New Theatres & Festivals for Dance in Asia

Chair/moderator :Anna CY CHAN - Head of Artistic Development (Dance), West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Hong Kong
Panel : Karen CHEUNG – Director, Guangdong Dance Festival
CHOE Sang-Cheol – Programmer, MADAFE and BIPOD
Kathy HONG – Director of Marketing and Communication, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying), Kaohsiung
Faith TAN – Producer, Esplanade Singapore

In the next 5 years the international dance scene will see many new arts centres and dance festival opening throughout Asia. Hence, critical to the sustainability of these new culture and arts infrastructure is the race to look at relevant content creation, audience development, programming strategies and artistic positioning. This session aims to bring key people from these new centres & dance festivals to share news about their new theaters/festivals as well as models art making, producing, presenting, audience development and cultural exchange.