Spoffin Pro meeting 2012
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For accredited professionals from abroad and from Holland, Spoffin organizes a series of special meetings during the festival. Spoffin has a team of multilingual festival guides to assist the pro’s during their stay. All pro’s (both programmers and artists) can meet while they eat.
Saturday: What is programming?
On Saturday, August 25 from 11:00 till 13:00h there will be a brunch meeting for all pro’s attending the festival.
What is programming? What makes a programmer decide...
A panel discussion on criteria for a festival program, led by Chloë Dear (independant producer in Scotland, shortly moving to New Zealand), with
- Jerzy Zoń (Ulica Street Art Festival, Krákow, Poland)
- Kathrin Bahr (Bremen / Rotenburg, Germany)
- Jordi Duran i Roldós (FiraTàrrega, Catalunya / Spain)
- Mikey Martins (Norfolk & Norwich Festival, United Kingdom)
Confirmed participants
| Name | Festival/Organisation | Country |
| Bahr, Kathrin | zweifellos.net | Germany |
| Bakker, Onno | deCultuurwerf | Netherlands |
| Biaux, Anais | XTRAX | United Kingdom |
| Brouwer, Els | Stichting Theaterfestival Delft/Mooi Weer Spelen | Netherlands |
| Chlipalski, Piotr | International Street Artists Festival ULICZNICY / MANANA Production House | Poland |
| Dear, Chloë | Iron-Oxide | Scotland |
| Duran i Roldós, Jordi | FiraTàrrega | Spain |
| Egberts, Henk | Kunsten op Straat Zwolle | Netherlands |
| Eijsink, Peter | Festival De Deining | Netherlands |
| Gavosto, Fabrizio | Mirabilia | Italy |
| Geubel, Claudia | Entr'Act | Netherlands |
| Ghukasyan, Artur | HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival | Armenia |
| Gutierrez, Pilar | Free Art | Spain |
| Hayes, Lee | Perfect Pitch Productions | Nederland |
| Hogeweg, Koos | Fonds Podiumkunsten | Belgium |
| Hol, Joris | Joris Hol fotografie | Netherlands |
| Jean-Félix et Nathalie, Tirtiaux | Festival des Arts Forains | Belgium |
| Jurisic, Beba | ||
| Keymeulen, Kathleen | Cirk! Aalst | Belgium |
| Konijnenbelt, Alfred | Festival Spoffin | Netherlands |
| Künster, Marion | KulturManagement Marion Künster | Germany |
| Lange, Gerry | ||
| Maas, Prisca | Stichting Zomertheater Amersfoort | |
| Maquelin, Marc | Festival Onderstroom / De Cultuurwerf | Netherlands |
| Martins, Mikey | Norfolk and Norwich Festival | United Kingdom |
| Osojnik, Goro | Ana Desetnica, international street theatre festival | Slovenia |
| Pacewicz, Karolina | International Street and Open-Air Festival FETA | Poland |
| Philippe, Macret | Cirque Jules Verne - Pôle national cirque et arts de la rue | France |
| Podpomogova, Yevgenia | HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival | Armenia |
| Shine, Jeremy | Manchester International Arts | United Kingdom |
| Thörling, Emily | Groundfloor Production | Sweden |
| Twardowska, Aleksandra | International Street and Open-Air Festival FETA | Poland |
| van Bokhoven, Corné | Zomertheater Amersfoort / Spoffin | Netherlands |
| van den Berg, Sylvia | Fries StraatFestival | Netherlands |
| van Lange, Jannet | Reuring Festival | Netherlands |
| Verhulst, Mariska | Buro V | Netherlands |
| Wilson, Frank | Event International Co Ltd | United Kingdom |
| Zoń, Jerzy | KTO Theatre | Poland |
Sunday: Pitch of Plans
Artists will get the opportunity to present plans for new work for 2013 in the Pitch of Plans on Sunday, August 26 from 11:00 till 13:00h for an audience of festival organisers from Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, England, France, Italy, Spain and Israel.
In maximum 3 minutes you can tell, beam, project, let us hear or show what the audiences can expect next year. After the Pitch we will organize a ‘meet while we eat’ with all artists and professionals. This way you can attract co-producers, residencies, early buyers or gigs.
Current list of participating pitchers
- Adrian Schvarzstein (Spain)
- HipSick Unusual theatre (Netherlands)
- Woest (Netherlands)
- Enterart (Netherlands)
- Tristan Kruithof (Netherlands)
- Komma 4 (Netherlands)
- Fabien Gruau (France)
- Movers (Netherlands)
- Jay Toor (Germany)
- Sandra Ndebele (Zimbabwe)
- Anneke Jakobs (Netherlands)
- Eva van Welzenis (Netherlands)
- Aardlek (Netherlands)
- Schweigman& (Netherlands)
- Waterlanders (Netherlands)
- Jochen Stechmann (Netherlands)
- Hanneke de Jong & Jonas de Witte (Netherlands)
Registration for the Pitch of Plans is closed.
Catering: Spoffin Meet & Eat @KAdECafé
Lunch: daily 12:00-14:30h.
Dinner: daily 17:00-20:00h.
Don’t hesitate to contact Casper de Vries, Spoffin PRO coordinator, if you have any questions.

