I am part of the Festival TransAmériques de Montréal. This summer, we will be hosting a German dance company that will be presenting a major show. There has been very significant collaboration with the Goethe Institute, to make it possible for the show to be presented in Ottawa and Montreal. Also, a Chilean company will be presenting two small shows. Now, one can hardly say that Chile is a rich country. Yet it has just created an organization whose sole purpose is to promote its artists on the international scene. It provides very significant funding so that these performances can occur.
When we go to all these festivals, we meet up with our international partners and work on securing venues and presentation opportunities for artists and their works. All countries contribute to ensuring those opportunities exist.