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 Pitch New Works projects that will be presented at the ISPA 2025 Lugano Congress, Art and Social Political Change.

ISPA's Pitch New Works program provides a forum for creators and arts professionals to share and discover new performing arts projects. Twice a year, ten submissions are selected to be presented to hundreds of performing arts professionals at ISPA's Congresses. 

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The ten projects represent a broad spectrum of genres and disciplines and are an exciting reflection of new works from Switzerland and Italy, greater Europe, and across the globe. ISPA will welcome back Anthony Sargent CBE, International Artistic Advisor, to host the session. The projects include: 

an Accident / a Life | Marc Brew Company | United Kingdom

ANTIGONE | winterguests | Norway

ATLAS DRUGGED | The Builders Association | United States

DEEPFAKE | Jess & Morgs | United Kingdom

DVA/LICA | Ansambl LADO & TerryandTheCuz | Croatia

NOESTANGO | Grupo Noestango | Argentina

NON+ULTRAS  | Moritz Ostruschnjak | Germany

nuvolario | Office for a Human Theatre (OHT) | Italy

Retablo Experimental sobre el Baile Flamenco | Redux (Experimental Flamenco Dance Altarpiece) | Estévez/Paños y Compañía | Spain

Unter Uns – A journey into the depth of the ground | Verein Studio DdP | Switzerland 

(Photo credits: Filip Van Roe, Mats Bäcker, Moe Angelos, Ale Carmona, Franziska Strauss,
Giacomo Bianco, Ana Palma, Véronique Hoegger)

The Pitch New Works projects were selected from a competitive pool of applications by ISPA’s Pitch New Works Committee. The committee is chaired by Cindy Hwang (Founder/President at InPulse Creatives and Music Programmer at the Ithra Theater). Other committee members include Pamela Lopez (Independent Cultural Management Consultant), Hanako Yamaguchi (Independent Arts Consultant), and Meiyin Wang (Producing Director at the Perelman Performing Arts Center).

Delegates of the ISPA 2025 Lugano Congress can catch these ten remarkable projects at the Pitch New Works session, Thursday, June 12, 2025 at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura. Immediately following the session, delegates will have an opportunity to meet the presenters at ISPA’s ProEx (Professional Exchange). 

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About ISPA: The International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) is a global association of 500 arts leaders from 60 regions, who come together with the shared goal of strengthening and developing the arts internationally. ISPA achieves this by building leadership ability, by recognizing and discussing field-wide trends and new developments, and by deepening global exchange through the arts. ISPA members include presenters, performing arts organizations, artist managers, festivals, funders, artists, consultants, and other professionals working in the performing arts. Founded in 1948, 2024 marked ISPA’s 75th anniversary. 

Media Contact: Zooey Cheng (zcheng@ispa.org; 1 212 206 8490 x205) 

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