International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM)


IETM, fully International network for contemporary performing arts is a cultural network for performing arts organizations and individual members working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide. Established in 1981 in Polverigi, Italy, during the Festival of Polverigi, the network had its first meeting on 15 October 1981, at the Théâtre Gérard Philippe, Paris.
IETM host peer-to-peer learning, exchanges and dialogues at events, commissions publications and research, and provides network for performing arts professionals on her website. IETM hold two plenary meetings a year in different European cities and smaller meetings all over the world.

Membership

IETM is a based network focusing on contemporary performing arts. Since its formation, the network have over 530 members in more than 60 countries worldwide, this include festivals, companies, producers, theaters, research and resource centers, Independent artist, Artist Collective, universities and institutional bodies. Membership fee of the network is based on annual turnover of your member organization’s or members freelance activities

Projects and Activities

IETM is frequently involved in various European and international projects, functioning as an organizer and as a collaborator. Objectives of these projects ranges from creating new knowledge, explore relevant topics, and to address the needs of both its members and the sector in general. is an EU-funded project that aims to rethink cross-border performing arts in a more inclusive, sustainable and balanced way, across the 40 Creative Europe countries and the UK. The aim of Perform Europe is to collectively test and design a future European support scheme for cross-border touring and digital distribution of the performing arts.Over 18 months, Perform Europe will explore and test sustainable touring practices – on artistic, human, social, economic and ecological levels.