Fruitful cultural exchange at World Expo
13/07/2010
The cooperation between Chinese and Dutch cultural professionals at the Dutch Culture Centre (DCC) in Shanghai is going ever better and growing ever more closely. Over a 6-month period, the DCC – which is an official part of the World Expo 2010 – is serving as a venue for Dutch and Chinese cultural exhibitions and performances. Both the participants and the 10,000 audience members pulled in so far are excited about the programme, which is has been running for about 3 months now.

Highlights and coming events
Among the examples of Dutch-Chinese cultural collaboration that have already taken shape are: the Van Abbe Museum and Arthub Asia; Alexander van Slobbe and Chinese designers; plus the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and students from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

In July and August, this will be followed by exhibitions laid on by Netherlands Museum for Photography and V2_ (a Dutch interdisciplinary centre for art and media technology) in conjunction with the Shanghai eArts Festival. Also very much worth mentioning are Dutch performances by Boukje Schweigman, Edith Kaldor, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Pere Faura and In a Cabin With.

For more info, please go to www.dcc12010.com. On this website, you will find also the interactive video files in which artists tell their own stories about working in China.

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