Center Stage Korea 2011

- Grant for International Touring Project-

Korea Arts Management Service(KAMS), under the auspices of Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has been operating Center Stage Korea grant program since 2007. Center Stage Korea is a supporting system which aims international market and audience development through distribution of Korean performing arts.

Center Stage Korea has two different grant programs as follow;

① Grant for Korean program in focus festival and/or arts centre abroad

② Grant for International touring project of Korean performing arts

Center Stage Korea Grant for International Touring Project has been designed to respond to the market demand, to stimulate the Korean presence on the international stage, and to support Korean performing artist's and company's international capability.

International presenters - festival, arts centre, network, etc. - are invited to apply for Center Stage Korea Grant for International Touring Project when their project meets the criteria below;

① the project includes the touring of at least 2 Korean performing arts companies in at least 2 venues/cities/countries.

② the international presenters pay economic contribution to Korean performing arts companies. Economic contribution includes guarantee and per-diem in regard to the company.

For the selected projects, KAMS subsidizes international airfare and cargo fee by allocating the grant directly to Korean performing arts companies who are invited internationally to perform in the frame of the project.

For 2011, the open call for projects had been run through August to October, 2010. Having gone through the screening by KAMS, three projects have been selected as recipient of the grant.

[Beneficiary Projects in 2011]

1	Center Stage Korea in Europe
	Project Details	Dance touring in Poland and Spain June, 2011
		The invited Korean performing arts companies are _ Choi Kyung-shil Dance Company (Dance) _ EDx2 (Dance) _ Jang Eun-jung Dance Company (Dance) _ Park Soon-ho Dance Company (Dance)
		Main organizers are _ Silesian Dance Theatre (applicant, Poland) _ Trayectos Dance Festival (applicant, Spain)
2	Center Stage Korea in Mexico
	Project Details	Dance touring in Mexico October, 2011
		The invited Korean performing arts companies are _ EDx2 (Dance) _ Lee Kyung-eun Dance Company (Dance) _ Park Soon-ho Dance Company (Dance)
		Main organizer is _ UNAM - University Cultural Center (applicant, Mexico)
3	Center Stage Korea in Latin America
	Project Details	Dance/Music touring in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia Sep.-Oct., 2011
		The invited Korean performing arts companies are _ Baramgot (Music) _ Kim Jae duk Project (Dance)
		Main organizer is _ Cordoba Performing Arts Market (applicant, Argentina) (* Project is carried out in partnership with La RED de Promotores Culturales de Latinoamerica y el Caribe.)

The open call for 'Center Stage Korea Grant for International Touring Project 2012' will be announced during June 2011.

󰋫 CONTACT

Hyojin KUH

Korea Arts Management Service, Int'l Development Dept.

E-mail: hyojinkuh@gokams.or.kr