Partnership

Atlas of Transitions promotes creative productions and workshops as well as academic research, thanks to the collaboration of cultural institutions and universities in seven European countries: Italy, Albania, Belgium, Poland, France, Greece, and Sweden. Between 2017 and 2020, Atlas of Transitions will involve migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers together with European citizens in artistic practices for the development of a new sense of belonging and cohabitation based on reciprocity and interaction.

Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione

Project Leader

Bologna, Italy

Based in Modena since 1977, Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (ERT) is recognised by the Italian Ministry of Culture as a ‘National Theatre’, with four production centres and active stages in the Emilia-Romagna region: Teatro Storchi and Teatro Passioni (Modena), Teatro Bonci (Cesena), and Arena del Sole (Bologna).

Cantieri Meticci

Bologna, Italy

Cantieri Meticci is a non-profit cultural organization working in the Bologna territory, and its group of work is made of professional and non-professional actors, Italians and refugees. Since the beginning of its activities, Cantieri Meticci has investigated the concept of migration through artistic knowledge and experience.

Le Channel Scène Nationale

Calais, France

Le Channel is located in a former slaughterhouse, which in 2007 has been turned into a multidisciplinary cultural hub, located in Calais, northern France. The site hosts multiple theatres, a circus tent, and a large multipurpose hall, as well as a restaurant, a bar, and a bookstore.

Tjeter Vizion Ngo

Elbasan, Albania

Tjeter Vizion, founded in 2002, is a well-known open association for social services in Albania. It promotes campaigns of theatre awareness and assistance to the people in needs. Throughout the years, Tjeter Vizion has contributed to international projects, financially supported by the European Union, and artistic activities closely connected to national and international public institutions.

A.T.K. - Albanian Theatre Association

Elbasan, Albania

The Albanian Theatre Association (A.T.K.) is a non-profit organization actively contributing to the contemporary reflection on artistic performance at a regional and international level. Through educational and performing activities such as workshops, public debates, lectures, concerts, exhibitions, and public events A.T.K. promotes social sensibility.

Powszechny Theatre

Warsaw, Poland

Powszechny Theater was the first theatre to be opened after WWII in Warsaw. For nearly seventy years it has been a place of artistic discussion about the modern world while simultaneously continuing the legacy of the prominent people of Polish theatre. The Theatre offers a diverse repertoire and focuses on the most interesting Polish and international drama – classical and contemporary.

Théâtre de Liège

Liège, Belgium

The Théâtre de Liège is one of the four Centres for Drama in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. It is recognized as ‘European Centre for Theatre and Choreography’ thanks to its role in the production and diffusion of theatrical and contemporary dance plays among local, regional, and international audiences.

Motus Terrae

Lavrio, Greece

Founded in 2008, Motus Terrae is a civil non-profit organization that always carries out its activities in public spaces, as they are site-specific performances and street shows. At the core of its projects there is the use of specific artistic practices, workshops, and collaborative actions as a medium for the crew to meet citizens and involve them in creative processes.

Backa Teater

Gothenburg, Sweden

BACKA TEATER is one of Sweden’s most important theatres, where the combination of artistic courage and high quality craftsmanship set the standard for its always well-acclaimed performances, which tour in Europe and abroad. It has produced and achieved its success through newly written plays as well as classical works for children, youngsters, and adults.

DC&J Création

Liege, Belgium

The Théâtre de Liège, the Jean Villar Theater Workshop in Louvain-La-Neuve, the CAV&MA (Vocal and Early Music Center), Inver Tax Shelter and Versus Production have joined forces in the DC & J Création cooperative society to support strong and innovative projects for theater, dance, circus and opera.

Studio Emad Eddin Foundation

Associated Partner

Cairo, Egypt

A unique project in the Arab World, Studio Emad Eddin (SEE) was funded by the independent theater Egyptian director, Ahmed El Attar. SEE provides rehearsal, training, and residency space to independent troupes and artists in the field of performing arts in Egypt, in the Arab World and, in the case of residencies, to professionals from abroad.

Academic
Partners

University of Bologna

Academic Network Coordinator

Bologna, Italy

The University of Bologna (UNIBO), founded in 1088, is the oldest university in Western Europe. Nowadays, with 5 student campuses (Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini) and an overseas campus in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

University of Athens

Athens, Greece

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), founded in 1837, is the oldest and most prestigious public university in Greece, offering high quality, tuition-free education. NTUA consists of 9 Schools of Science and Technology, with a total of 40 Departments and around 25,000 students.

University of Gothenburg

Gothenburg, Sweden

The University of Gothenburg (UGOT) is among the largest universies in Northern Europe and, with its eight faculties, is also the most wide-ranging and versatile university in Sweden. UGOT brings to the project its combined expertise in critical approaches to urban and dance heritage and documentary practices.

University of Lille

Lille, France

The University of Lille is a multidisciplinary University at the heart of northern Europe, into the Hauts-de-France region. The research team here works on cultural practices and productions as well as the circulation, dissemination, and consumption of mediatized cultural productions.

University of Liège

Liège, Belgium

CEDEM (Centre d’Etudes de l’Ethnicité et des Migrations) is a research center attached to the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Liège. The Center was founded in 1995, and aims to carry out theoretical and empirical research on human migration.

University of Elbasan

Elbasan, Albania

‘AleksandërXhuvaniì’ University of Elbasan dates back to the year 1909. The strongest points of the University of Elbasan are the quality of the formation of new teachers as well as the professional development of in-service teachers, the digitalized University Library and the doctoral program in the field of Albanology, which is an unicum in Albania.

University of Warsaw

Warsaw, Poland

The University of Warsaw (UW), founded in 1816, is a leading university and research centre in Poland. The high level of scientific research, its connection with the education and the diversity and attractiveness of our teaching determines the position of the University worldwide.