fbpx

News

28.1.2025

back

Dance criticism workshop in Slovenia: opportunity for Romanian participants

Dance criticism workshop in Slovenia: opportunity for Romanian participants

May 6–10, Cankarjev dom
Application deadline: 20 February 2025

Over the recent years, we have witnessed an erosion of critical and discursive spaces that resulted in a significant decrease in the number of writers, theorists, and other professionals in the field of contemporary dance. Despite the renewed interest in the practice of writing and learning in the field of criticism, writers have limited opportunities outside of the official academic system for systematic, in-depth training which can support them on their path to professionalisation. 

The Maska Institute and the Contemporary Dance Association of Slovenia invite you to a multi-day international workshop for critics, which will take place within the framework of the Gibanica Biennial in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The workshop aims to deepen the understanding of performance and writing and will focus on disparate topics, methodologies, problems, (political) contextualisation, and the history of contemporary dance. 

The workshop will be led by Bojana Cvejić, who has extensively collaborated, taught, and published in the field of contemporary dance and performance in Europe since 2000. It will include shorter interventions by guest theorists, editors and writers: Pia Brezavšček will provide an overview of contemporary dance in Slovenian space with an emphasis on feminist methodologies, and Rok Vevar will address different political contexts and their relationship to contemporary dance.

The full-day workshop programme will include attendance at the Biennial performances. The exact schedule will be sent to the selected participants upon confirmation. The workshop is aimed at individuals with experience in criticism, theory, or dramaturgy, gained in a variety of contexts, who have prior knowledge in the field of criticism. Residents from Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo*, Greece, Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria are eligible for support covering travel expenses and accommodation. The support scheme is implemented as part of the Exchange programme of the European project Moving Balkans. Participation is limited – registration is mandatory at:  by 20 February 2025. The application should include a CV, at least one sample of original writing by the applicant (article, review, critique, theoretical text), and a motivational letter. Selected participants will be notified by 3 March 2025. 

The workshop is free of charge. It will be held in English!

Production: the Maska Institute and the Contemporary Dance Association of Slovenia.
Partners: Cankarjev dom; Moving Balkans – Platform for Contemporary Dance.
Financial support: the European Commission; the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia; the Municipality of Ljubljana. 

Mai multe info AICI.

Skip to content