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…
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 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…
For the first time ever in the Netherlands, at the end of November a platform will be created for a new kind of choreography: inclusion dance. This form of movement attempts to literally break through physical limitations by productively working with the creative capabilities of both abled and disabled bodies. To challenge traditional ideas about…
From the 13th to the 18th of December of this year the Theatre of the Oppressed Festival takes place in Rotterdam, and ICAF is proud to be associated with it. The festival is organised by Formaat, a long time partner of ICAF. Formaat is Holland’s only professional TO organization and specializes in various forms of…
This November, BasketBeat returns to Rotterdam! As part of our last festival, Josep-Maria Aragay from Barcelona conducted a fascinating workshop of a method which he developed in his hometown to familiarize at-risk youth with the arts of music and dance. After ICAF we vouched to bring Josep back to Rotterdam, because we believe his link…
Last July, we started a brand new visual journey through the International Community Arts Festival 2014. Every month we are sharing chapters of the documentary film we made on the sixth edition of ICAF. Highlighting a different project each time, we hope you will travel along and enjoy the ride. On our Youtube channel you…
We are happy to announce that our dear friends Debajehmujig Storytellers from Canada are coming to Belgium this September! Sering in Antwerp welcomes you to come listen to their tales based on the Anishnaabek worldview, which is something not to miss. Among other things, there will be a masterclass given by Joe Osawabine on the…
In the fall of this year, there are a couple of exciting events taking place that we’d like to update you on. As you might remember from our previous newsletter, ICAF director Eugene van Erven spoke at the bilingual, multidisciplinary Earagail Arts Festival in Ireland. Integrated in the festival was a two-day symposium on community…