Bruno Verbergt
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Bruno Verbergt studied Philosophy and Business Administration. In 1988 he became director of the international dance festival Klapstuk in Leuven (Belgium). He turned the festival into an organization for contemporary dance, featuring residences, production facilities and publications, all highlighted during the biannual festival. For the 1993 and 1994 editions of the Springdance festival in Utrecht (The Netherlands), he was artistic advisor. In these years he was actively involved in several boards and committees, such as the Informal European Theatre Meeting and the Flemish Dance Council, of which he was president from 1995 till 1998. After a three month mentorship at DASARTS (De Amsterdamse School. Advanced Research in Theatre and Dance Studies), he was from April 1995 onwards advisor to Eric Antonis, the alderman of culture of the city of Antwerp. During these years, the basis was laid for a new cultural policy for the city of Antwerp, including a revitalisation of the city theatres and museums and an appraisal of the function of architecture and culture for the (social) regeneration of the city. From 1998 till 2004, he was general director of Antwerpen Open vzw (www.antwerpenopen.be). Since 2004 he is Chief Executive Officer of the culture, sports and leisure department of the City of Antwerp. As such, he is also member of the managementteam of the city of Antwerp. Bruno Verbergt is part time visiting professor at the University of Antwerp. Furthermore he has been a member of the board of Kunst&Democratie ('Art and Democracy'; Brussels) since 1997, of which he was chairman between 1998 and 2003. He was founding member of 'Culturele Biografie Vlaanderen', the support center for material and immaterial heritage of Flanders and of ‘Extra City', a non for profit visual arts center in Antwerp.
Jos van Rillaer
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Master in Political Sciences - Specialisation: International Relations (VUB - 1973). Master in management and public service management (KUL - 1985). Start of career in 1980 as governing board secretary at the Service for People's Development Work. From September 1993 till September 1998: Change manager ministry of the Flemish Community, Appointed as full Director-General of the Culture Department/administration starting from 1 November 1998. Appointed as general administrator with the agency for Arts and Heritage of the policy domain Culture, Youth, Sports and Media.
Fruzsina Szép
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Fruzsina Szép / Music Export Hungary / Hungarian. Fruzsina Szép is the founding director of the Hungarian Music Export office and has 13 years experience as an artistic and cultural manager. She started her carrer of being the manager of the groups Muzsikás, Márta Sebestyén, Besh o droM, Mitsoura. She was the music currator in several Hungarian Cultural Season. She lived in Brussels where she worked as the director of the Hungarian Cultural Institute. She established and runs several national and international projects with Music Export Hungary such as the Roots&Routes Talent Development program, the Professional Area&Lounge at the Sziget Festival or Hangfoglalás/Soundquest the first music and instrument fair in Hungary focused on Hungarian and Eastern-European music acts and music professionals. She grew up in Germany, Australia, Canada, Guatemala but she is based in Budapest since a few years. Her main goal is to help to build up a well structured link between the Eastern and the Western European Music Market.Hans van Maanen
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A former dramaturg, Hans van Maanen is now a professor of Art Society and Theatre Studies at the department of Arts, Culture&Media Studies at Groningen University, The Netherlands. His main area of research is the functioning of art, particularly theatre, in society, from an organizational and political point of view, and in relation to the societal meanings of aesthetic experiences. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Cultural Policy, the South African Theatre Journal and of the IFTR book series Themes in Theatre. He hold several functions in the Fund for the Stage Arts of the Netherlands and advised on theatre policy on the levels of the government, provincies and cities. Among his publications are Het Nederlandse Toneelbestel van 1945 tot 1995, Amsterdam, 1997: Amsterdam University Press; Theatre Worlds in Motions: Structures, Politics and Developments in the Countries of Western Europe (co-edited with Steve Wilmer) Amsterdam, Atlanta 1998: Rodopi Editions and a number of articles and chapters in, among others, the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Nordic Theatre Studies, Theatre Research International and Cremona e.a. (eds) Theatrical events: Borders, Dynamics, Frames, Amsterdam, New York 2004: Rodopi Editions. Besides that he wrote several reports and articles on youth theatre, theatre politics and arts education in the Netherlands. A book titled How to Study Artworlds is forthcoming in 2008. Together with Andreas Kotte (universität Bern) he co-chairs an international group of scholars that investigates the functioning of theatre systems in different regions of Europe (STEP, Project on European Theatre Systems).
Henk Scholten
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After studying first history and then theatre studies at the northern university of Groningen, Henk stayed in the north, working variously as business and artistic director of theatre groups, as theatre critic and as dramaturge. In 1987 he moved south to become director of Zuidlandtheater in Terneuzen. Between 1992-1998 years he worked as director of the following funding bodies: Fonds voor de Podiumkunsten; PodiumKunstWerk; Fonds voor Amateurkunst. In 1998 Henk returned to being director of a single theatre, this time of the City Theatre in Utrecht (Stadsschouwburg Utrecht). Here he became known for the so-called Utrecht model, a collaborative structure involving both theatre companies and venues throughout the city. He organized international festivals dealing with theatre from Central and Eastern Europe (Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained) and was the founder of the international Vrede van Utrecht program, dedicated to the relationship between art and social conflict. During the last twenty years Henk Scholten has been a member of the National Arts Council and of Arts Councils in Groningen, The Hague and Utrecht. Henk Scholten has been director of Theater Instituut Nederland since January 2007. |
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