Bata's Aparajitas programme marks an ingenious attempt to get around these constraints.
All are being explored under a "future of work" programme marking the ILO's centenary in 2019.
That explains the presence of Balanchine's Rubies in this programme marking 40 years of Scottish Ballet.
The British Council programme, marking the bicentenary of Dickens' birth, which falls on 7 February 2012, will include film, performance, talks and debates in countries from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe.
And as they filed out, they found the skies over London pierced by a sword of light from the Artangel installation, part of the 1418 Now arts programme marking the centenary.
Swindon were outsiders of Holden Caulfield proportions, and even 20 years later, a regional programme marking the occasion talked of them "actually reaching the League Cup final, against every conceivable chance".
The programme marked the anniversary of the outbreak of war in August 1914, but with the approach of another Armistice day and in the shadow of Britain's continuing engagement in Iraq, the question seems, if anything, even more pertinent.
The Brighton installation, like the poppies, is part of the 1418-Now arts programme marking the centenary of the first world war and is a co-commission with the Brighton festival.
BBC2's Horizon programme, marking its 50th birthday this year, will kick off a month-long poll on Thursday asking viewers which issue the prize, developed and run by Nesta, the UK's innovation foundation, should aim to tackle.
Anti-war activists, pacifists and others are challenging the narrative of the official programme marking the centenary of the first world war with an alternative range of activities, some of which have received government funds.
