The Belgrade Dance Institute will host the European project “Dunavska plesna alijansa” (Danube Dance Alliance) from November 13th to 15th. The project brings together partners from eight institutions across six countries in the region: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
This is the fourth and final meeting within the project, following previous meetings held at Delavski dom in Trbovlje and Dom kulture Velenje in Slovenia, as well as the Mediterranean Dance Centre in Svetvinčenat, Croatia. The project concludes with preparations for the premiere of the choreographers’ dance projects, which will be held next May as part of the Solo Festival in Belgrade, followed by performances in other cities in the region.
Through the “Danube Dance Alliance” project, choreographers Aleksandar Ilić, Ognjen Vučinić, Maša Kolar, Nik Rajšek, and Branko Mitrović are reviving public spaces through the language of contemporary dance, and in collaboration with dancers, opening new perspectives of space as a stage for performing arts to the audience.
The Belgrade premiere of the dance performance “Forgotten Presence / Return to the Source” will be staged at the “Youth” fountain in front of the Museum of Yugoslavia. Other performances will be realized at the Bentbaša pool in Sarajevo, in the mine in Velenje, in the abandoned chimney in Trbovlje, and in the open space of Žlinja in Svetvinčenat.
A common element of all choreographies is that the performances are filmed in authentic spaces and combined into a unique project that will be shown in all partner cities using VR technology.
As part of the Belgrade meeting, the Belgrade Dance Institute is also organizing a series of workshops in which students from all departments will participate. In cooperation with the Greek choreographer Alex Kross and the Slovenian multimedia artist Enya Belak, students will present new achievements in contemporary dance expression through combination with VR technology.
The “Danube Dance Alliance” project represents an important step in connecting artists, institutions, and audiences in the region through contemporary dance and new technologies. With this meeting, Belgrade positions itself as a significant artistic center that actively contributes to the development of the European dance scene and opens up space for new forms of cooperation and creative expression.
The complete program of the “Danube Dance Alliance” project will be presented on Friday, November 14th, at the Belgrade Dance Institute premises at a press conference to be held at 12:30 PM in the ceremonial hall of the Belgrade Dance Institute, Bulevar vojvode Mišića 43.
The project is financed through the Creative Europe program of the European Union.
[Photo by Aleksandra Timofejev]
