Szene Salzburg

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A cultural organisation known for its Sommerszene Festival presenting theatre and dance. It runs a theater with 600 seats in the centre of Salzburg.

Geschichte

SZENE Salzburg has been a major factor in Salzburg’s cultural and public life for more than 30 years. The non-profit organisation is best known for its annual sommerszene festival, taking place in June/July and presenting international dance, theatre, performance, visual arts and music.
Furthermore SZENE runs the cultural centre republic with more than 300.000 visitors and approximately 400 events per year. The full-year programmed venue brings music concerts, theatre and comedy shows, clubbings and parties as well as contemporary performing art projects into the city.
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SZENE also supports artistic production processes. It offers artist residencies including working space and public showings and provides a studio for creative development and rehearsals.
The European artist network advancing performing arts project was founded by SZENE and the biennial program Performing New Europe dedicated to this network takes place in January. https://www.facebook.com/apapnet.eu

"Die SZENE Salzburg ist ein dynamischer und pulsierender kultureller Hot Spot in der Salzburger Altstadt. Bis zu 700 Besucher genießen im multifunktionellen Theaterraum vielfältige Events aus allen künstlerischen Genres: Theater, Lesungen, Konzerte, Tanz, Kabarett, ... Zudem ist das Haus Zentrum der Sommerszene. Dieses jährliche Festival präsentiert hochkarätige Produktionen vor allem aus der zeitgenössischen darstellenden Kunst und gehört zu den Fixpunkten im europäischen Festivalkalender. Das angeschlossenne SZENE Lokal ist ein beliebter Treffpunkt in der Innenstadt.SZENE is a cutural associaton presenting an annual dance/theatre festival, running a theatre 600 seatings and accomodating a popular bar in the centre of Salzburg."