NOMAD


Nomad Dance Academy / Education programme 2010

started on March 14. Click >>here to read more about the kick off   

 

Nomad Dance Academy invites emerging creators from the field of contemporary dance and related professions, from around the world, to the nomadic dance-research-exchange-creative process.

The programme will take place from 14th March till 2nd June 2010 with travelling through Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia. A group of 10-15 people will be living, learning and creating together.

The programme consists of dance classes, workshops, lectures, presentations, residencies, and artistic collaboration. It is designed and led by artists, theoreticians and cultural managers; during this process participants will have support of mentors coming from different fields of performing and related arts: choreography, dramaturgy, theory, visual arts, music and multimedia.

Special focus will be on research of creation tools through different modules: (1) Process as a product, (2) Collective artistic creation, (3) Creations in public space and (4) Other media creations.

The Programme will end in Ljubljana in June 2010, where Short Cuts productions and presentations will be organized together with conference, meetings and discussions. Short Cuts are artistic projects of the NOMAD students, 5 - 20 minutes long, which will be presented by the end of the programme by each participant.

NDA offers up to 12 scholarships for participants from the Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia)

Application requirements:

-       application form

-       uploaded videos that document candidates' previous artistic work and/or artistic processes (for this use Youtube or Vimeo and copy the links to the application form)

-       short proposal (100 words max) of the idea for Short Cuts

You can download the application form from www.nomaddanceacademy.org

Application deadline is 15th November 2009

Artistic Board will evaluate the applications and inform the candidates about the results not later than 22nd November 2009

The scholarship for participants coming from the Balkan countries covers the costs travel, Programme costs and accommodation. Food and extra travel costs should be covered by the participants.

The tuition fee for the participants from the Balkan region is 300 EUR, and should be paid before 1st February 2010. In the case of cancellation, this amount will not be reimbursed.

The participants from other than Balkan countries pay fee of 1.500 EUR, which will cover the Programme costs, accommodation and travel within the Balkans (travel to and from the Balkans is not included). First instalment of 300 EUR should be paid before 1st February 2010, and the rest at the beginning of the Programme. In the case of cancellation, the first instalment will not be reimbursed.

The selected participants are obliged to attend the programme in its full length and can be absent for max 1 week (upon previous deal with the organizers) except during the first and the last two weeks of the Programme.

For all the questions regarding the programme or the selection procedure, please contact Artistic Board members Dalija Aćin, Goran Bogdanovski and Willy Prager ab@nomaddanceacademy.org

Nomad Dance Academy is part of the activities of Jardin d'Europe project www.jardindeurope.eu

It is supported by EU programme for Culture 2007-2013, Swiss Cultural Programme, Ministry of Culture of Macedonia, Ministry of Culture of Serbia, Ministry of Culture of Slovenia, Ministry of Culture of Croatia, City of Zagreb and City of Ljubljana.

See more about this and other Nomad Dance Academy programmes on www.nomaddanceacademy.org