Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery
Summer Academy in Krakow (PL)
19-28 August 2024

Application deadline: 20 June 2024

Krakow Dance Theatre announces an open call for the Summer Dance Academy, 19- 28 August, Krakow, Poland!

The Academy invites dancers from the partner countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia,Poland, Romania and Sweden. The 10 days of training, development and artistic research will take place under the mentorship of an international team of dancers-choreographers (Eryk Makohon, Francesco Scavetta, Lia Ujčič). The course will end with a presentation of the participants’ work on the stage of Cricoteka – the Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, as part of the ROLLERCOASTER dance presentation programme.

At the end of the Academy, the 3 mentors will offer a paid scholarship to selected dancers, 3 in total, to create a short stage piece with their mentors – through an online workflow – for the rest of the year. The selected dancers will receive a scholarship of €2000 each. We will help them with contacts to present their short stage creations.

The Summer Dance Academy aims to bridge the gap between dance artists from different countries and provide them with significant experience to help them advance their careers in the international dance scene.

The main goal of the Dance Communication Lab is to facilitate networking between dance artists from different countries and provide them with relevant experience that will help them develop their careers in the international dance scene.

• Who is the SDA for?
  The Summer Dance Academy is open to dance professionals, dancers, choreographers and practitioners of movement activities. We are primarily, but not exclusively, looking for dance artists with stage experience. We invite artists from Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania and Sweden to apply (from the applications we will select 2 people from each country).

• When and where:
  18th August 2024 – arrival in Krakow

19th-27th August 2024 – workshops/creative process

28th August 2024 – open presentation for the public

29th August 2024 – departure

Place: Cricoteka – the Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Kraków, Poland

• What do we provide?
  Krakow Dance Theatre provides:

● accommodation for 11 nights (18-29 August 2024);

● catering during the stay;

● subsidized travel expenses (up to the amount of 130 euros).

• Application:
  Fill in the application form on google forms: LINK
  Please submit your application by 20th June. We will announce the results of the open call by 30th June.

• Any questions?
  Write to Krakow Dance Theatre – Beyond Front@ project: krakowdancetheatre.bf@gmail.com