Symposium
Symposium Talks & Workshops Social/Urban Movements
Show some attitude! Working together with talented young people and experienced stage professionals, FREISCHWIMMEN, the platform for dance, theatre and performance in the German-speaking region, and the initiative Cheers for Fears, the interdisciplinary network for young creative artists in NRW, launch a search for new resilient ways to develop emerging talent, and for community in times of isolation. In a two-day symposium we will share tricks and techniques for sharpening the most effective weapon against pressure and hostility – radical art. We will hear from voices from Europe and beyond, providing encouragement and important insights.
4.7., 10:00-18:00
FOCUS ON ART
In artistic sharings paired with feedback and reflection discussions, the participants will help each other move forward and form solidary connections.
5.7., 10:00-18:00
THE EMBASSY. REPORTS ON THE SITUATION IN EUROPE
Following the Plenary Assembly for the Beautiful Life at the beginning of the year, cultural workers from NRW continued to network with colleagues from other European countries. Their goal: to keep an eye on the worrying developments in politics and society across borders, to remain capable of speaking and acting, to support each other, to train resistance. It’s high time to get together again and check the situation together. Because it is serious and requires us to keep at it – critically, in solidarity and, above all, together. In collaboration with the Plenary Assembly for the Beautiful Life and the Observatoire critique et solidaire des politiques culturelles.
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The symposium is an event of the FFT Düsseldorf in cooperation with Chears for Fears and The Embassy, in co-production with Impulse Festival for Performance, Theatre and Dance. In collaboration with the Vollversammlung für das schöne Leben and the Observatoire critique et solidaire des politiques culturelles.
FREISCHWIMMEN consists of brut Vienna, FFT Düsseldorf, Gessnerallee Zurich, HochX Munich, LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, Schwankhalle Bremen, Sophiensæle Berlin and RAMPE Stuttgart and is currently supported by the network funding of the Fonds Darstellende Künste.