430 – 1730
Where: British Council Bulgaria, 7 Krakra Str.
Entrance is free.

City to City Cabaret Performance
The International dance – music City to City Cabaret is part of the Skills Exchange project of the British Council Creative Collaborations programme. The participants in this dance – music performance come from Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia and the UK. Sofia will host the premiere. Later on the performance will visit Athens, Zagreb and London. Each performance will be shown once only and will be unique in terms of participating actors/dancers and art forms.
Take a look at the City-to-City Cabaret leaflet.
Find out more about City to City Cabaret programme and participants (in Bulgarian).
When: 26 February, 1900
Where: Nikolay Binev Youth Theatre, Grand Hall
Tickets - at the Youth Theatre ticket desk

Opening the market   
Opening the Market is an artist support programme and online information exchange. Emerging artists, policy makers, experienced theatre professionals, and emerging and established producers from the three partner countries will investigate ways to open and develop the ‘market’ for people working in theatre nationally in the countries of partner organisations, across national borders within South East Europe, and internationally between South East Europe and the UK.
Participating countries: UK, Bulgaria and Serbia
More about the project is available here in English.
In March 2009 the project had its first working meeting in Sofia. You can find more information about it from the press release distributed at the time (in Bulgarian).   

Mixed Ability Dance    

This project is a multi-country training programme with country-based residencies promoting integrated dance across all involved countries. Mixed Ability Dance will develop a network for intercultural dialogue, using dance as a tool for promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. The project aims to leave a legacy of trained professionals who can pass on their skills to other disability and dance professionals in their country, setting up satellite community dance groups at their base and sharing and reviewing peer learning experiences through the network across country borders.
Participating countries: UK, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania
Partners: StopGAP Dance Company (UK) - lead partner, Little People (Romania), Karin Dom Foundation (Bulgaria), Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport (Albania)

Training under the Mixed Ability Dance project
The training will get together integrated dance specilaists from Romania, Bulgaria and Albania to set up satellite community dance groups at their base and share and review peer learning experiences through the network across country borders. They will work on an integrated dance performance for people with and without disabilities to take place later on in 2010 in all participating countries.
22 - 27 February, Cluj, Romania

Country-based residency
Following the multi-country training programme, the disability arts conference and the professional performance of StopGAP in Cluj, Romania the next event under the project is a residency to be held in Varna, Bulgaria in March 2010.
StopGAP will train staff from Karin Dom Foundation in Varna, Bulgaria, to use dance within their award-winning programme of rehabilitation of disabled children and use it as a tool to integrate disabled children back in mainstream activities.
22-27 March 2010, Varna, Bulgaria

Children’s City Culture Concept   
This project consists of an ideas exchange amongst academics, artists, teachers and children as they look to develop an urban planning module for use in the school curriculum. Partners in this project are aiming to develop a methodology and teaching materials on topics including architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture and art and design. Different forms of visual, performance and applied arts is being used in the teaching-learning process for better understanding of the built and natural environment between generations, professions and communities starting from summer 2009.
Participating countries: Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Albania, UK
More about the project partners is available here.
In April 2009 a Children City Culture Concept took place in Sofia. Find out more about it in the press release distributed at the time.    

Red Thread E-Journal   
Red Thread is a quarterly e-journal that will be a platform for artists and cultural operators from the Balkans, Middle East and the Caucasus. It aims to create and disseminate knowledge about socially engaged art practices in a wide geopolitical context. The first issue of the e-journal will go live in September 2009.
Participating countries: Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria and the UK
More about the project partners is available here.    

Silent Revival    
Silent Revival is a collaborative project between dancers, musicians, visual artists and filmmakers from the partner countries who will create a series of artworks that draw inspiration from early silent films. Research and development will begin with workshops in Sofia and Athens and culminate in the production of an international exhibition in 2010.
Participating countries: UK, Greece, Bulgaria
More information about the project partners is available here.
On 24 October Silent Revival will have its first workshop in Sofia called Open Space, where the selected participants will shape the project vision. Find out more about the event.   

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