SEPTEMBER 23 - GETTING 'BUSINESS READY' FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

Getting 'Business Ready' for International Exchange

International dialogue, mobility and collaboration are key components in the development of a vibrant and innovative performing arts sector, but theatre and dance-makers with ambitions to work away from home also face an increasingly complex range of challenges - from finding viable markets to considerations of environmental impact. Andrew Jones will lead a discussion that aims to demystify the world of cultural export and some of the sociopolitical factors driving it; explores how strategic decision-making at every stage in the production process can help to maximize a work's international potential; offers insights into international networks and relationship-building; and helps practitioners to communicate clearly about their work to potential buyers. 

Andrew Jones

International Arts Manager

Andrew Jones has 35 years’ hands-on experience in the design and management of successful cultural projects at different scales in an international context; and a demonstrable track-record for initiating and delivering complex arts initiatives in sometimes challenging political and socio-economic circumstances.

Andrew has a comprehensive understanding of contemporary performing arts practice in the UK and abroad, and extensive practical knowledge of related production and ‘backstage’ processes. He has brokered relationships between and worked in partnership with a wide and diverse range of arts practitioners and organizations, stakeholders, opinion-formers and policy-makers from grassroots to governmental level; and built a network of contacts spanning more than 60 countries, primarily across EU Europe and the former Soviet Bloc, North America, Central and North East Asia and the UK. A long-term member of IETM and an Arts Council Wales Associate.

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