OPEN CALL for PARTICIPANTS

VOID

2010

What: multidisciplinary dance performance

VOID goes into premiere!!!
20 May 2010
Melkweg Theatre Amsterdam

Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture proudly presents it’s new production, the multi media interactive improvisation dance piece VOID.

VOID brings five distinctly individual dancers/choreographers via music, improvisation and live electronics in contact with each other and the audience. Time, space, different personalities and styles of the dancers create touching, playful and sometimes even confrontational encounters. For the first time Michael Schumacher (VS), Anouk van Dijk (NL), Kenzo Kusuda (JP), David Zambrano (VE) en Simone Gomis (SN) can be seen in one performance. VOID is an intimate impression of our society and how we interact with it.

Come and experience the VOID in the Melkweg Theatre on 20 (premiere), 21 and 22 May at 20:30 each day.

The address of the Melkweg is Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam.

There is a very limited number of tickets, so buy your ticket now on the Melkweg website.

Project initiator/idea/concept/project coordination Katerina Pejoska
Concept development/coordination dance and video: Sabine Linz

This project is supported by: Gemeente Utrecht, Provincie Utrecht, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Melkweg

Project by: Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture in cooperation with DansConnectie

Dance/performance: Michael Schumacher, Anouk van Dijk, David Zambrano, Kenzo Kusuda and Simone Gomis
Viola: Miquel Jordan Saun
Choreografie/video/concept: Sabine Linz
Music/concept: Katerina Pejoska
Camera: Roger Muskee (Schwung Visueel)
Interactive video software and system design: Roel van Doorn
Live electronics and system design: Laurens van der Wee
Production: Susanne Grunewald
Production assistents: Iris Noach en Ruby van der Peijl
Decor: Marc Visser
Design poster/flyer: Vera van Wolferen

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After having moved between several temporary offices in the beautiful city of Utrecht, the Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture got the great opp0rtunity to move to a permanent office. And not just any office! We moved into De Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam, a building from Cultuur aan het IJ. We have a nice office in

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After having moved between several temporary offices in the beautiful city of Utrecht, the Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture got the great opp0rtunity to move to a permanent office. And not just any office! We moved into De Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam, a building from Cultuur aan het IJ. We have a nice office in Het Poortgebouw in Amsterdam-Noord.

It is very easy to reach by public transport. Just take the ferry from Amsterdam Central Station. You would rather come by car? No problem! You can park free for 2,5 hours in the blue zone.

De Tolhuistuin is planned to be a meeting point of the 21st century: all forms of art, rooted in the communities of the Northern part of Amsterdam, open for whole Amsterdam, with a programme from all over the world, hospit and cosmopolic, with one of the biggest and most atractive restaurant-cafés from Amsterdam.

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The party started with a speech from our chairman of the board Gerard van Wolferen, who always has something interesting to say. His beautiful opening speech will be available here soon.

After Gerard’s lovely words it was time to present the results of the youth projects of 2009. The first project which was presented was Under Construction. The project had already started in December 2008 and was finished six months later. During the presentation the Under Construction Website was presented to the public. On this website all the results of the project are published, including all the films and songs made by the participating youngsters. Also some of the films the youngsters made where displayed. Two of the Dutch participants, Otmann and Azedine, were very enthusiastic and wanted to share their experiences with us.

They told us how happy they were to have been a part of this wonderful project and how rich they field with all the experiences they had and all the people they had met during the project. We were very pleased to hear that the youngsters now, one year after the actual meeting, are still in contact with the friends they made during the exchange in Portugal. They had so much to tell and in such an enthusiastic way that everybody got excited and a couple of plans for partnerships and new projects were made that same afternoon!

After the Under Construction presentation the presentation of Technology Penetrates Tradition started. Three of the Dutch participants, Laurens, Mark and Nolan, were present and happy to tell the audience about the project.

Besides the wonderful new friends they made during the project and of course the extraordinary musical results, the youngsters were specially grateful for all the things they learned during the project. For example, the cultural difference made them realize that the process of making a musical composition can be just as important and interesting or maybe even more then the result it self.

After listening to these interesting elaborations the Technology Penetrates Tradition documentary was displayed. This gave a good impression of the project, the atmosphere and of course the musical compositions.The trailer for this documentary will be available here soon.

After this formal part of the presentations everybody was invited to stay and have a drink, a bite to eat and a conversation with each other. It turned out to be the best birthday ever!

In October 2009 Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture attended the International Contact Making Seminar in Ohrid. The seminar was organized by the National Agency for European Education Programme and Mobility in Macedonia in cooperation with the Croatian Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes and the SALTO SEE Resource Centre.

The aim of the seminar was to support users of the Programme to identify and develop common initiatives, to promote cross-regional cooperation in the framework of the cooperation with Programme Countries, to establish and create new sustainable partnerships trough exploring and learning about the Programme and to promote the Macedonian National Agency (current position and upcoming expected developments and work plan).

With a very divers three day program, the participants got the opportunity to work with each other on toppics like project managment, team work and partnership in an international project. A special attention went out to Youth in Action. What are the possibilities within Youth in Action, what kind of projects are possible and what are the rules for applying for European funds for such a projects?

Beside the bussines part of the ICMS program there were some cashual activities planned, so the participants got the chance to mingle with each other and make valuable contact with people from other organizations all throughout Europe.

The most important outcome of the seminar was that the participant returned home, having met new partners for transnational co-operation and /or project development, had the opportunity to work on project ideas with their new project partners and exchanged good practice and experiences in the preparation and implementation of projects.

International Training for Youngsters:

Energising the promotion of youth organizations

Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture has announced a call for participants, youngsters that involved at cultural organizations to attend an International PR and marketing training course that took place in Skopje, Macedonia from 18 till 24 October 2009. Public Room and European Alliance of Republic of Macedonia were organizing the training and it was supported by the Youth in Action program of the European union.

The training course aimed to empower the youth organizations to gain better access to the media, more publicity, and work more effectively and rationally. Preparing a strategic approach in the PR and marketing will allow the youth organizations to increase publicity for their working activities and create better position for their organizations from all aspects.

The goal was to improve the skills of those persons within the youth cultural organizations who are in charge for public relations and marketing, so they can better promote their activities on regional and European level.

The project was a success and during their stay in Skopje, the youngsters initiated their own project: Kolours!

The European Culture Forum on 29-30 September brings together around 600 participants from culture civil society, Member States and EU institutions to take stock of progress in implementing the European Agenda for Culture.
Zoey Foundation for Arts and Culture was one of the participants and attended the following sessions:

Tuesday 29 September

Education and training

Culture as a catalyst for creativity and innovation

Industrial or cultural policy for cultural and other creative industries?

Moderator: Gregory Paulger, European Commission Directorate General Information Society Michel Lambot, Co-Chair, Play it Again Sam Ronald Schild, Director of Marketing, Libreka Sébastien Saunier, Head of Cultural Industries Department, IFCIC, Institut pour le Financement du Cinéma et des Industries Culturelles

Wednesday 30 September

Culture as a vital element of external relations

Stefano Manservisi, Director General for Development, European Commission Helga Trüpel, Member of the European Parliament (tbc) Gottfried Wagner, Director, European Cultural Foundation Moderated by Odile Quintin, Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission

Major international partners

Moderator: Karel Kovanda, acting Director General for External Relations, European Commission Delphine Borione, Ministry of Foreign Aff airs, France Gijs de Vries, European Cultural Foundation Catherine Fieschi, Director Counterpoint, British Council

CONCLUSIONS

Moderated by Odile Quintin, Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission A grand rapporteur for each session will share impressions and draw conclusions:

Cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue – Chris Torch, Artistic Director, Intercult
Culture as a catalyst for creativity and innovation – Bernard Foccroulle, composer, opera director Culture as a vital element in external relations – Steve Green, Team Leader, EUNIC Presidency.
Culture as a vital element in external relations – Steve Green, Team Leader, EUNIC Presidency