General

Aarhus Festival
Since the mid-1960s, the Aarhus Festival has been one of Scandinavia’s largest and most wide-ranging festivals with a programme covering all genres, including both top international names and local talent. Theatre, classical and contemporary music, dance, opera, visual arts, local cultural events, sport and popular events.
The theme of the annual festival (“Womania” in 2006) is art by women and about women.  A new director will be appointed after the 2006 festival.  Therefore, the theme for 2007 is pending.
City: Aarhus
Dates: 29. august – 7. september 2008 (Annually - first week in September)
Organiser: Aarhus Festuge, The City of Aarhus

Copenhagen Biennale
Copenhagen International Theatre (KIT), which has been a driving force in the field of international performing arts in Denmark for more than 25 years, will be initiating a new Biennale in 2007.
With more than 40 festivals to its credit, KIT is planning an eclectic programme of cutting-edge cross-cultural and site-specific works from 20 of the most interesting theatre companies in the world today. The aim is to mount 100 artistic productions in 10 years to highlight the state of the world in the 21st century.
City: Copenhagen
Dates: June – July 2007, 2009
Organiser: Copenhagen International Theatre (KIT) (the current artistic team consists of founder Trevor Davies, programme co-ordinator Katrien Verwilt, and communication co-ordinator Hans Christian Gimbel).

International Performance Festival Odense
This biennial festival, first held in Odense in 1997, presents a broad range of performance art, a cross-over of traditional art categories such as visual art, music, theatre, dance, poetry, film, and video. The festival is a collaboration among a number of local art institutions, including The Funen Academy, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik [The Brandts Klædefabrik Art Gallery] and The Carl Nielsen Academy of Music.
City: Odense
Dates: August – September 2007 (Biennial)
Organiser: The Funen Academy of Art (among others)

New Circus Festival
A seasonal programme – initiated in 2006 – of top international new circus acts defining this new genre, intended as an inspiration for Danish artists.
City: Copenhagen
Dates: August 2007
Organiser: KIT with support from the Danish Arts Council

P@RT Platform
The first international platform for performing arts aimed at international promoters and programmers will be held this October. Three days of performances, showcases, and meetings with leading Danish artists. Drama, dance, performance, new circus.
City: Copenhagen
Dates: October 5 – 8, 2006
Organiser: Copenhagen International Theatre (KIT) in collaboration with the Danish Arts Agency

Transit - International Women's Theatre Festival
Transit is an international theatre festival and meeting directed by Julia Varley, one of the founders of The Magdalena Project, a network of women in contemporary theatre that exists since 1986.
Transit and The Magdalena Project aim to set up opportunities for women to explore new approaches to theatre making that reflect more profoundly their own experiences and political priorities as women.
City: Holstebro
Dates: January 18 - 28, 2007
Organiser: Odin Teatret

Waves
Waves is an international dance and performance art festival, held every other year in Vordingborg (100 kilometres south of Copenhagen).  The festival is hosted by the international performance art theatre Cantabile 2, headed by Italian director Nullo Facchini. Waves attracts a great many guest companies from abroad – often cantering around a theme.  The theme for the 2005 festival was Latino International Dance & Performance. Will be held for the 9th time in 2007.
City: Vordingborg
Dates: August 2008 (Biennial)
Organiser: Cantabile 2


Children

Caravan – An International Childrens' Festival
Caravan is a festival that travels through large parts of Denmark with national and international theatre productions for children, young people and adults. In 2005, the festival extended from western Zealand to Funen to the greater Århus area. The programme also offers workshops and symposia.
City: A score of cities in Denmark
Dates: August 28th - September 9th 2008 - (Biennale)
Organiser: Fair Play Theatre

Childrens’ Theatre Festival
The festival has existed since 1971 and is the largest annual children’s theatre festival in Denmark. The festival, which takes place in different cities every year, attracts a large number of international visitors.  More than 100 professional theatres for children and young people from all over Denmark put on more than 150 different theatre productions over the course of a week.  In all, there are about 450 performances – all free of charge – for school children and other enthusiasts.  From Thursday to Sunday, a special program is arranged for the many representatives from abroad.
City: Næstved
Dates:  April 6th – 13th, 2008 (Annual)
Organiser: The Theatre Centre in collaboration with the host municipalities

Copenhagen Puppet Festival
Copenhagen Puppet Festival is a thought-provoking world of fun. The festival will introduce new facets of puppetry to a wider audience. A number of the big shots on the international puppet scene alongside  young Danish performers will  show that puppetry in Denmark is not only alive and kicking but also an artform in and an artgenre in a violent progress of change.
Various genres of puppetry – shadow-, rod-, marionette- and hand puppets, will be followed up by debates, films and talks. The ultimate purpose is to create a space where puppeteers, enthusiasts, organisers and newcomers to the world of puppetry can meet and share experience and fun.
City: Copenhagen
Dates: February 11th - 15th, 2009
Organiser: Copenhagen Puppet Festival is arranged by Kultur Vesterbro og Børnekulturstedet i samarbejde med UNIMA-Danmark, TeaterHuset og Nordland Visual Theatre.

DANISH+ - Aarhus Performing Arts Festival for Children and Young People
The showcase DANISH+ is a showcase of professional Danish performing arts companies for children and young people. DANISH+ invites theatre representative and presenters from around the world to come to Aarhus for this exclusive opportunity to witness end experience the very best Danish performing arts for children and young people have to offer.
For this exclusive showcase the board of directors have handpicked only 15-20 productions; the best of Danish contemporary performing arts for children and people.
In addition to performances of a very high quality, DANISH+ provides occasions for networking, socialising, accommodation and a comprehensive delegate pack for each participant.
City: Aarhus
Dates: April 14th-15th, 2008
Organisers: Gruppe 38, Det Lille Turnéteater, Asterions Hus

Festival of Wonder - Silkeborg International Puppet Theatre Festival
Festival of Wonder: Silkeborg International Puppetfestival present puppet-, object-, and visual theatre for adults and for children in a cross-cultural an innovative context. The festival is always following the international development within this field of theatre and accordingly aim to present the most interesting performances of the world today.
At each festival there is organised a showcase of the most innovative and high quality performances within Danish puppet-, object-, and visual theatre for children. The showcase is aimed at international festival directors and presenters and creates a forum of interesting meetings and debates.
Workshops for professionals, films and exhibitions are an important part of Festival of Wonder.
The festival also cooperates with Tucholsky Connection, an informal network of international festival directors of the most respected international festivals as well as local and national institutions such as The Artscentre Silkeborg Bad and Performers House.
City: Silkeborg
Dates: November 7th - 11th 2007.
Organisers: A number of local cultural- and artinstitutions. Artistic director: Ulla Dengsøe
More info: www.festivalofwonder.dk 

Horsens Childrens' Theatre Festival
Festival with over 40 participating children’s theatres, held over three days.  The festival functions as a trade show for the theatre branch.  More than 13,000 tickets are distributed to buyers, theatre people, and the general public – children and adults alike.  15 venues, with Horsens Ny Teater at the head, play host to approximately 150 performances.  The programme is aimed at all age groups.
City: Horsens
Dates: September 14th - 16th, 2007 (Annual)
Organiser: Municipality of Horsens, the Cultural and Recreational Administration

Spring Festival
New international children’s theatre festival in Copenhagen. For five days, Dansescenen, Krudttønden and the area around the square Øster Fælled Torv, and other places, are transformed into a Mecca of theatre, dance, modern circus and other types of performing arts intended for children and young people.
SpringFestival 2007 presents a wide selection of genres within modern performing arts for children and young people: speech-based shows, dance shows, musical theatre shows, performance theatre, puppet theatre and productions that utilise the electronic media.
Denmark is famous for its children’s theatre, which is unique worldwide. But other countries also create amazing theatre performances for children and young people, which the audience in Denmark sadly rarely gets the opportunity to experience. SpringFestival shows the best from Denmark and other countries.
City: Copenhagen
Dates: April, 2007 on Østerbro in Copenhagen.
Organiser: Corona la Balance