European Dance Development Network

On 15 June at 18:00 join the webinar presenting the results of the project Green Steps: over the past months, Dancehouse Lefkosia has brought children, families, artists, educators and environmentalists together, inviting them to move, play and explore hidden ecosystems to experience ecology through dance and imagination.
Registration link https://forms.gle/ggfKzGvUuNGD58RQ6

From today, June 9th, until June 13th, the New European Bauhaus festival invites communities, organisations, and cultural actors to explore innovative approaches to sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics across Europe.
Find out more on: new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu/festival_en

The Spring Edition of Performance Platform Festival by LOKOMOTIVA-Centre for New Initiatives in Arts and Culture runs until 13 June: through performances, workshops, lectures, a performative travelogue, a technoburlesque and a visual essay, the programme opens temporary spaces where bodies, memories, desires and political imaginings intertwine.
Find out more on lokomotiva.org.mk
ph.: 'Image Snatchers' by The Feminalz, photo Nada Zgank

A two‑day gathering in Cyprus (preparing for its EU Presidency) will explore what improved working conditions mean for artists and cultural professionals. Organised by D6EU, Culture Action Europe and EDN member Dance Gate Lefkosia (with Marina Kakoulli of Dance House Lemesos participating as a speaker), the event brings together artists, cultural workers, researchers, NGOs and policymakers to address a central question: what does it really mean to make a living from culture?
Find out more on d6.eu/ask-pay-trust-towards-fair-working-conditions-in-the-cultural-sector

While the Moving Balkans platform ended a few weeks ago, the spotlight on Serbian stages must stay on. From the EDN member Stanica / Station - service for contemporary dance, we receive and share an appeal by artists and cultural workers in Serbia, describing increasing pressures on the cultural field, education and public life. The letter reports cases of institutional, economic and political retaliation affecting cultural workers and organisations.
Colleagues in the region invite international networks to read and circulate the appeal, and to consider possible forms of public attention or solidarity.

📄The full letter is available on https://l1nq.com/qskjvro
Visual by the Community of Arts and Culture.

To mark its 30th anniversary, Tanzhaus Zürich organises the visionary festival , combining artistic practice, ecological responsibility and social justice to create a sustainable blueprint for the future.
Full programme on tanzhaus-zuerich.ch/en/moving-towards-zero/upcoming-events

ph. Jennifer Scherler

Last hours to register for the Tanztriennale in Hamburg (14-21 June) as a professional working in the dance sector.
The accreditation deadline is June 1st, find all the info on tanztriennale.de/en/service/professionals/

Aerowaves is seeking twenty emerging choreographers based in Europe.
You can now apply to become an Aerowaves artist with the opportunity to have your work presented at the Spring Forward festival from 14-17 April 2027 in Limerick (IE), and also by many of the Aerowaves partners around Europe.
🗒️Deadline: 15 July 2026, at 5pm CEST.
▶️Find more information and the application form on Aerowaves website. For further questions, please contact: [email protected]

ph.: 'BPM–Beats per Millennium' by Simona Dabija © Francisco Rodrigues

Oriente Occidente has launched an international to identify its next Artistic Direction for the 2027–2029 cycle.
The organisation is looking for experienced curators - individuals or duos - ready to shape a bold, innovative and critically engaged vision for the future of the Festival, its research programmes and its community‑based work.
Applications are open until 13 July 2026 at 12:00 (CEST).
Full details and call text available on https://www.orienteoccidente.it/en/news/una-open-call-per-la-nuova-direzione-artistica
📸ph. Emma Bonvecchio

The Polish Dance Platform/Polska Platforma Tańca program has been published, and accreditations are open! The platform is the most important professional networking event in Poland for dance artists and professionals: a showcase for Polish contemporary dance productions chosen in the open call and competition, as well as numerous meetings, workshops and panel discussions.
Find out more on www.danceplatform.pl