We are looking for young voices from Bucharest who have important things to tell the world!
This year is our 20th anniversary. It has been 20 years of struggle, of experimentation, of thinking in terms that have always put in tension the realities of the world in which we have lived and models to look at them critically, to question them and to transgress them through dance. I did it with the thought that movement and the body are tools that can revolutionize, that have the capacity to build, to imagine possible futures. At 20, we are not in a festive moment, but in a moment where we want to understand, more than ever, who we are and what are the histories to be written.
With this in mind, we set off again, with stubbornness and hope, towards the third edition of Iridescent – international festival of contemporary dance and other reconfigurations of the sensitive. We aim to bring to Bucharest, for the third year in a row, the most coherent and surprising people, performances, discourses and aesthetics, and to propose to the audience different ways of looking at the same things. Colors. Shades. Poetics and discourses.
One of the most cherished events Iridescent has proposed is the Ideas for Planet Earth ideas and statements marathon. Inspired by the book “140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth”, we set out to invite people with relevant speeches into the public space to address their messages and ideas to a wide audience. In a context where dominant structures generate and sustain the conditions that today put us in a situation where we are simultaneously experiencing the climate crisis, health crises and current wars, we find it important to reflect on power relations in society, on the relationship between human beings and the environment, and to talk about the gap between privileged and defenseless bodies. We find it important not just to observe and criticize, but to challenge our thinking and push our imagination towards ideas, proposals and models that inspire us, give us courage and propose new visions for the future.
At the 2024 edition, 20 years of CNDB, we propose to invite people who are approaching the age of 20 to Ideas for Planet Earth, which will take place on November 16, at the National Dance Center Bucharest, in a special but not exclusive way. We’re looking for them because we’re curious about their stories, their hopes, the way young people as young as us with just as many dilemmas see and imagine the world. So help us to find them. Tell them about this call and we will give them attention, space to express themselves and financially reward their work.
If you are in our target audience and the message has reached you, don’t hesitate to contact us!
To apply, we are waiting for an e-mail with a 2-3 minute video containing a short presentation of yourself, from which we understand who you are and what your concerns are, and in which you tell us, in brief, what you would like to propose as an idea, a message for Ideas for Planet Earth. Please submit your video via a Google drive link or an unlisted YouTube link. It is important that you leave a phone number in the email. We will contact you to discuss the details of the collaboration.
Application deadline: October 15, 2024
Where you send your email: (with the subject line Ideas for Planet Earth).
We look forward to meeting you!