About Sarma

Mission

ENGLISH - Sarma is an artistic and discursive laboratory for criticism, dramaturgy, research and creation in the field of dance and beyond. Sarma collects and organizes discursive practices. By compiling author based or thematically related text anthologies, published online on our website. But also by curating festivals, by providing dramaturgical assistance to performers, by organizing workshops, discussions, lectures, installations and research projects. Sarma is a breeding ground for artists and theoreticians to collaborate on shared problems and premises. Sarma aims for artistic work- and presentation formats that are inspiring to all.

NEDERLANDS - Sarma is een werkplaats voor kritiek, onderzoek, dramaturgie en creatie, aansluitend bij het veld van de hedendaagse dans en performance, maar met een grote openheid voor andere disciplines. Sarma verzamelt en organiseert discursieve praktijken. Enerzijds door het samenstellen en online publiceren van auteursanthologieën en/of thematische tekstcollecties. Anderzijds door op te treden als curator en door het faciliteren van performances, discussies, workshops, lezingen, installaties en onderzoeksprojecten. Sarma is een broedplaats waar kunstenaars en theoretici vanuit gedeelde vraagstellingen samenwerken.

History

Sarma was initiated in 2000 by Myriam Van Imschoot, a former Belgian dance critic and now a dance scholar, and Jeroen Peeters, a dance critic and a dramaturg. Caroline Derycke, Peter De Jonge, Lara Rogiers and Goran Proot have assisted them with the foundation of the structure.

Partners

Sarma's first years of existence have been made possible by a network of partners. For their support and their concern in dance and performance discourse, Sarma is most grateful to: Beursschouwburg, Dans in Kortrijk, Dans in Limburg, deSingel, Digitaal Brussel, Kaaitheater, Klapstuk, Kunst/Werk, Monty, Nadine, Springdance, Vlaams Theater Instituut, Vooruit, wp Zimmer.

Currently, Sarma is logistically supported by Digitaal Brussel and the Flemish Theatre Institute, and receives subsidies from the Flemish Community Commission. From 2010 Sarma will be collaborating intensively with WorkSpaceBrussels and this liaison is structurally supported by the Flemish Authorities.