The Dutch performing arts practice is tightly intertwined with the international performing arts scene. Makers, companies, venues and festivals connect with foreign-based partners in countless ways. The Performing Arts Fund NL encourages those connections in a number of ways. Grants and programmes support the activities of makers and organisations. The Fund also focuses on the international promotion of performing arts from the Netherlands.

International promotion
The Performing Arts Fund NL actively promotes Dutch performing arts internationally, for which purpose it works closely with partners inside and outside the Netherlands. The Fund conducts international promotional campaigns to increase the visibility of a specific genre (dance, theatre or music theatre, or music) with international potential in a certain country or region. The campaigns aim to intensify contacts between Dutch makers and international venues and festivals. The goal is generally to achieve an exchange, so that Dutch performing arts are presented abroad and the results of international collaborations are presented on stage in the Netherlands.

As a permanent feature of the campaigns, the Fund organises international visitors’ programmes in collaboration with festivals in the Netherlands. This gives international programmers an opportunity to get to know a select range of Dutch performances, either live or via the internet. A campaign also comprises international residencies, exchange projects and showcases.