In the frame of our programme Capacity Grid, Moving in November and Station – Service for contemporary dance are offering one artist based in Finland a chance to participate in a 4-day lab in Belgrade. The lab is facilitated by dance and multimedia artist Marko Milić.

Find more info about Marko Milić here and here.

Application ends on 29 June 2025.
 

Dancing for oneself
This 4-day lab invites participants to study the tension between visibility and invisibility in dance. Facilitated by Marko Milić, the lab challenges traditional notions of dance as a performative art form meant for an audience, shifting focus toward dance as a personal, inward experience that is not on “display”. Through movement exploration, discussions, and collaborative exercises, participants will examine how dance can narrate subtle, peripheral stories while fostering a deeper connection to ourselves and our surroundings.

Objectives
1. To explore what happens when dance moves away from the expectation of being observed.
2. To investigate the role of dance in narrating subtle and often invisible stories.
3. To create a space for participants to reflect on their relationship with dance as an art form and personal practice.

Context and Research Possibilities
Station works in the self-organized cultural centre Magacin, a unique structure created and governed by the independent culture scene in Belgrade, situated in the Belgrade city centre. Both Station and Magacin have developed practices of self-organization, horizontal structures and feminist procedures of working in the field of arts and culture. With their long and rich experience in such practices and reflection, they are good points of reference and research for those who are interested in these topics, experiences, examples.

Since November 2024 there is a new students’ movement, that has changed the political and cultural atmosphere in Serbia, with radical proposals on direct democracy within universities, different institutions, as well as in municipalities, neighbourhoods etc. This practice of self-organization and direct democracy that is developing before our eyes, is encouraging new social developments towards critical examination of the current representational democracy omnipresent in Europe. This can be a great source of knowledge and inspiration to the incoming artists.

What we offer
participation in the lab
accommodation
travel expenses
per diem

When
29 September–3 October, 2025

Application ends on 29 June 2025.
This lab is open to dancers, movement practitioners, and those interested in exploring the intersections of art, embodiment, and personal reflections on dancing.

How to apply
Please send your CV and a short motivation letter (max. one page) in English to: project[a]liikkeellamarraskuussa.fi