For three days, Bratislava became a Central European hub of dance, dialogue, and new partnerships. As part of the Slovak Dance Platform, a new professional program entitled Moving Dance was launched this year, connecting choreographers, critics, and curators from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Its aim is to create space for the exchange of experience, support mobility, and explore sustainable models of collaboration within the Central European region.
Moving Dance offers a series of discussions, pitching sessions, and working meetings that reflect on the current state of dance infrastructure in the V4 countries, showcase new artistic projects, and lay the groundwork for long-term connections among contemporary dance professionals.
The program was developed in collaboration with key partners: Tanec Praha (Czech Republic), the National Institute of Music and Dance (NIMiT, Poland), and the Workshop Foundation (Hungary). These organizations contribute by selecting representatives from their national dance scenes and helping shape the regional conversation around dance, its conditions, and its international reach.
In 2026 the Polish team included Marta Wołowiec, Sebastian Wiertelak, Julia Lewandowska, Katarzyna Niedurny, Maria Miotk, Katarzyna Kruszewska, and Aleksandra Kowalczyk.
The discussions focused on current challenges—from sustainability in creation and mobility to critical reflection and the need for a shared cultural space in Central Europe. The pitching section featured twelve choreographers from the V4 countries seeking partners for their new projects. The program also included a joint reflection on the platform’s performances with dance critics from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, together with the curatorial board of the 3rd edition of the Slovak Dance Platform.
Slovak Dance Platform: www.danceplatform.sk
Bratislava in Movement 2025: www.bratislavavpohybe.sk
The professional program Moving Dance is realized with the support of the International Visegrad Fund.
