Asian Network of Major Cities 21
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Arts and Culture |
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Tokyo |
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Delhi, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (7 cities participating) |
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Asian performing Arts Festival (1) introduces Asia’s performing arts to promote mutual understanding and cultural exchange, (2) encourages networking of performing arts experts to raise the standard of performing arts and achieve the creation of innovative artistic expressions, (3) identifies emerging talents and excellent performing arts pieces to develop a market for global distribution. In undertaking these tasks, the project will contribute to the promotion of arts and cultures in Asia in the 21st century. |
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(1) Promoting Asian performing arts and cultural exchange (2) Raising the standard of performing arts in Asia (3) Forming a market for distributing such pieces globally |
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Description (host city) |
Participating cities (No. of cities) |
2002 |
1st Asian Performing Arts Festival (Tokyo) | Beijing, Delhi, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (8) |
2003 |
2nd Asian Performing Arts Festival (Delhi) | Beijing, Delhi, Seoul, Tokyo (4) |
2004 |
3rd Asian Performing Arts Festival (Hanoi) | Beijing, Hanoi, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Bangkok (6) |
2005 |
(No implementation) | |
2006 |
4th Asian Performing Arts Festival (Taipei) | Delhi, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (5) |
2007 |
5th Asian Performing Arts Festival (Asian Performing Arts Festival Showcase 2007) (Manila) |
Delhi, Hanoi, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (6) |
2008 |
6th Asian Performing Arts Festival (Kuala Lumpur) | Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Bangkok(special participation) (6) |
2009 |
7th Asian Performing Arts Festival (Tokyo) | Hanoi, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (4) |
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