Up Close - Performance Festival presented 12 new performances in historic settings in the Classen Library in the city center of Copenhagen, June 2020. The festival was initiated by the New Carlsberg Foundation as a contribution to the reopening of the Danish art scene and to support performance art in a time of limited opportunities for artists to perform. More than 30 performers participated in the festival; artists, dancers, actors, singer, musicians, composers, percussionists, accordionists, trompetists and pianists. 4 days composed of daily programs presenting 3 performances in a row. Participating artists Esben Weile Kjær and Emma Rosenzweig, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Hannah Toticki Anbert, Jacob Kirkegaard and Katinka Fogh Vindelev, Molly Haslund, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang, Louise Alenius, Charlotte Østergaard, Jesper Just and August Rosenbaum, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Maja Lee Langvad and Kristina Nya Glaffey, Tim Matiakis and Astrid Elbo.