ADVOCACY EVENT | Programme

NOMAD DANCE ADVOCACY: TRANSFORMATIVE POLICIES FOR DANCE

WEDNESDAY, 20th November 2024
ZPC – Zagreb Dance Center

10:00 – 10:40Welcome by NOMAD and ANTISEZONA

MOVING TOGETHER: WHO ARE WE AND WHY ARE WE HERE?
by Gisela Müller and Dejan Srhoj
10:45 – 13:00ACTIVATING THE PRESENT OF DANCE: DISCUSSING CULTURAL POLICIES

The panel will discuss the positioning of contemporary dance in cultural and political strategies in the region. We will also explore the priorities for its development at the national and municipal levels and how these are being implemented in light of the acute needs and challenges facing the sector.

SPEAKERS
• MARIJANA CVETKOVIĆ (Station – Service for contemporary dance, Belgrade), producer, curator, and activist
• GORAN SERGEJ PRISTAŠ (Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb; Working Group for Cultural Strategy and Development of the City of Zagreb), dramaturg, writer, professor, researcher, and curator
• MADELINE RITTER (director of Bureau Ritter, Berlin), lawyer, arts programmer, and curator
• NEVENA TUDOR PERKOVIĆ (Directorate for Cultural and Artistic Development, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia)

MODERATOR
• TEJA REBA (Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia, Ljubljana), independent performance maker, artistic director, and strategic advisor
13:00 – 14:00LUNCH
14:00 – 15:30FUTURING: DANCE RESEARCH AS THE FOUNDATION OF A NEW DANCE INSTITUTION

We want to share ideas and examples of imagining and establishing a dance research institution that embodies the experiences and lessons learned in the dance field over the last 20 years. This panel will showcase research practices, community building, policy advocacy, sustainability, and other well-rooted, self-organised programs that have made dance in the region a credible and potent art and cultural practice.  
 
SPEAKERS
• FRANZ ANTON CRAMER (Bureau Ritter, Berlin) independent dance scholar and archivist
• BOJANA CVEJIĆ (Oslo National Academy of Arts; Performing Arts Forum), dramaturg, researcher, writer, and professor
• MARJANA KRAJAČ (The Ohio State University), choreographer, dance theorist, and researcher
• ROK VEVAR (Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia; Temporary Slovene Dance Archive, Ljubljana), dance curator, activist, and archivist
 
MODERATOR
• ALEXANDRA BAYBUTT (University College London), movement educator, researcher, artist, dramaturg, and creative pedagogue
15:30 – 15:45COFFEE BREAK
15:45 – 17:15
                        
NEW STRUCTURES FOR A NEW FUTURE – CALL FOR ACTION

Let’s create structures that care for artists and communities, are empowered by the knowledge accumulated in the dance field, and exemplify new models of production and intervention in society! Will this institution turn the paradigm of the traditional institution upside down by being inclusive, sensitive, and able to respond to the needs and life of the scene to which it belongs?

SPEAKERS
• ANNA EFRAIMSSON (theatre director of MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Stockholm), curator, producer, administrator, teacher, and dramaturg
• MATIJA FERLIN (artistic director of Istrian National Theatre, Pula), theatre director, choreographer, and performer
• NINA GOJIĆ (Croatian Screenwriters and Playwrights Guild – SPID, Zagreb), independent dramaturg and writer
• ELENA NOVAKOVITS (Athens), dramaturg, researcher, writer, and curator
• IVA NERINA SIBILA (ANTISEZONA, Zagreb), dance artist, writer, curator, and producer
 
MODERATORS
• DRAGANA ALFIREVIĆ (Nomad Dance Academy; CoFestival, Ljubljana), dancer, choreographer, curator, and teacher
• IGOR DOBRIČIĆ (K3 – Centre for Choreography; SNDO – School for New Dance Development; DAS Theatre, Amsterdam; Berlin), independent dramaturg, lecturer, and mentor