Moving Balkans Showcase Performance Schedule

anjapiabiscak
Feb 27
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Updated: May 13

We are excited to share the official schedule for the Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Showcase. From 10–13 May 2025 performances, Dance Scape pitches and other accompanying events will take place across Ljubljana, Rijeka, and Zagreb, featuring some of the most compelling contemporary dance works from the Balkans.

⬤ Showcase Performances (marked with blue dots) highlight the Top 10 works, selected from the Open Call.

⬤ Dance Scape Pitches (marked with orange dots) present short, insightful pitches by 6 choreographers.

You can click on the performance titles to learn more about each work.

10 MAY, LJUBLJANA (SI)

10 MAY, LJUBLJANA	TITTLE	VENUE	DURATION
6:00 PM	⬤ Christiana Kosiari (GR): RUNWAY	Ljubljana Puppet Theatre	40 min
8:00 PM	⬤ Emese Cuhorka & Csaba Molnár (HU): Masterwork for Six Dancers	Španski borci	60 min

11 MAY, LJUBLJANA (SI)

11 MAY, LJUBLJANA	TITLE	VENUE	DURATION
11:00 AM	⬤ Filiz Bozkuş Al (TR): GONG	Ljubljana Puppet Theatre	40 min
12:00 PM	SIDE PROGRAMME: Aperitif with Artists (networking event, booking required)	Ljubljana Puppet Theatre	45–60 min
3:00 PM	SIDE PROGRAMME: Dancing, Resisting, (Un)Working - Aspects of Dance as Cultural, Political and Art Work in Yugoslavia and After (exhibition, guided tour)	Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova
4:00 PM	⬤ Stanislav Genadiev & Violeta Vitanova (BG): Saline Nebula	The Old Power Station	40 min
6:00 PM	⬤ DANCE SCAPE: Jan Rozman (SI)	Kino Šiška	20 min
6:30 PM	⬤ DANCE SCAPE: Magdalena Reiter (SI/PL)	Kino Šiška	20 min
7:00 PM	⬤ DANCE SCAPE: Aris Papadopoulos & Martha Pasakopoulou (GR)	Kino Šiška	20 min
8:00 PM	⬤ Patricia Apergi (GR): The House of Trouble	Kino Šiška	70 min

12 MAY, RIJEKA (HR)

12 MAY, RIJEKA	TITLE	VENUE	DURATION
3:00 PM	⬤ Marko Milić (RS): DILF (SHOW 1)	Filodrammatica	35 min
4:30 PM	⬤ DANCE SCAPE: Gentian Doda (AL/DE)	Croatian Cultural Center	20 min
5:00 PM	⬤ DANCE SCAPE: Ivana Balabanova (MK)	Croatian Cultural Center	20 min
5:30 PM	⬤ DANCE SCAPE: Sofia Mavragani (GR)	Croatian Cultural Center	20 min
6:30 PM	⬤ Marko Milić (RS): DILF (SHOW 2)	Filodrammatica	35 min
8:00 PM	⬤ Linda Kapetanea & Jozef Fruček (GR): Silence	Croatian Cultural Center	60 min

13 MAY (HR)

13 MAY, RIJEKA	TITLE	VENUE	DURATION
10:00 AM	SIDE PROGRAMME: Aperitif with Artists (networking event, booking required)	Hotel Continental	45–60 min
13 MAY, ZAGREB	TITLE	VENUE	DURATION
2:00 PM	⬤ Barbara Matijević (HR) & Giuseppe Chico (IT): Screenagers Vol.2	Travno Cultural Centre	65 min
7:00 PM	⬤ Simona Deaconescu (RO) & Vanessa Goodman (CA): BLOT - Body Line of Thought	Travno Cultural Centre	45 min
9:00 PM	⬤ Simone Aughterlony (CH) & Saša Božić (HR): AGENDA	Zagreb Dance Center	60 min

10–13 MAY	TITTLE	VENUE	DURATION
	SIDE PROGRAMME: A. Deutinger & A. Gottfarb: While no one is Watching	Various locations

The honorary patron of the Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Showcase is the mayor of Ljubljana Zoran Janković.

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