The ITI, a promoter of cultural exchange world-wide, currently is the largest international network for the performing arts. As a non-governmental organisation created by UNESCO in 1948, it has offices in more than 100 countries. Its General Secretariat is based in Paris (UNESCO headquarters).

The German ITI develops and supports international cultural co-operation by providing information services, by organising international encounters, specialists’ conferences, theatre festivals (i.e. THEATER DER WELT in Germany), and workshops centred around various aspects of the performing arts. ITI Germany regularly publishes newsletters (IMPULSE), papers, and books.

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News: The German Centre of the ITI published recently the Documentation of the International Symposium "Performing Arts Report" Berlin, 2009. More...

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News: Ilona Copen, former president of the International Dance Committee of the International Theater Institute, passed away on Saturday, February 20th, 2010.

Ms. Copen was the founder of the New York International Ballet Competition and a champion of the exchange of ideas among dance companies around the world. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ms. Copen studied dance at the Juilliard School and performed with small modern-dance companies directed by Myra Kinch, Shirley Broughton, Katherine Litz and Jeff Duncan, among other choreographers. Yet her ambition to be a modern dancer was soon eclipsed by a desire to promote dance as a global art.

As president of the International Dance Committee of ITI from 1995 to 2008; she organized the closing ceremony of 30th ITI World Congress in Tampico, Mexico, in 2004, and produced four celebrations of International Dance Day in Paris. She also served on the boards of several dance companies and schools.
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The German ITI newsletter "impulse" is published three times a year (for the online issue "impulse" follow link at the right frame).

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