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ISPA News
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Ten Global Projects Selected for Pitch New Works at ISPA’s 2026 New York Congress » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PDF Download New York, NY, USA – The International...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Registration Now Open for ISPA 2026 New York Congress » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PDF Download Registration Now Open for ISPA 2026 New York Congress...
Monday, May 19, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) ISPA 2025 Award Recipients Announced » Download this media release The International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) Board of Directors, together with...
Monday, April 28, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Announcing the Pitch New Works Projects at the ISPA 2025 Lugano Congress » New York, NY, USA – The International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) is delighted to announce the ten selected Pi...
Friday, February 14, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Registration Now Open for ISPA 2025 Lugano Congress » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PDF Download Registration Open for ISPA 2025 Lugano Con...
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Member News
Friday, September 26, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Peter Wiegold Set to Deliver Talk at the School of Sound » Peter Wiegold will be speaking at an upcoming online event exploring the art of creative collaboration across cultures and...
Thursday, August 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) 15th Banff International String Quartet Competition Announces Jury and New Repertoire Rules » The world's finest young string quartets will compete for over $500,000 CAD in cash, prizes, and career development opport...
Monday, June 24, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Applications \| Pitch Sessions CINARS Biennale 2024 » CINARS offers a unique opportunity to display a work in progress in front of presenters, artists and agents taking part in...
Monday, June 24, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Call for Applications Mentorship Awards with the British Council 2024 - Prince Claus Fund » A partnership between the Prince Claus Fund and British Council, each year Moving Narratives brings together 12 socially a...
Saturday, May 18, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Sasha Waltz receives the German Dance Award 2024 » The choreographer, dancer and director Sasha Waltz is being awarded the German Dance Award 2024, which is endowed with €20...
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Industry News
Thursday, August 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Two CMA grants are now accepting applications » CMA offers two grant opportunities: the Presenter Consortium for Jazz and the Artistic Projects program . The applicati...
Thursday, August 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) European Dance Development Network (EDN) Carte Blanche Artist Exchange » Dance artists, their children and fellow child carers are warmly invited to participate in the EDN Carte Blanche Artist Ex...
Monday, June 24, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Dmytro Udovychenko Awarded 1st Prize at Brussels' Queen Elisabeth Competition » The 25-year-old Ukrainian violinist has just minutes ago been awarded 1st prize at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth International...
Monday, June 24, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Toronto Area Performing Arts (TAPA) Announces Departure of Executive Director Jacoba Knaapen » Toronto, ON (May 29, 2024) — The TAPA Board of Directors announced today that, after an incredible 21-year journey of unwa...
Monday, June 24, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Muriel Miguel elected to The American Academy of Arts and Science! » Founder and Artistic Director of Spiderwoman Theater, Muriel Miguel has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and S...
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"Pitch New Works" in Action
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Ink premieres at Lincoln Center » Pitched at ISPA’s 2024 Congress, Ink from Huang Yi Studio+ has since premiered at Lincoln Center and toured to Texas Per...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Ghosts of Hell Creek tours to Jacob’s Pillow » Pitched at ISPA’s 2023 Manchester Congress, Prehistoric Body Theater’s Ghosts of Hell Creek is an embodied celebration o...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Three Marys visits the northern hemisphere » Pitched at ISPA’s 2024 Perth Congress, Three Marys is a piece from composer Andrée Greenwell, originally presented at Sy...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Ten Thousand Tons of Moonlight premieres in Shanghai » From producer Farooq Chaudhry, Ten Thousand Tons of Moonlight pitched at ISPA’s 2024 New York Congress. The piece is a p...
Thursday, March 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Samsara – A Cine-Concert by Garin Nugroho featured at the Perth Festival » Pitched at ISPA’s 2024 Perth Congress, Samsara A Cine-Concert by Garin Nugroho has since had its premiere at The Espl...
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Member Spotlight
Thursday, September 18, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Global Perspectives: Josephine Ridge on Arts Leadership and ISPA 2026 New York Congress » Leading Through Global Perspectives: Josephine Ridge on Arts Leadership and ISPA 26 New York Congress Focu...
Monday, February 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Spotlight on Harold David » How do you perceive the fringe model evolving and how is Festival Off Avignon responding to those changes...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Spotlight on Laura Mackenzie Stuart » Tell us a little bit about yourself and your career Creative Scotland is the national funder for the ar...
Monday, October 16, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Spotlight on Yvonne Tham » Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Where are you from, where are you based now, and what is your current positio...
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Spotlight on Hanako Yamaguchi » Tell us a little bit about yourself and your career -- where are you from, where are you based now, and what are you worki...
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Fellow Spotlight
Friday, April 18, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Meet Fizza Hasan (Global; 2025 ISPA Fellow) » Meet the new ISPA Global Fellow, Fizza Hasan! Fizza Hasan is the Artistic Director and Founder of Theatre Wallay in Is...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Meet Sigrid Aakvik (Denmark; 2025 ISPA Fellow) » Meet the new ISPA Denmark Fellow, Sigrid Aakvik! Creative Producer Sigrid Aakvik is a new Denmark Fellow and the Fou...
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Meet Mxolisi Masilela (Netherlands; 2025 ISPA Fellow) » Meet new ISPA Netherlands Fellow Mxolisi Masilela, Co-Founder & CEO of the Tx Theater in South Africa! In...
Thursday, February 13, 2020 Fellows Meet at Fadjir Theatre Festival in Iran » Reflecting on our recent discussions at the New York 2020 Congress which addressed the poignant theme of art and borders...
Sunday, December 1, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Dr. Lindsay Lachance Receives CAPACOA’s Inaugural Emerging Leader in the Performing Arts award » Join us in congratulating ISPA Fellow and Artistic Associate of Indigenous Theatre at Canada's National Arts Centre Dr....
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ISPA Insider
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Crossing Borders Through Art: How Creativity Connects Us » In a world where borders—both visible and invisible—continue to harden, artists remain among the most fearless travelers....
Friday, May 30, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Transformative Bridges: Art and the Power of Essential Dialogue » Explore how the performing arts serve as a powerful catalyst for connection in our latest feature, "Transformative Bridge...
Thursday, October 24, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Leading with Vision: Diverse Approaches to Leadership in the Performing Arts » Discover how visionary leaders are shaping the future of the performing arts in our latest feature, "Leading with Vision:...
Friday, September 29, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Behind the Curtain: Examining the Complex Challenges Faced by the Arts Industry » Explore the diverse facets of the arts industry as ISPA members share insights on fostering generational collaboration, na...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) International Touring / Co-Production in a Changed World » At the peak of the pandemic it was difficult to anticipate what a return to touring would look like, and many companies re...
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