dance beyond borders is a European pilot project for transcultural dancing education. Together with international institutions and dance schools in five European countries it offers ten young, upcoming dancers, dance-makers and choreographers from 5 European countries a program of extra-curricular studies - a ‘bridge’ before a master degree in dance - for emerging contemporary dancers and dance makers

dance beyond borders was initiated by SharingArts e.V. and DanceKiosk-Hamburg in cooperation with out-standing institutions, dance-schools and companies from five European Countries, who contribute with their knowledge, experience, their artistic views and inspirations and with their facilities.

The partner organizations are:

ArtEZ School of Dance, Arnheim, Netherlands

DanceKiosk-Hamburg, Germany

Escola Superior de Dança, Lisbon, Portugal

London Metropolitan University, Performance as Research, UK

Retina Dance Company, Antwerp, Belgium

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Participants

The auditions in all partner-cities have been sucessfully and 11 participants are choosen to take part in dance beyond borders project. Congratulations to:

London:

Rachel Birch-Lawson, Alex Achour and Jasmiina Sapil, Saffy Setohy

Hamburg:

Johanne Timm, Philipp van der Heijden, Anna Magdalena Bernhardt

Antwerp:

Daisy Thompson, Dieter Defurne, Verena Kutschera

Lisbon:

Joana Manaças, Rita Omar

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Partners

Die Europäische Kommission

Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik GmbH

K3 - Zentrum für Choreographie | Tanzplan Hamburg

Erika Klütz Schule für Theatertanz und Tanzpädagogik | Staatlich anerkannte Berufsfachschule

Das Hamburger Sprechwerk

Location for residences and the festival DanceKiosk-Hamburg 2009

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dance beyond borders has been funded with support from the European Commission.

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