What have the pandemic times taught us beyond the fragility of our ecosystems? What can we learn from each other and pass on to new generations?  

Trans-missions has been the umbrella notion of our Autumn Plenary Meeting, from 21 to 24 October 2021. Co-organised by a diverse team of artists, cultural professionals and students based in France with the support of the Préfet de la Région Auvergne Rhône - Alpes, Ville de Lyon and Grand Lyon La Métropole, the Plenary took place in Lyon, and more broadly in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Although fragile, this IETM Plenary Meeting has been led with determination and commitment to a large extent by a team of volunteers and will therefore be experimental, unpredictable and audacious.

IETM Lyon 2021 was organised as an Open Forum that provided a free space to invent, together, processes, methods and other modes of transfer which can serve our performing arts ecosystem, in a sustainable way. 

Hosted in different places all over the city of Lyon, this Open Forum Plenary has invited participants to create the discussions jointly at the beginning of each day – propose topics and questions, inspired by the notion of Trans-missions. We made sure there was ample space for informal networking and exchange. Because this is mostly what this meeting was about : meeting again and sharing this unique experience together! It has also been an opportunity to celebrate the 40th anniversary of our network, which held its first formal meeting in France in 1981.

The Plenary also offered an online programme including online talks, keynote speeches, speed-dating sessions and more. Maximum capacity: 200 participants