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THE IN­TER­NATIONAL THEATRE INSTITUTE – German Centre

As an interest group and information center for the performing arts, the ITI Germany is committed to their free development and the preservation of the diversity of their forms of expression.

 

The Federal Republic of Germany Centre of the International Theatre Institute e.V. is a section of the International Theatre Institute. It is made up of personal and corporate members and as a non-profit association receives public funding for its projects in Germany. The office is located in Berlin.

As an interest group and information centre for the performing arts, we are committed to their free development and the preservation of the diversity of their forms of expression.

We promote international cooperation between artists and advocate for their rights in national and international initiatives, associations and committees.

In our work, we initiate and accompany dialogue between scholarly research and practice in the performing arts. Our information portals, publications and the media library provide public access to this knowledge.

Theatre artists and representatives of associations and institutions from all areas of the performing arts are involved In our network.

We represent the ITI world organisation at UNESCO in the Intergovernmental Committee for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.  

 

The ITI Germany's work

The ITI – German Centre provides and organises advisory services, festivals, symposiums and professional meetings, publications on the performing arts in national and international contexts, and work in national and international committees.

The German Centre of the ITI organises one of the largest international festivals of the performing arts in the Federal Republic of Germany, Theater der Welt.  

The ITI – German Centre develops its own projects in the fields of theatre and dance, cultural education, cultural heritage, the culture and creative industries, and is also an information and documentation centre for the performing arts in Germany.

 

Information work

Consulting

Festival organization

Work in international and national committees

Organization of symposia and professional meetings

Publications on issues of theatrical art

Networks
and cooperation partners

The ITI – German Centre

  • is spokesperson for the European Secretariat of German Cultural NGOs at Culture Action Europe (CAE).
  • is a member of the Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM), the European Network of Information Centres for the Performing Arts (ENICPA), of On the Move, the network for artist mobility and a cooperation partner of Artists at Risk Connection.
  • coordinates ITI Action Committee for Artists Rights (ACAR).
  • represents the ITI world organisation in the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.  
  • is a member of the German Cultural Council/Council for the Performing Arts and Dance, the Federal Coalition for Cultural Diversity, the Network for Cultural Education and Integration, the Performing Arts Fund, the Dramaturgical Society, the Federal Association of Theatre Collections in Germany (TheSiD) and the Initiative for the Archives of the Independent Performing Arts.

History

The Federal German section of the ITI has existed since 1955, the Federal Republic has been a member of the ITI world organisation since 1957. In 1991, it merged with the DDR centre, which was founded in 1959. Over 200 artists, theatre professionals and institutions from all the areas of ther performing arts are members of the Federal Republic of Germany Centre of the International Theatre Institute e.V 

 

Further
information

You can find current annual reports, information on the ITI’s targets, funding, spending and staff structure – in compliance with the Transparent Civil Society Initiative – here.

The ITI Germany is registered under registration number vr_002654 with the State of Berlin Transparency Database.