EUNIC raises funds for Haiti with a benefit concert in Berlin

Over €7,000 was raised for the victims of the Haiti earthquake by an EUNIC initiated multicultural benefit concert  at the Berlin House of World Cultures on 9 February.
 

Artists, scientists and an ecological future

Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands at Tipping Point

Over 100 artists, scientists and cultural managers tackled the role of culture in moving to an ecological future at a innovative event in Brussels in january.
 
Organised by EUNIC in Brussels the Tipping Point event brought together people who rarely meet but who share a common view: that we need to change our behaviours as we move to a more ecological sustainable world.
 

Breaking the ice in the Australian summer

Moderator Tony MacGregor from ABC Radio National
Opera and festival director Lindy Hume

The brand new Australian cluster in Sydney held an inaugural debate on Arts Funding, Cultural Exchange and Soft Diplomacy - the Australian and European Ways, hosted by the Goethe-Institut on 12 January.

Breaking down barriers: the impact of 1989 on European culture

"After the fall of the Wall cultural institutes have gradually redesigned their main activities from show-casing of national elitist culture to include a broader concept of culture, focusing more on bridge-building, cultural diversity and multiculturalism". President Finn Andersen sumarized the impact of 1989 on cultural policies at the Breaking down barriers conference,
 
 
 

IntraDance: bringing European and Russian dancers together

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Visit the INTRADANCE website for news and videos of EUNIC's most ambitious project in Russia.  
 
INTRADANCE links seven choreographers from EUNIC countries with contemporary dance companies across Russia. All are developing co-productions.
 
The programme takes place in Kirov, St Petersburg, Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Kazan, Kostroma and Chelyabinsk.
 
The choreographers come from Denmark, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Germany and France.