HERE:2025, International Performing Arts Festival
Open Call for entries from Sweden and Portugal
@Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts, Sweden, between 12-28 September 2025
Application deadline: 14th February 2025, at 17:59 (GMT+1)

HERE:2025 is thrilled to invite choreographers, dancers, performers and companies from the broader spectrum of contemporary dance and performance that are from and/or based in Sweden or in Portugal to submit proposals for participation in HERE:2025, taking place between 12-28 September 2025 at Vitlycke – CPA.

Festival HERE:, a biennial international contemporary performing arts festival on the West coast of Sweden, presents a program of performances that pose sincere, straightforward and challenging questions in the field of contemporary performance and dance. The festival has been organised since 2017 by Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts but this year’s edition HERE:2025 is organised in collaboration with Sekoia – Artes Performativas (Portugal), offering the festival a special focus on the vibrant performing arts scenes of both Sweden and Portugal.

During HERE:2025, performances, along with conversations and film screenings, will be presented on stage, in different rooms/spaces indoors and in the surrounding areas of Vitlycke-CPA. Within this framework, we are looking for performances that offer an innovative and experimental perspective to the contemporary performing arts and dance scene. The festival has a special focus on cross-artistic collaborative works. You can apply with solos, duos or group pieces for performance either to be presented in our black box studio, site-specifically indoors or in nature, outside of Vitlycke – CPA.

Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts (Sweden)

Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts (Vitlycke – CPA) is an artist led independent organisation, founded with the aim of providing an innovative place for creative work within the fields of performing and visual arts, music and new media. A platform where artists can meet, create and share their works in a calm rural environment in the middle of nature, detached from the rhythm of the city. A place for research and education, for public sharing and cultural production.

The centre was established in 2012 by internationally renowned choreographer, dancer and teacher Francesco Scavetta. Vitlycke – CPA has a diverse program that includes artistic residencies, within performing/visual arts and literature; informal showings, performances, after-talks, lectures by artists and researchers, seminars and symposiums, concerts and music events, cycle of workshops and festivals. Read more about Vitlycke-CPA here: www.vitlycke.org

Sekoia – Artes Performativas (Portugal)

Sekoia – Artes Performativas is a nonprofit organization dedicated to contemporary dance and its intersection with other arts, fostering artistic creation, research, and cultural dialogue. Founded in 2017, it supports artists through residencies, training, and cultural projects like Set-up: Portuguese Contemporary Dance Podcasts and the Amarante Performing Arts Biennial. With studios in Porto and projects in Amarante, Sekoia promotes artistic diversity and access to the performing arts. Read more about Sekoia here: https://www.sekoia.pt

Who can apply

The application is open to professional dancers, choreographers and companies in the fields of contemporary dance and performing arts active in Sweden or in Portugal.

Expenses
HERE:2025 will cover the following expenses for participants:
● Professional fees (established by the Festival*)
● Lodging at Vitlycke-CPA
● Catering during the festival
● Transportation

• Professional fees paid by the Festival to each company or dance group will be agreed upon beforehand, according to the format of the work.

Application

Fill in the following application form on google forms: https://forms.gle/xpypk6W5DMv9ZgGS7
Deadline for applications is 14th February 2025, at 17:59 (GMT+1). We suggest sending proposals at your earliest convenience.

• Recomendamos que a candidatura seja submetida em inglês, pois a comissão de seleção que a irá avaliar é internacional. Caso tenha dificuldades com o idioma, a candidatura pode ser submetida em português, mas será livremente traduzida pela equipa para avaliação.
• Vi rekommenderar att du skriver din ansökan på engelska, eftersom festivalens produktionsteam som ska bedöma din ansökan är internationellt. Du kan även skriva din ansökan på svenska, men då kommer den att översättas inför bedömningen.

Selection

The selection will be made by the qualified programming team of the festival. The results from the selection will be sent by email to all the applicants until 31st March 2025.

Questions
If you have any questions, please email Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts to opencall@vitlycke.org

Acknowledgment
Vitlycke – Centre for Performing Arts is funded by Västra Götalandsregion, Swedish Arts Council, Sparbanken Tanum. Sekoia – Artes Performativas is funded by the Governo de Portugal – Ministério da Cultura / Direção-Geral das Artes.

Art work: Luciano Goizueta

Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (HIPP) announces open call for Dance Communication Lab
April 28th and 29th, Zagreb, Croatia

Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance is happy to announce an international OPEN CALL for participation in DCL – DANCE COMMUNICATION LAB, which we are organizing within the frame of the Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery project co-financed by the Creative Europe.

DCL – Dance communication Lab is a short-term exchange formula between dancers, where the main aim is that 6 professional dancers, coming from the above-mentioned partner countries get to know each other through improvisation, which is the most distinctive process of creation in contemporary dance. 


The 2 day-long Dance Communication Lab will take place in Zagreb and will be led by a dance artist and choreographer Ana Kreitmeyer. The process will result in project presentation on the 2nd day in the evening. The final presentation will take place in Zagreb Dance Center on April 29th (exact time tbd). The presentation is open to public.


The Dance communication Lab is organized as a part of the Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery a Creative Europe project (2023-2026) created by Central Europe Dance Theatre – CEDT (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance – HIPP (Croatia), Krakow Dance Theatre – Krakowski Teatr Tańca (Poland), M Studio (Romania) and Vitlycke – CPA (Sweden) to foster local development of the contemporary dance fields.

When is DCL happening?
April 27th 2025 – arrival of participants
April 28th – DCL process
April 29th – DCL process and presentation
April 30th – departure

Where?
Zagreb, Croatia
Venue: Zagreb Dance Center

Who is DCL for?
for dance professionals (dancers, choreographers) from partner countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Sweden
we are looking for professional dance artists with stage experiences. The lab will be a creative meeting of independent artists who will share their experience, ways of acting and creative tools.

What we offer?
The organizer (HIPP) will cover:
accomodation for three nights
per diems (in the amount of 25 EUR per day for three days, 75 EUR in total)
The Beyond Front@ project national partner from your country will cover:
travel costs
fee (150 EUR gross)

How to apply?
You can apply by sending an e-mail to hipp.beyond.fronta@gmail.com with the following required application materials:
artistic biography/CV with a short introduction about yourself (education, professional experiences)
optional: link to the video material which best represents your work (any format)

Please note in the subject “Zagreb DCL application”.

Application deadline
March 17th 2025 at 16:00

Selection process
Dance artists will be selected by Croatian Institue for Movement and Dance (HIPP) – the local Beyond Front@ partner, and choreographer Ana Kreitmeyer based on your provided application materials (listed above)
The selected participants will be notified by the March 21st 2025

Main contact for practical questions and informaton:
Ivan Mrdjen, HIPP: hipp.beyond.fronta@gmail.com

Beyond Front@ is co-funded by the European Union. Vitlycke-CPA’s participation in the project is co-funded by Swedish Arts Council and Västragötalandsregionen. M Studio participation in the project is co-funded by The Administration of the National Cultural Fund.