From 22 to 24 October in Ingolstadt, Germany, the Kaleidoscope Culture Festival will bring together students, teachers, and partners from the ACE²-EU European University Alliance for an international cultural event celebrating diversity, creativity, and collaboration across Europe. Under the theme “The Voices of Europe Today,” the festival will highlight the cultural richness and shared spirit of the Alliance community, offering a vibrant experience of contemporary European voices.
Over three days, the programme will feature a wide variety of activities – workshops, performances, exhibitions, concerts, and interactive experiences – showcasing the creative cooperation between students and lecturers from alliance universities. Participants will include representatives from Latvian Academy of Culture (Latvia), Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (Germany), Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (Portugal), Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Spain), Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu (Romania), Goce Delčev University in Štip (North Macedonia), Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny (Poland) and Lietuvos Inžinerijos Kolegija (Lithuania).
The festival workshops and performances will offer insights into various cultural traditions and their contemporary interpretations, inviting participants to explore culture through senses, sounds, tastes, and movement. Attendees will take part in creative sessions on culinary heritage and sustainability, the revival of traditional games and folklore in modern art, collaborative theatre and dance practices, and the diverse expressions of European culture through languages, symbols, and storytelling.
The artistic programme will include dance, theatre, and music performances created by international creative teams. The line-up will feature contemporary dance pieces, classical and rock concerts, poetry and language performances, and elements of improvisational theatre, all showcasing the power of co-creation and the breaking of cultural boundaries.
The exhibition and visual arts section will present traditional costumes, visual installations, digital stories, and artworks reflecting on cultural identity and the reinterpretation of stereotypes. Visitors will be able to explore exhibitions such as “Languages of the World”, “Traditional Kashubian Costumes”, “Romanian Traditional Costumes”, and “Traditions Reimagined: Folklore on Cardboard”, among others created in collaboration with students.
The festival will conclude with a showcase concert “United in Performance”, combining music, dance, and theatre, as well as the ACE²-EU Congress, which will reflect on shared experiences and outline future cultural and educational initiatives within the alliance.
For more information about the ACE²-EU Alliance and planned activities, visit: https://www.ace2eu.eu/
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