Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found

Life Long Burning is a network of European institutions which are dedicated to contemporary dance and performance. The project Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found (LLB3) is our third 4-years-project, which got funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. 

© Almud Krejza
DILF by Marko Milić @ Lidija Antonović
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Performance: DILF

DILF,  a performance by our Serbian Creative Crossroads artist Marko Milić is shown in Rijeka, Croatia, on 12 May 2025, in the frame if the Moving Balkans Showcase. 

12.05.2025 @ Filodrammatica, Rijeka
Saline Nebula by Violeta Vitanova & Stanislav Genadiev © Martin Atanasov
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Performance: Saline Nebula

Saline Nebula, a performance by our Bulgarian Creative Crossroads artists Stanislav Genadiev and Violeta Vitanova, is shown in Ljubljana on 11 May 2025 in the frame of the Moving Balkans Showcase.

11.05.2025 @ The Old Power Station, Ljubljana
© Almud Krejza
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01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
Raja Feather Kelly © Marq Walls
Raja Feather Kelly – danceWEB Mentor 2025
09.07.2025 - 13.08.2025 @ ImPulsTanz
© Yana Lozeva
Open House Sofia

The young dance artist Ana Petkova shares her experience as a scholarship recipient of the prestigious danceWEB programme in Vienna. The discussion will be moderated by dance and theatre critic Angelina Georgieva, who will also share her impressions as a guest visitor at the Moving in November festival in Finland and its audience engagement formats.

21.05.2025 @ Antistatic Festival Sofia
© Nina Đurđević
Performance: O by Sonja Pregrad

O by our former Croatian Creative Crossroad artist Sonja Pregrad is shown at Antistatic Festival in Sofia on 17 May 2025.

17.05.2025 @ Antistatic Festival, Sofia
© Dance Magazin
Dance Magazin 2025 release coming up

Dance Magazine is an annual print publication dedicated to ballet, contemporary dance, and dance culture. Its goal is to cover current events, analyze processes, and highlight outstanding figures from the Bulgarian and international dance scenes during the season. Issue #7, which is published on 16 May 2025, introduces new, vibrant presences on the Bulgarian and international scenes such as Simeon Atanasov, Deva Schubert, Christos Papadopoulos among others.

16.05.2025 @ Sofia, Bulgaria
Dawn © Adam Seid Tahir
Performance: Dawn

Adam Seid Tahir premieres his new work Dawn in May at MDT Stockholm.

15.05.2025 - 18.05.2025 @ MDT Stockholm
Maud Blandel © Elie Grappe
Maud Blandel in Sofia

Maud Blandel is the artist in residence during the 18th edition of the Antistatic festival this May in Sofia. 

13.05.2025 - 23.05.2025 @ Antistatic Festival
Inge Gappmaier © Gappmaier
Studio Residency & Festival visit in Sofia

danceWEB nominated Austrian choreographer, dancer, dance-pedagogue, dramaturge and researcher Inge Gappmaier for a studio residency and a visit to Without Distance platform in Sofia.

12.05.2025 - 18.05.2025 @ Antistatic Festival Sofia
Antistatic Festival 2024 © Almud Krejza
Without Distance Platform 2025

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, taking place from 7–9 May 2025, features three lectures by Javor Gradev, Boyan Manchev and Neli Mitewa, alongside a workshop led by Maud Blandel. 

07.05.2025 - 09.05.2025 @ Antistatic Festival Sofia
© Bojan Mrđenović
Dance, Resistance, (Un)Working – Aspects of Dance as Cultural, Political and Art Work in Yugoslavia and After now in Ljubljana

The exhibition Dance, Resistance, (Un)Working – Aspects of Dance as Cultural, Political and Art Work in Yugoslavia and After, which opened in November 2024 in the frame of the Life Long Burning Choreographic Convention in Zagreb, is on screen in Ljubljana from 20 March until 31 May. 

20.03.2025 - 31.05.2025
Teodora Simova © Yana Lozeva
Teodora Simova

Teodora Simova is working at Brain Store Project Sofia in the frame of On The Outset. As a graphic designer she is responsible for the festival programme books and also for the Dance Magazine.

01.03.2025 - 31.05.2025 @ Brain Store Project
Life Long Burning Partner Meeting 2024 in Zagreb © Sindri Uču
These are the Creative Crossroads artists of cycle 2

During ChoreoCon 2024 we introduced the artist of the second cycle – her's a sneak peek, more details will follow next year.

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026
Viktor Szeri © Wang Songtao
Viktor Szeri
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Workshop Foundation Budapest
Viktorija Ilioska © Sasho N. Alushevski
Viktorija Ilioska
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia
Marko Milić © Noel Hutapea
Marko Milić
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Antisezona Zagreb
Philip Berlin
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ MDT Stockholm
Anna Karenina Lambrechts © David Jacobs
Anna Karenina Lambrechts
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ STUK Leuven
Eliza Trefas © Florian Austraudo
Eliza Trefas
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ 4Culture Bucharest
Stanislav Genadien & Violeta Vitanova
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Brain Store Project Sofia
Camilla Schielin
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ danceWEB Vienna
Jasmin İhraç © Linda Rosa Saal
Jasmin Ihraç
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Uferstudios Berlin
Ghyslaine Gau © Sara Maurin Kane
Ghyslaine Gau
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ ICI–CCN Montpellier
Maud Blandel © Elie Grappe
Maud Blandel
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Arsenic Lausanne
Noha Ramadan
01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Veem House Amsterdam
Artistic Exchange Residencies, Co-Productions, Creative Crossroads  
Capacity Grid, On The Outset, Outsetters Abroad  
Performance Situation Rooms, Choreographic Conventions