The Faculty of Engineering Management and the Belgrade Dance Institute will participate as partners in the realization of the European project D.Dance Alliance, which is supported by the European Commission.
The project aims to improve contemporary dance in the Danube region by establishing the Danube Dance Alliance through innovative, modular and hybrid international co-productions.
As a step towards long-term cooperation and business model, the project will involve 8 transdisciplinary organizations from Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the development of an international co-production focused on contemporary dance.
The co-production will combine contemporary dance with new technologies, theatre, performance art, puppetry, architecture and urban design, tourism and regional development, creating a modular performance that will be available as live, VR or hybrid performance. The production will be jointly developed through 10 workshops of cooperation with local communities in 5 cities (Trbovlje, Velenje, Svetvinčenat, Belgrade, Sarajevo), including over 50 international artists and 11,000 local creatives, artisans, businesses and individuals, using local resources. The developed co-production will be performed live in 5 locations, while the VR experience will tour 10 more cities in the Danube region, directly involving over 6,200 spectators in contemporary dance.
The project fits perfectly into the Creative Europe programme, emphasizing cultural diversity, economic potential and innovation in the cultural and creative sectors. Essentially, the project aims to create an international alliance for the development of the contemporary dance scene in the region, promoting sustainability and encouraging international collaborations across disciplines.
The innovative use of technology, collaborative practices and commitment to sustainable development highlight the project’s potential to make a lasting impact on the contemporary dance landscape in the Danube region and beyond.
The primary focus of the project is on the Danube region, as covered by the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, which includes both EU and non-EU countries, with the aim of improving cooperation, but also promoting cultural and other EU policies, especially the “New European Bauhaus” Initiative. In this way, the project directly contributes to the EU’s global strategy for international relations through culture, building a bridge to the candidate countries from the Western Balkans, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also to Ukraine and Moldova through the “New European Bauhaus on the Danube” network.