European Dancehouse Network is pleased to announce we have been selected for the European Union funding (Network Strand) with the project EDNext 2022-2024. Find a summary of the objectives and the upcoming activities below. This granted funding would not be made possible without the input of our members and their constructive ideas.
Background
Building on the success of its two previous European Networks projects, the European Dancehouse Network (EDN) will continue to expand the reach and impact of both its network and activities with its new Creative Europe funded project EDNext 2022 - 2024.
Through capacity-building, networking, knowledge & skills exchange, research and advocacy actions, EDNext will contribute to the realisation of a more sustainable and inclusive European dance sector that creates positive impact for contemporary dance professionals and organisations, local communities and audiences, and society more broadly.
EDN’s central mission for 2022-2024 is to discuss, implement and promote sustainable ways of working in and with the contemporary dance sector by facilitating cooperation between European contemporary dance professionals, organisations, other stakeholders and partners. To this end, EDNext facilitates a space for exchange to address current themes and challenges collectively and promote the relevance of contemporary dance in societies.
In particular, EDNext will focus on three specific, interconnected themes: Sustainability (in 2022), Equity (2023) and Well-Being (2024).
Activities
EDNext will include several different types of activities that we have tried and tested in our previous projects.
Atelier
Atelier is a platform of workshops, trainings and other meetings designed for sector professionals (dancers, choreographers, dramaturgs, curators, dance administrators and leaders, etc.) and cross-sectoral peers to engage a wide range of relevant topics and themes. Ateliers have two strands, one focused on training and increasing competencies and knowledge within the network and sector and one focused on tackling topics through think tanks and colloquiums, inviting expert and public participation.
Carte Blanche
Carte Blanche Staff Exchange creates opportunities for EDN members' administrative staff to visit other members and share knowledge, experience and best practices, increasing professional and organisational capacities. Carte Blanche Artists Exchange is an opportunity for artists to exchange their artistic practice and develop new ways of working, sharing views and experiences with working conditions and existing structures in the contemporary dance field. Carte Blanche is part of EDNext’s capacity building strand.
Encounter
Encounter provides opportunities for EDN members to visit and exchange best practices and stimulate creativity with dance professionals and organisations outside the Network, mainly outside Europe. New in EDNext will also be the opportunity to invite partners to come to Europe, creating a two-way flow. Of particular importance here is the network's intention to shift away from a Eurocentric perspective and to embrace a model of collaboration and knowledge sharing that recognises and celebrates the wealth of experience and expertise elsewhere in the world.
Research
Each year, the project aims to investigate important thematic topics relevant to the sector and disseminate the findings. The research and publication draws from documentation of thematic activities (Ateliers, Forums, working group meetings), data collection methods in creating inventory of good practices and proposes a list of policy recommendations. Selected findings are used for the yearly advocacy campaign that leads towards the end-of-the-year online conference.
EDN Think-in
EDN Think-in is a yearly strategic planning meeting involving all members and dancehouse leaders who actively participate in the steering of the network by taking part in its research and advocacy efforts, sharing and informing on the recent developments locally, nationally and internationally within the sector and beyond.
Campaign
Based on the data collected from the research, the EDN curatorial team chooses the topic for the campaign, raising awareness about a thematically relevant issue. The campaign is launched together with the research publication and builds toward the final annual conference to present the outcomes.
Conference
The yearly closing online event with participants from within and beyond the network and sector, addressing burning issues for the sector as well as for society and culture more broadly and presenting the outcomes of all annual project activities. The conference is particularly focused on reaching and exchanging knowledge and best practices with those outside the network and sector, in particular policy-makers and stakeholders, critical for ensuring the awareness about the sector and its ongoing relevance.
Focus in 2022: Sustainability
The sustainability theme will include activities that promote greater sustainability in the contemporary dance sector in terms of ecological sustainability as well as sustainability for both dance organisations and professionals. The focus on ecological sustainability includes better understanding and minimising the sector's carbon footprint, recognising the opportunity to contribute to the developing and disseminating both new and existing sustainability measures. For contemporary dance organisations (including EDN members), promoting organisational sustainability means boosting the sector’s organisational capacity, visibility, and leverage to influence cultural policy on a local, national, and European level and to raise awareness and secure additional financial support, especially through advocacy. For dance professionals, promoting career sustainability means providing opportunities to create and to develop and deepen professional competences, design sustainable mobility models, fair compensation, and fair working conditions so that dance professionals could enjoy healthy, stable and fulfilling careers.
EDNext Activities in 2022
Working Groups - March & April (with hosting members Derida Dance Center, Duncan Dance Research Center, HELLERAU, CSC Bassano del Grappa)
Hosting members of Ateliers (Derida Dance Center (Bulgaria), Duncan Dance Research Center (Greece), HELLERAU (Germany), CSC Bassano del Grappa (Italy)) are currently involved in online working groups meetings. The aforementioned is a place to discuss approaches, strategies and methods to be used in working with the ateliers’ participants. Working groups meeting are facilitated by the EDN office and EDN members who have hosted the ateliers in the past.
EDN Encounter in Prague: Support of the Ukrainian Dance Community
EDN and Tanec Praha organise EDN Encounter: Support for the Ukrainian Dance Community. Guest speakers from EDN members and the international organisations will share their experiences supporting the Ukrainian artistic community. Some of EDN members are actively engaged in helping Ukrainian refugees by seeking and providing housing, supporting Ukrainian artists by engaging them in their local and international contexts, and seeking funding opportunities. The event will take place within the Czech Dance Platform, April 24-26, 2022, in Prague, hosted by Tanec Praha. Beside the live audience, the event will be live-streamed for the international audience on April 25, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. (CET, Prague time).
EDN Atelier in Sofia: Breaking the Habits: Rebuilding Sustainability
Together with the participants of the atelier, the organisers will approach the issue of sustainability from an institutional production perspective, asking questions about the material that is produced, how partnerships are formed, or how new technologies place new demands on skills. EDN Atelier in Sofia, co-organised and hosted by Derida Dance Center, will be held in Sofia on May 10-11, 2022, starting the day before the Bulgarian Dance Platform begins.
EDN Atelier in Athens: Meeting Ground
Together with the Atelier’s participants, the organisers will approach the theme of sustainability from the perspective of artistic practice and inspired by the design of permaculture. EDN Atelier in Athens, co-organised and hosted by Duncan Dance Research Center, will take place on June 1-2, 2022 in Athens.
EDN Think-in in Barcelona
EDN Think-in will take place in Barcelona on June 28-29, 2022, hosted by Mercat de les Flors during the Grec Festival. During the Think-in EDN members will actively contribute to EDNext’s campaign during a Research and Advocacy Meeting.
EDN Atelier in Dresden: Tools for Transformation
EDN Atelier in Dresden, co organised and hosted by HELLERAU, will take place on July 7-8, 2022 in Dresden, in the context of the “Cool Down” Festival of the Alliance of International Production Houses, dedicated to the environmental and sustainability questions and artistic practices in connection to climate change. Participants will address the need of radical transformation to achieve sustainable behaviour and initiate ecological rethinking.
EDN Seminar: Equity in Dance Production
EDN and The Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform organize a seminar on equity and dance production, taking place live at Theatre Museum, Helsinki in the context the Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform 2022 on July 1, 2022 between 13:30-14:30 PM (Helsinki time) with live stream for online audience.
EDN Carte Blanche Exchange for Artists
Between August 18-21, 2022, CSC Bassano del Grappa will host a Carte Blanche Artist Exchange. A 4-day exchange of artistic practices will take place in the frame of the B.motion festival and is designed to build on the outcomes from the Empowering Dance Project by tracing the soft skills in dealing with unpredictability, flexibility, endurance, adaptations and creativity in the context of seasonality and climate change.
Publication & Advocacy Campaign
Each year, the project aims to investigate important thematic topics relevant to the sector and disseminate the findings. The research and publication draws from documentation of thematic activities (Ateliers, Forums, working group meetings), data collection methods in creating inventory of good practices and proposes a list of policy recommendations. Selected findings are used for the yearly advocacy campaign that leads towards the end-of-the-year online conference. The working title and topic of the EDNext 2022 research is “Ecologically sustainable production conditions in contemporary dance: emerging practices and recommendations.”
Conference
On November 14, 2022 EDN will organise an online conference where the outcomes of the research will be presented, together with the researcher and the invited guest speakers. The conference will be open to the international dance field professionals, policy-makers and decision makers.
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