connect connect A mentorship initiative and laboratory of the contemporary in the performing arts Mentors: Alain Platel, René Pollesch, Philippe Quesne and Ong Ken SengCONNECT CONNECT is a newly designed mentorship initiative to support emerging artists in the field of performing arts in Europe. Its goal is open up a new realm of experience and development for artists in a special "CONNECT CONNECT" setting. It examines – by mentorship and artistic means – the artistic transnational and intercultural dialog within four new theatre productions and its presentations in six European countries. At the same time it provides impulses for the younger theater generation in five steps: 1. European wide well-known and experienced theater makers each select two young colleagues – who work together to create a new performing arts work. 2. Each mentor accompanies the conceptual and rehearsal process of the two artists chosen by him. 3. These new productions will then be realized in a network of theatres and festivals of different European countries. 4. The new theatre works will be presented to the general public of a wide range of European countries. 5. Mentors, young artists and producers exchange their experience in a workshop/symposiumObjectives:To sensitize established artists from different backgrounds (mentors) to the successive generation of artists.To install a project inherent intercultural and transnational dialogue between mentors and younger artists.To make available to young artists the expertise of experienced theater artists (mentors). To publicize this model for supporting artists to a European professional theater community.To give young artists who have already presented their first promising works the opportunity to present a new work on an European level, co-produced by renowned theaters and festivals.To ensure that young theater artists receive a greater attention in connection with the names of the established theatre makers.