From this year onwards, ICAF is not only international in its festival programming, but also in the very heart of the organisation. We’d like to introduce you to our first guest curator: Tania Cañas. Tania is a Melbourne-based performer, facilitator and researcher all within community driven settings. Get to know her by reading the short…
Recently we were sent a video from the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO). The video shows footage of a public event in Kabul organized in commemoration of National Victims Day. During the event, two different artistic, victims-led processes merged in order to acknowledge the untold suffering of countless Afghan men and women who…
The theme of ICAF 2017 will be MOVEMENT! We are well on our way to make sure that the 2017 edition of the festival will become the most moving one yet. At the moment, we are specifically scouting in Brazil for inspiring examples of how modern dance is literally used to make a difference in…
We’ve collected some inspiring material for our spring reading list, featuring Stella Duffy and François Matarasso. “I really do believe in the community. I really do believe in the genius in every person. And I’ve heard that greatness come out of them, that great thing which is in people.” Novelist and theatre maker Stella Duffy quotes…
With ICAF 2017 just one year away, we are finishing our visual journey through the festival’s last edition with the parade that opened ICAF 2014. In July 2015, we started a brand new visual journey through that year’s edition of the International Community Arts Festival. Every month we have been sharing chapters of the documentary film…
In the spring of this year, we will make an important step on our journey towards ICAF 2017. Supported by a special grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Dutch Culture and FCP) artistic director Eugene van Erven and producer Anamaria Cruz will travel to Brazil to scout community art projects that have links…
We are very proud to announce that Berith Danse from Theatre Embassy International has been nominated for the Ellen Stewart Award. This international award is given to a theatre artist or theatre company whose work promotes social change and community participation with a particular focus on the engagement for young people. We congratulate Theatre Embassy on…
Spring is almost upon us, and with the following events on the calendar there is every reason to look forward to it. From 11 to 13 March Dansmakers Amsterdam organises ‘The Relevance of Dance’, a three-day event with open conversations, lectures and interactive programs in which artists, policymakers and scientists come together to map…
We are very happy to welcome a new yet familiar face to the ICAF team. Theatre maker Jasmina Ibrahimovic will be assistant programmer for the next edition of ICAF. Many of you will already know Jasmina from the previous editions of ICAF and from her work at the Rotterdams Wijktheater, where she has written and…
For the past week, Josep-Maria Aragay from BasketBeat has been working in Rotterdam. As part of the last ICAF, Josep-Maria Aragay from Barcelona conducted a workshop of a method which he developed in his hometown to familiarize at-risk youth with the arts of music and dance. For the past week he has been working with…