We’re excited to introduce our OPEN CALL: Dance Communication Lab at Vitlycke-CPA, Sweden

Where: Tanumshede, Sweden
When: 25-27 September 2025
Who: For dancers from Sweden, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland & Romania.

Application deadline: June 12, 2025

Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts and the International Performing Arts Festival HERE:2025 invites dancers and choreographers to join Dance Communication Lab (DCL) at Vitlycke-CPA, Sweden, 25-27 September 2025. Dancers from Beyond Front@ partner countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Sweden are welcome to apply.

What is DCL?
DCL is organized within the framework of Beyond Fronta: Bridging Periphery – a Creative Europe project (2023-2026) created by Közép-Európa Táncszínház / Central Europe Dance Theatre (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples – HIPP (Croatia), Krakowski Teatr Tańca (Poland), M STUDIO (Romania) and Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts (Sweden) to foster local development of the contemporary dance fields.
DCL – Dance Communication Lab is a 3-day-long workshop-exchange that focuses on dance improvisation as an important component of the creative process in contemporary dance. The aim of the DCL is to give 6 professional dancers from partner countries the opportunity to get to know each other through dance improvisation.

Liz Kinoshita(CA/BE)
Led by renowned choreographer Liz Kinoshita, workshop explores presence, groundedness, and spontaneity in dance improvisation. Drawing on Liz’s two decades of experience and influences like Thomas Hauert, Tino Sehgal, and Meg Stuart, participants will work with structured scores and instant composition.
The lab begins with physical activation and fosters a safe space for creative exploration, dialogue, and reflection on personal movement habits and performativity.

When and where?
24 September – arrival day to Vitlycke-CPA
25 – 27 September – DCL
27 September – public showing of DCL within HERE:2025
28 September – departure day

What do we offer?
Vitlycke – CPA provides:
Accommodation for four nights, 24 – 28 September;
Catering during the stay, 25-27 September.
Beyond Fronta: Bridging Periphery project national partner from your country of residence will cover:

Travel costs
Artistic fee in the amount of 150 EUR.
How to apply?
Apply to DCL via Link text
Application deadline: 12 June 2025.

All dancers will be notified by e-mail within 2 weeks after the deadline.

Any questions? Welcome to write to opencall@vitlycke.org

Image: 11 O’clock by Liz Kinoshita. Photo: Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker

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OPEN CALL: Dance Communication Lab @ Bunker, Ljubljana

Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia
When: 26–28 August 2025
Who: For dancers from Sweden, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland & Romania.

Application deadline: June 12, 2025

As part of Beyond Fronta, Bunker (Slovenia) is hosting a Dance Communication Lab (DCL) during the Mladi levi Festival 2025.

What is DCL- Dance Communication Lab?
A 3-day artistic exchange for 6 professional dancers (one from each partner country) focused on improvisation as a creative and communicative tool.
Led by acclaimed Slovene choreographer Andreja Podrzavnik, the lab will culminate in a public performance—which could take any form: indoors, outdoors, or even in motion (walking, site-specific etc).

Schedule:
25.8 – Arrival
26–28.8 – Creative process & final presentation with audience discussion
29.8 – Departure

Who can apply?
Professional dancers from Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Romania, or Sweden
With stage experience
With a submitted CV, short bio (100 words), and video work

We offer:
Accommodation (4 nights)
3 meals per day
Free access to festival performances
Travel costs (covered by your national Beyond Front@ partner)
A fee of €150 gross (also covered by the partner organization)

How to apply:

Fill out the form Link text
or
Email application to mojca.jug@bunker.si

Selection is based on the quality and relevance of submitted materials.

More about the festival:
https://www.bunker.si/en/mladi-levi-international-festival

Join us in Ljubljana and be part of a vibrant cross-border dance dialogue!

Photo by Darja Štravs Tisu. Dance Communication Lab in Murska Sobota, Slovenia, 2024.

- OPEN CALL: Dance Communication Lab @ Krakow, Poland.

As part of Beyond Fronta: Bridging Periphery, Krakow Dance Theatre (Poland) is hosting the third Dance Communication Lab (DCL) in Krakow,
concluding with a public performance as part of the ROLLERCOASTER dance presentation programme at Cricoteka – Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor.

What is DCL – Dance Communication Lab?
A 3-day artistic exchange for 6 professional dancers (one from each partner country) focused on improvisation as a communicative and expressive tool.
This year’s edition is themed FIESTA — an invitation to celebrate joy, affirmation, and collective energy.

The lab is co-led by:
Ola Bożek-Muszyńska – dancer, choreographer, performer, co-curator of the Improvised Dance Scene [sic!] Saute. In her practice, she explores the boundaries between simplicity and naivety, presentation and facilitation, and finding and breaking patterns.
Marcin Bożek – bassist, improviser, teacher, and founder of the Gdynia Improvisers Orchestra. He improvises with musicians, actors, painters, artists, dancers and solo. Winner of many awards in international competitions and festivals.
Together, they will guide participants in a shared creative process based on equality, experimentation, and joy.

Schedule:
• 26.8 – Arrival in Krakow
• 27–29.8 – Creative process at Cricoteka
• 29.8 – Final public performance
• 30.8 – Departure

Who can apply?
Professional dancers, choreographers, and movement practitioners from:
Sweden | Hungary | Slovenia | Croatia | Poland | Romania

Applicants should have:
• Stage or performance experience
• A submitted CV, short bio (100 words), and video work (YouTube/Vimeo/Drive link)

We offer:
• Accommodation (4 nights: 26–30 August)
• Daily catering
• Travel costs (covered by your national Beyond Front@ partner)
• A fee of €150 gross (also covered by the partner organization)

How to apply:
Fill out the application via Google Form: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeD_6…/viewform
or
Email your application to krakowdancetheatre.bf@gmail.com

Application deadline: 20 June 2025
Selected participants announced: 30 June 2025

Photo: Grzegorz Mart