ENCOUNTER BALKANS
April 22nd-28th, 2018
Ljubljana – Zagreb – Belgrade – Skopje – Sofia

The region of Balkans (ex-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria) is known for huge political turbulences, heart-warming people, good food and great party. In the last decade(s) the contemporary performing art scenes have developed into the formats of independent scenes, public-private and international-local forms of cooperation as well as the clusters of artistic-entrepreneur organisms. Some significant new festivals and new spaces have been established, which enable new artistic expression to grow and that are worth seeing.

This nomadic trip is an opportunity to visit several locations in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia and Bulgaria. The tour will star in Ljubljana and end in Sofia, Encounter organized by Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture,European Dancehouse Networkand Nomad Dance Academy. It takes place in the framework of the activities of the EDN network co-financed by the EU Creative Europe programme.

This activity was proposed in the new EU project supported by the program Creative Europe. In the application Progressing the EDN Network was enriched by the diversity of its membership, to gain and develop from the knowledge exchange and intelligence gathering that resonates beyond the immediate reach of the membership.  One of the main key objective is to Extend reach through encouraging dialogue, being open and flexible to new global challenges facing dance and civil society.

The idea is to share the information and enable practical physical experience, by visiting places and getting to know people and structures and program with the aim of getting acquainted with existing potentials, as opposed to the idea of looking for what is lacking in the region.

More information can be found here.