Art without borders

From dance to live art, the challenges of international collaboration can result in inventive and unexpected outcomes.
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From the relationship between writer and editor, to a playwright’s script as interpreted by director, dramaturg, actors and designers, good art is often about collaboration – and international collaborations can be the most demanding of all.

But despite – or perhaps because of – having to negotiate such complicating factors as language barriers, multiple time zones, cultural differences, and the tyranny of distance, international collaborations can also be remarkably rewarding.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts