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Discover the works selected for the Moving Balkans Showcase Festival 2026! These 10 performances will be presented at the second edition of the showcase from 13–16 May 2026 in Novi Sad, Serbia.



E. Belak & K. Peldová: Unfolded Moments (SI)
Duration: 50 min Contains: brief flashing video projections Unfolded Moments is a hybrid dance-visual performance that delves into the depths of the human mind – its fears, shadows, and identity. Through video projections with analogue manipulations alongside movement, the piece contrasts the visible and the invisible, the transparent and the ambiguous. Moments of personal crisis emerge as an urge to escape, with tension forcing the body to adapt, capturing a scattered mind


I. Chatzigeorgiou: SCARED (GR)
Duration: 42 min Contains: loud sounds In a world where people are too afraid to speak, act, or live, fear paralyzes them. Every step, breath, and decision is weighed down by insecurity. How would we move if consumed by panic? How does fear shape our society? SCARED is a kinetic allegory of fear, a darkly comic reflection on a world paralyzed by anxiety. It imagines a society where every action, word, and breath is ruled by panic filtering every choice and perception. Thro


A. M. Dancs & V. Benescu: Somatic Freaks (RO)
Duration: 3 h Somatic Freaks – The Proprioceptors Revolution is a choreographic exploration of proprioception and balance. Over the course of three hours, Alexandra Mihaela Dancs and Vlad Benescu engage with a large tandem balancing apparatus, responding to its shifting dynamics with precision and care. Their movements emerge from a constant negotiation between stability and imbalance, creating a subtle dialogue of control, fragility, and adaptation. The performance unfolds


A. Danchevska Rovchanin: Mockumentary (MK)
Skopje Dance Theater


D. Georgiev: Last Orbit (BG)
Duration: 55 min Contains: flashing lights Last Orbit explores impermanence, distance, and the sensation of disorientation in a world where old systems no longer function and meanings fall apart. Four characters find themselves in the weightless space of a vacuum – a place where gravity is replaced by nostalgia for what once was. In this realm of suspended time, bodies dissolve into memories, projections, and dreams, discovering a fragile new form of intimacy. Author: Deyan


E. Goro: TELOS (GR)
Duration: 70 min TELOS unites acclaimed choreographers, each crafting a solo for Ermira Goro, a member of DV8 Physical Theatre and nominee for Outstanding Performer at the New York City Bessie Awards. Drawing inspiration from the ancient Greek concept of telos , meaning “the end”, each choreographer contributes a unique artistic language, unfolding a series of interconnected solos that together form a modular and evolving performance. Through this collective creation, TELO


K. Karakashyan: INSERT COIN / PLAYER ONE (BG)
Karakashyan & Artists


C. Kotsali: IT’S THE END OF THE AMUSEMENT PHASE (GR)
Duration: 40 min Contains: loud music, strobe lighting, explicit language IT’S THE END OF THE AMUSEMENT PHASE is a dance marathon in which three women move through the layered terrain of personal and collective history. Working with dance, sound, and poetic fragments, the piece questions progress as a linear story and reflects on the emotional landscape of a present shaped by revolutions (technological and social) that never fully happened. The performers engage with a past


G. Panzetti & E. Ticconi: ALL'ARME (HR)
Studio Contemporary Dance Company Duration: 55 min ALL’ARME takes its name from the Italian cry all’arme!, “to arms!” , a historic call to immediate readiness in the face of danger. Rooted in the archaic arme , meaning weapons of defence or offence, the word alarm still carries the echo of mobilization, vigilance, and the instinct to protect, even as its meaning has expanded over time to signal all forms of warning and emergency. Yet if alarm prepares us to defend, it also


M. Rak: Appropriations:territory (HR)
Duration: 40 min Contains: partial nudity in the film material Appropriations:territory is a multimedia performance where dance and film meet in a direct, evolving dialogue with the audience. The piece explores how live movement interacts with projected imagery, using film as both a narrative device and a conceptual lens to examine belonging and our identification with territory. The work reveals how personal experience and place are inseparable. Each performance incorporat
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