Performing Arts

The Austrian organisation IGFT (Interessengemeinschaft Freie Theaterarbeit) has used the release of the publication Fairness Codex – Art and Culture in Austria in May 2022 as an opportunity to collaborate with representatives of the independent scene in creating a catalogue of measures and proposals for implementing and promoting fair values in everyday working life.

Two years on from the ground-breaking Time to Act report, British Council has commissioned On the Move - to conduct a follow-up report looking further into the knowledge gaps in the cultural sector that contribute towards inequalities for disabled artists and audiences.

Navigate the jungle of EU law and get a better understanding of the many initiatives related to the EU Green Deal.

On 5 and 6 October 2022, the Where to land Forum brought together 130+ European performing arts professionals at the Maillon, Théâtre de Strasbourg - Scène européenne, with the aim to engage into a new series of measures for the performing arts sector that would tackle the climate emergency.

The research publication Environmental Sustainability in Contemporary Dance: Emerging Issues, Practises and Recommendations provides the context, references and examples of where and how dance intersects with environmental sustainability, and which set of actions can lead to effective action.

Shaking the Current is a new series of digital publications made by Circostrada in collaboration with a broad network of thinkers, writers, researchers, illustrators, and photographers.

Dance and Mobility in Times of Fracture is the third EDN publication in 2021 released as part of the Fit for the Future series of research papers commissioned by the European Dance Network. The publication was supported by DEN Kennisinstituut cultuur & digitalisering and Dachverband Tanz Deutschland. Excerpt from the foreword:

Time to Act: How lack of knowledge in the cultural sector creates barriers for disabled artists and audiences presents the preliminary findings from On the Move’s ongoing research for the British Council as part of Europe Beyond Access. This major new study is based on a review of literature, a large-scale open survey, and a series of interviews.

This publication presents a mapping of circus and street arts projects that have received funding from the Creative Europe Programme, as well as from the Erasmus + and Interreg programmes of the European Commission in 2019, along with a selection from 2020. A new tool, for what objectives? This new edition pursues the following objectives: to identify projects and networks currently active in the circus and street arts sectors, to promote available opportunities for artists and cultural professionals, and to highlight inspiring community-related grants.

Pearle*, the European employers association and sector federation in the live performance sector, has opened a new feature in their website’s resource centre: a portal presenting job platforms from across Europe. Users can search by country and/or main job categories: musicians, performers, technicians and other off-stage jobs. From there they can go to the respective job portal where they can pursue their search for vacancies.

Within the scope of Covid 19, CINARS took the initiative of launching an extensive worldwide study, using its contact network estimated at more than 30,000 professionals.

The Situation of Circus in Europe presents a study on the circus sector in the European Union. The study is intended to be a legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 and follows up on the first inventory study on the sector commissioned by the European Parliament in 2003. The study focuses on collecting, creating and presenting quantitative and qualitative information to report on the current situation of the sector in the European Union. Based on descriptive analyses, an analysis is provided and recommendations have been developed related to the socio-economic profile of the sector, the educational situation of children whose parents work in the sector, its innovative potential, and the (potential) usage and improvements of EU-funding provisions for the sector.