THE PROJET
Noted from the outset for their geographical proximity and their affinity for how to properly accompany the artists, six European partners have gathered in OPEN LATITUDES in order to defend the very existence of hybrid scenic forms coming from dance, and to acclimate more largely the audience to those innovating works.
All partners contribute financially to the establishment of an annual ‘joint fund’. It is a fundamentally European co-production input, which benefits the supported artists. Shared among several partners, residency periods for more than 140 days during the lifecycle of the project, do complement this production process.
Each partner organises visibility periods for the works developed along the season. Over time, they have become known as moments of discovery for curious audiences, and they play an important role in the way the audience can appropriate and further understand contemporary forms.
Wishing to leave tracks, our project is also having a look at the recent history of hybrid performing arts in Europe. We wish to demonstrate and archive the trails of this scenic innovation, through video recordings of a dozen interviews of critics, art historians, choreographers, researchers ...
Along meetings, artists and audiences develop a relationship made of discovery and exchange, which constitutes a real intercultural dialogue at the European level.
In concrete terms, OPEN LATITUDES aims at:
- Sustaining contemporary creation
- Fostering the developement of new artistic forms derived from hybridation
- Increasing dissemination of these cultural work
- Sustaining and deepening partnerships between cultural places which defend performing hybrid arts
- Increasing and developping links established with european audiences
- Closing up european citizens with hybrid scenic forms and getting their access being more democratic
- Stimulating artistic meetings based on hybrid arts, particularly with young local artists aiming at being professionnals
- Giving visibility and cultural recognition to hybrid scenic forms
- Disseminating information and critical approach about hybridation of scenic arts.
OPEN LATITUDES comprises four European co-organisers:
Les Halles à Bruxelles (B) _ Latitudes Lille / Bruxelles
Latitudes à Lille (F) _ Latitudes Lille / Bruxelles
Le manège.mons/ Maison Folie à Mons (B) _ Festival Un pas de trop
Cialo Umysl Foundation – Body Mind Festival of Poland
Two associate partners :
La Maison Folie de Wazemmes (Lille)
l’Arsenic (Lausanne) of Switzerland_ Festival les Urbaines
