NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY – Transformative Policies for Dance

Name: NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY – Transformative Policies for Dance
Start: 2024-11-20T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-20T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Zagrebački plesni centar / Zagreb Dance Center

Schedule

Wed Nov 20 2024 at 10:00 am to 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Zagrebački plesni centar / Zagreb Dance Center | Zagreb, GZ

Nomad Dance Advocacy is an initiative of the Nomad Dance Academy platform, initiated in 2012 as a permanent program advocating for a more stable position and work conditions in the field of contemporary dance within the Balkan region.

Advocacy events take place in various cities throughout the region and gather artists, theoreticians, cultural workers and policy-makers with the intent to enable them to meet directly, communicate, and exchange experiences around the field of contemporary dance and the politics which concern it.

The event in Zagreb TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES FOR DANCE hosted by ANTISEZONA and co-hosted by Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia in the frame of Choreographic Convention: BODIES IN FREE FALL, as part of LLB3 EU project, is representing the closing of the circle of this long term project: previous events happened in Skopje (2012), Sofija (2015), Belgrade (2017), on tour through Ljubljana, Zagreb, Beograd, Skopje, and Sofija (2017), and in Ljubljana (2019).

The focus of this event is to create strong and inspired international discussion about present and future structures for dance art in current EU landscape, with accent on research (dance, choreography, performance) as agent of creating and imagining sustainable and inclusive future.

// Entrance is free. Due to the limited number of places in the audience, please confirm your attendance to [email protected] //

PROGRAM
///////10:00 - 10:40///////
WELCOME BY NOMAD AND ANTISEZONA
Moving Together: Who Are We and Why Are We Here? by Gisela Müller and Dejan Srhoj
///////10:45 - 13:00///////
ACTIVATING THE PRESENT OF DANCE: DISCUSSING CULTURAL POLICIES
The panel will discuss the positioning of contemporary dance in cultural and political strategies in the region. We will also explore the priorities for its development at the national and municipal levels and how these are being implemented in light of the acute needs and challenges facing the sector.
Speakers:
- Marijana Cvetković (Station - Service for contemporary dance, Belgrade), producer, curator, and activist
- Goran Sergej Pristaš (Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb; Working Group for Cultural Strategy and Development of the City of Zagreb), dramaturg, writer, professor, researcher, and curator
- Madeline Ritter (director of Bureau Ritter, Berlin), lawyer, arts programmer, and curator
- Nevena Tudor Perković (Directorate for Cultural and Artistic Development, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia)
Moderator:
Teja Reba (Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia, Ljubljana), independent performance maker, artistic director, and strategic advisor
///////13:00 - 14:00///////
Lunch
///////14:00 - 15:30///////
FUTURING: DANCE RESEARCH AS THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW DANCE INSTITUTION
We want to share ideas and examples of imagining and establishing a dance research institution that embodies the experiences and lessons learned in the dance field over the last 20 years. This panel will showcase research practices, community building, policy advocacy, sustainability, and other well-rooted, self-organised programs that have made dance in the region a credible and potent art and cultural practice.
Speakers:
- Franz Anton Cramer (Bureau Ritter, Berlin) independent dance scholar and archivist
- Bojana Cvejić (Oslo National Academy of Arts; Performing Arts Forum), dramaturg, researcher, writer, and professor
- Marjana Krajač (The Ohio State University), choreographer, dance theorist, and researcher
- Rok Vevar (Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia; Temporary Slovene Dance Archive, Ljubljana), dance curator, activist, and archivist
Moderator:
Alexandra Baybutt, (University College London), movement educator, researcher, artist, dramaturg, and creative pedagogue
///////15:30 - 15:45///////
Coffee break
///////15:45 - 17:15///////
NEW STRUCTURES FOR A NEW FUTURE - CALL FOR ACTION
Let’s create structures that care for artists and communities, are empowered by the knowledge accumulated in the dance field, and exemplify new models of production and intervention in society! Will this institution turn the paradigm of the traditional institution upside down by being inclusive, sensitive, and able to respond to the needs and life of the scene to which it belongs?
Speakers:
- Anna Efraimsson (theatre director of MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Stockholm), curator, producer, administrator, teacher, and dramaturg
- Matija Ferlin (artistic director of Istrian National Theatre, Pula), theatre director, choreographer, and performer
- Nina Gojić (Centre for Drama Art; Croatian Screenwriters and Playwrights Guild - SPID, Zagreb), independent dramaturg and writer
- Elena Novakovits (Athens), dramaturg, researcher, writer, and curator
- Iva Nerina Sibila (Antisezona, Zagreb), dance artist, writer, curator, and producer
Moderators:
- Dragana Alfirević (Nomad Dance Academy; CoFestival, Ljubljana), dancer, choreographer, curator, and teacher
- Igor Dobričić (K3 - Centre for Choreography; SNDO - School for New Dance Development; DAS Theatre, Amsterdam; Berlin), independent dramaturg, lecturer, and mentor
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Curatorial team of
NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY – Transformative Policies for Dance
Marjana Cvetković
Silvia Marchig
Gisela Müller
Iva Nerina Sibila
Jasmina Založnik
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The program is financed by the City of Zagreb Office for Culture, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, the Kultura nova Foundation and LLB3 EU project.
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Design: Niko Mihaljević