Dear friends of the performing arts,

The organizers of IETM Montréal 2007, in collaboration with the IETM Secretariat, are happy to announce that travel grants will be given to young, new-generation companies wishing to take part in the upcoming Spring Plenary Meeting of IETM, the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts.

The meeting will be held in Ljubljana in Slovenia from May 15 to 18, 2008.

10 grants of $1000 (680 Euros) each are to cover participants' transportation and/or accommodation costs.

To apply, a candidate must:

• be the representative of a young, new-generation company professionally active in the field of live performance (contemporary dance, theatre, multidisciplinary arts, circus arts, etc.);
• be established in Quebec or elsewhere in Canada;
• be attending an IETM meeting for the first or second time. The organization does not have to be a network member already, but in order to conform with IETM rules, it will have to become a member if this is the second IETM meeting to which it will send representatives;
• download the form by clicking here Word format or PDF format and return it before April 25, 2008, to ietm@ietm.org or to this fax number: +32 2 203 02 26.

Don't wait! The IETM Secretariat in Brussels will deal with applications on a first-come, first-serve basis, respecting the criteria listed above.

The chosen grant recipients will be informed as soon as possible, and no later than April 30. They will receive the full amount of the grant in Euros at the meeting itself, according to a procedure that will be communicated to them.

After the plenary meetings in Montreal and in Ghent, IETM is returning to Ljubljana, Slovenia, where network members met in 1992. It will be an opportunity to see how the contemporary arts sector there has evolved. The overall theme of the meeting is "Rehearsing freedom".

Information about the Ljubljana meeting can be found on the IETM site at :
http://www.ietm.org/index.lasso?p=information&q=eventdetail&id=194

This initiative, leading to rich discoveries for the 10 grant recipients, marks the end of the IETM Montréal 2007 adventure. The organization founded to produce and coordinate the Montreal meeting will be dissolved later in the spring.

Good luck to all !

Information:
Han De Meulemeester
IETM
19 Square Sainctelette
1000 Brussels - Belgium
Tel. : +32 2 201 09 15
ietm@ietm.org

A project carried out in partnership with:

IETM Montréal 2007 wishes to thank the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions du Québec, the Ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the City of Montréal, the Montreal Arts Council, the ministère du Tourisme du Québec, Tourisme Montréal, as well as with support from the European Commission’s budget line “Support to European organisations who promote European culture", the Ministry of the Flemish Community of Belgium and the Fonds Voor Amateurkunst en Podiumkunsten, the Netherlands.