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SHUTTLE 02
A Danish - South African
Cultural Exchange 2001- 02
Shuttle 02 follows on from a large scale cultural exchange programme initiated by The Nordic Council of Ministers, which ran for a two year period, 1998-99 and which encompassed more than 50 individual exchange projects within dance, theatre, music, literature and photography with South African counterparts.This innovative network based programme proved to be so successful that it generated a number of longer-term exchange and development programmes.
Denmark was responsible for dance and theatre and also initiated half of the music programme, in total managing more than half the total Shuttle 99 programme. Shuttle 02 is the Danish follow up to this initiative and concentrates on dance and music as two vital art forms in the South African cultural heritage and on the South African contemporary scene. In the follow up programme, some 1 major projects are now being developed.
As with Shuttle 99, the philosophy of the programme is to engage specific partners in each country to collaborate on specific exchanges. The projects are not only important for the participants themselves but also indicate new possibilities for especially the dance sector and create new opportunities which are sustainable in the long term.
The aim is not only to support dance as an art form but also to look at how to stimulate dance in education, how to contribute to the re-creation of a culture which acknowledges tradition of dance and music in the contemporary and international context, how to support independent artists as a reflection of an open and developing nation, and finally to initiate intercultural and intentional exchanges as the way forward in a global reality.
Among the Danish partners are the School of Modern Dance, MBT-Dance Theatre, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Dance in Education, Tim Feldman/Wilda, New Danish Dance Theatre, Lene Østergaard Project, Roskilde Festival, Danish Union of Scenographers and Lighting Designers, the School at Frederiksundvejen and a number of individual artists and experts a.o. dance researcher Karen Vedel.
The South African partners in Shuttle 02 include : Dance Umbrella Festival (Joburg), Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience (Durban), Moving into Dance Mophatong (Joburg), Dance Factory (Joburg), Drama Dpt. Wits University, Cultural Helpdesk Arts Administration, Centre for Creative Arts (Natal University), Fantastic Flying Fish Company, South African Roadies Association, Awesome Africa Music Festival, as well as a long list of individual experts, choreographers and musicians.
For Shuttle 002 Music Website, please visit: http://www.geocities.com/shuttle02tosa |
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Contact: Coordinator Lene Thiesen
64 Winchester ST.
Salisbury
Wiltshire SP1 1HL
Tel: + 44 1722 340124
E:lene.thiesen@ic24.net
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