daneWEB selected Lara Cortellini as the young dance critics/researchers/independent dance curators/artists to visit the 4th edition of the Bulgarian Dance Platform.

The artist Jason Respilieux, one of the collaborators of Anneleen Keppens in her performance Blue Moon Spring, part of the Creative Crossroads programme, will be an artist-in-residence of the 17th edition of the Antistatic Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria in May.

Bulgarians only print magazin entirely dedicated to dance – Dance Magazin – releases its 2024 edition The Value of Dance in May.

The Without Distance educational platform is an integral part of the International Festival for Contemporary Dance and Performance Antistatic in Sofia. This year's programme features three lectures by Boyan Manchev, Margarita Dorovska, and Angelina Georgieva, alongside a workshop led by Jason Respilieux.

This weekend Festival Programme Commun is kicking off in Lausanne! Apart from a vivid performance programme Arsenic invited to a Life Long Burning meeting, which includes a three days watch-and-talk programme for our Creative Crossroads artists, led by Ysaline Rochat.

Our Bulgarian Creative Crossroads artist Marion Darova is starting her residency at MDT Stockholm end of February.

danceWEB is looking for young dance critics/researchers/independent dance curators/artists interested in getting to know the contemporary dance scene in Bulgaria. The 4^th edition of the Bulgarian Dance Platform is taking place from 16–20 May 2024 in Sofia, hosting performances, discussions and artist gatherings. The offer includes travel, accommodation and free entrance to the performances. Application deadline: 15 March 2024

Our Bulgarian network partner Brain Store Project nominated Angelina Georgieva to visit Moving in November in Helsinki.

The Without Distance Platform is an educational programme in the frame of Antistatic Festival. It takes place once a year in Sofia and is organised by Brain Store Project. This year there are offered workshops by Sergiu Matis – Visible Thinking Body (VTB), Anton Ovchinnikov – Nothing Private and Simon Mayer – Being Moved as well as a Dance Criticism Lab, led by Angelina Georgieva.

The Antistatic Festival welcomes Mikko Hyvönen, within the frame of the Life Long Burning Capacity Grid. He has been selected to participate in the educational platform Without Distance. His participation takes place as an exchange between Brain Store Project and the contemporary dance festival Moving in November, Helsinki.