The Slovak Dance Platform 2025 as a Space for New Partnerships in the Heart of Europe
For three days, Bratislava will become a Central European hub of dance, dialogue, and new partnerships. As part of the Slovak Dance Platform, this year introduces a new professional program entitled Moving Dance, 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 presents 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 is developed in collaboration with key partners: Tanec Praha (Czech Republic), the National Institute of Music and Dance (NIMiT, Poland), and the Workshop Foundation (Hungary). All of these organizations contribute to selecting representatives from their national dance scenes and help shape the regional conversation around dance, its conditions, and international reach.
The discussions focus 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 will feature twelve choreographers from the V4 countries seeking partners for their new projects. The program also includes 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.
Moving Dance is not just a side event. It is a driving force that places the Slovak Dance Platform into an international context and positions Bratislava as an important meeting point for contemporary dance collaboration in the region.
The professional program Moving Dance is realized with the support of the International Visegrad Fund.