European project TestArt for live performance kicks off

(ANSA) - JESI, 05 MAR - The project TestArt-Testing new skills for the circulation of innovative co-creation methods in the Performing Arts sector, co-funded by the EU Creative Europe-medium-scale cooperation projects for the Culture sector, which aims to support the creative, economic and social dimensions of performing arts at the European level by stimulating innovation, mobility and transnational cooperation in the cultural and creative industries, has kicked off. The EU co-funding amounts to more than 600,000 euros. The European project, presented in Jesi (Ancona), has 15 partners from five different countries (Italy, Germany, Serbia, Slovenia and Sweden), will be coordinated by the Marche Spettacolo Consortium and will involve local and international entities, such as Welcome Aps, Amat-Associazione Marchigiana Attività Teatrali, Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Asini Bardasci Cultural Association, Centripeta Cultural Association, CollegaMenti Cultural Association, MALTE Cultural Association, Teater Nu (Sweden), PotatoPotato (Sweden), Kulturanova (Serbia), Misholovka Theater (Serbia), Led Art Multimedia Center (Serbia), Bunker (Slovenia) and Zentralwerk (Germany). From January 2024 to December 2026, TestArt will go on to develop the skills of cultural and creative micro-organizations for the activation of a network of transnational cooperation, for continuous international contamination and exponential enlargement of the range of collaborations. The project will be developed in 3 phases: from an initial mapping of the needs of the artists and practitioners involved, through study visits to Dresden and Ljubljana to train cultural workers and artists, the partners will then come together in artistic residencies to collaborate on the co-creation of new transnational artistic productions, which will debut in 2026 on a European tour. (ANSA).