Jos Schuring

Art Studio in Macedonia trains young artists

August 2006 -

Numerous small-scale artist initiatives have been launched in the Balkan region in recent years. They operate under difficult conditions, but their enormous efforts sometimes achieve excellent results. One such example is the NGO Art Studio in Skopje, Macedonia’s capital.

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Successful dance group from Burkina Faso stimulates cultural exchange

July 2006 -

Krisztina de Châtel, Salia Sanou en Seydou Boro prepare the Tando, a dance performance that can be seen for the first time on the international July Dance Festival in Amsterdam.

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Influence of the WTO and the Unesco Treaty on world trade in culture is unclear

July 2006 -

For some time there have been warnings that national art subsidies are under pressure from agreements that countries make in the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Because of free trade and the related consumer preferences, indigenous cultural products ultimately end up getting the short end of the stick.

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Theatre Embassy: theatre and community development

June 2006 -

"Acting and theatre are closely related to the process of cultural development," according to Theatre Embassy’s Beredith Danse. "Strengthening the human identity has top priority for us. We utilize artists and educative theatre organizations from the North and the South for this purpose."

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Blood gushes in Haitian opera

June 2006 -

"My country’s bloody history and the play Blood Wedding by Fredrico Garcia Lorca were my major sources of inspiration," says Rassoul Labuchin as he explains how Le Mariage Linglinsou evolved.

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Living between hope and fear

May 2006 -

The world is in the grip of fear. According to the compilers of Culture of Hope, however, there is true hope in the life of many people in regions where living conditions are difficult.

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New collection of poems by Christopher Magadza on Poetry International Web

May 2006 -

Poetry International Web, the global poetry forum, recently published a complete collection of poems by Christopher Magadza from Zimbabwe.

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Iranian filmmaker Mohammed Shirvani expects more freedom for artists

February 2006 -

An old man bicycles down a sandy path in the desolate landscape. A large red flag is attached to his bicycle. He is carrying a megaphone over his shoulder. The man is Mir Qanbar, candidate in the presidential elections in Iran. Iranian filmmaker Mohammed Shirvani made a tender documentary about him.

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Positive reactions to Paradise Now from Israelis and Palestinians

February 2006 -

The film Paradise Now portrays the last twenty-four hours in the lives of two young Palestinians being 'allowed' to perform a suicide bombing and their struggle around its justification.

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Living in Eastern European border areas

January 2006 -

In the Zona project, young journalists investigate how the accession of the ten new member states to the EU in 2004 has affected the daily life of those people living close to the EU border in the Baltic states and in countries such as Poland, Belorussia, the Ukraine and Moldavia.

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photo: Jan Brykczynski
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