Summer 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Goran Bogdanovski (Kino Šiška, Slovenia) invited me to present my proposal of a new dance work to dance house partners of the European project modul-dance. He explained me the project and I said yes. The possibility to research, create and tour the piece… Continue

We began the creation of Home for Broken Turns at Station Zuid in Tilburg. We had two weeks in their fantastic studio. It was a new group of dancers so it was a time to meet and explore ideas. To begin a process in a residency situation like this is, I find, invaluable. The process of getting to know each other is accelerated when you are removed from your usual environment and living together in a bungalow in the Dutch woods. I had an idea about a group…

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On March 2011 the first modul-dance newsletter included the following text written by Kaori Ito.

"My current situation is that I was in Tokyo and I am in Tokyo and I am in Tokio".

When there was a huge earthquake, I was in front of the sea in Yokohama. The water came up until the limit of the building but somehow it went…

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The 20 dance houses participating in modul-dance come from 16 European countries. They all work together through a trans-institutional exchange network in order to support, both innovative and culturally diverse, dance art beyond frontiers.

Modul-dance is one of the projects run by the European Dancehouse Network (EDN), which is the umbrella organization for most of the modul-dance project partners.

The aim and mission of the EDN is to promote and present…

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The 20 dance houses participating in modul-dance come from 16 European countries.

adc Genève [CH] (associated partner)

Art Stations Foundation Poznań [PL]

CDC Toulouse [FR]

CND Paris [FR]

Centro per la Scena Contemporanea Bassano del Grappa [IT]…

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In most European countries independent dancers and choreographers lack suitable structures and financial means to develop their creations and promote themselves in front of new audiences.

One significant determinant of quality in dance art creation is the length of time required for the careful preparation and completion of the different phases of the…

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Click on the names to know more about the 52 modul-dance selected artists.

Agata Maszkiewicz [Poland]

Alessandro Sciarroni [Italy]…

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Based on artistic criteria, each modul-dance project partner proposed an artist in the three selection processes that have taken place (2010, 2011 and 2012).

All the proposed artists were invited to a meeting with all the partners and artists in order to present their project and see how modul-dance could support the creative process.

The proposed artists became modul-dance selected artists if more than 3 dance house partners were interested in collaborating in their…

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Modul-dance is a multi-annual cooperation project with the participation of 20 European dancehouses from 16 countries with the aim to support the artistic development and mobility of independent professionals in the dance field.…

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