PERYPEZYE URBANE is an engaged and committed cultural organization. Our mission is to foster research and education on cross-media arts (performing arts and media), [digital] cultures and dance production.
Founded in 2005 and based in Milan, Perypezye Urbane has been active in the field of cross-media, performing arts and cultural policies. We have also been organizing artistic residencies in the field of contemporary dance since 2010. Perypezye Urbane enriches its experience often in collaboration with Italian public institutions such as Municipality of Milan, Province of Milan, Lombardy Region.
Between 2010 and 2011 on the internet platform www.danceme.eu 6 dance performances are produced by as many young dance authors. About 30 dance performances have been produced through DanceMe, which have been circulating in national and international festivals.
Main activities carried out by Perypezye Urbane: production and circuiting of dance performances produced by emerging choreographers; realization of workshops on digital cultures; realization of exhibitions and events dedicated to video dance; information activities on the world of dance.
The European Culture projects already organized by Perypezye Urbane are:
– in 2010, Studio 28 Tv, a web tv supported by European Commission and Fondazione Cariplo (Italy). Studio28 Tv is a cultural web tv created by Perypezye Urbane, acknowledged and supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture. It aimed to follow the Green Paper agenda as well as Europe 2020 strategy: “a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth”. Studio28 Tv aims to disseminate relevant cultural policy information through the process of Internet sharing and it is designated for containing cultural contents, including amateur video clips, web-only productions or any “eyewitness” events that can be also caught on video and “gone viral”. In doing so, we want to empower people by developing their skills throughout the lifecycle with a view to increase labour participation and better match.
– in 2011, S28 Mag, a web magazine focused on the analysis of cultural policies, both from Italian and European perspectives;
– in September 2012 Studio28 Tv was leading partner of the Europe Cooperation project “Web Tvs for European Culture”: a network among organizations from Berlin, Malaga, Malta, Tirana (Culture 2007-2013 Program).
– since 2018 Perypezye has been supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture thanks to the app DanceMe – now recognized as an official tool for dance production and education – which allows to share artists’s creative process with audience;
-since 2020 Perypezye is leading partner of DanceMe UP supported by Creative Europe with a network composed by 10 partners from 5 countries (Finland, Iceland, Germany, France and Italy).
Perypezye Urbane uses technology (web tv + ICT) to create educational projects and video formats. It has been developing training programmes for adults within the framework of Erasmus + programme (KA1), working with different target groups (women, unemployed people, artists, cultural operator, young people, etc.). Our staff includes a network of education professionals, artists and cultural operators who design, produce video formats and tutorize varied training offer at the regional, national and international level.
Perypezye Urbane and Studio28 Tv are acknowledged and supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture, by Fondazione Cariplo and European Commission.
