EDN Atelier in Dresden (Germany)

EDN Atelier will take place in Dresden (Germany) on 1 & 2 October 2021

HELLERAU and TANZPAKT Dresden will propose an Atelier in the context of the festival Dancing About.

EDN announces Forum ‘Dance and its audience’

Online Forum co-organized by The Place & Sadler’s Wells

The online forum co-organized by EDN and The Place & Sadler's Wells will invite artists, producers, promoters, and other dance professionals from all over Europe for online discussions. 

Mapping Dance and Dance Teaching

Past(s), Present and Future(s)

Discover the programme and attend the September 2021 conference organised by the Royal Academy of Dance to discuss, debate and contemplate past, present and future potentialities of dance and dance teaching. Note that this conference was postponed by 1 year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

EDN announces Carte Blanche for Artists in Lyon (France)

Hosted by Maison de la Danse, Lyon (France) in the framework of Cellule d´Essai

EDN members’ associated artists are invited to join the artistic research session Cellule d’Essai, at Maison de la Danse in Lyon, France. Deadline is 30 June 2021 and first-come-first-served is applied.

EDN Atelier ‘Creation of dance work’ in Helsinki (Finland)

EDN Atelier will take place in Helsinki (Finland) on 22 & 23 July 2021 in the context of SPARKS project

With the arrival of the new venue of 700/220 seats in Helsinki, the team at Tanssin Talo will host a dialogue with European and international colleagues to unpack the diverse potentials and issues concerning creating and presenting dance in different contexts, economies and conditions.

EDN Atelier ‘Meeting Grounds’ in Barcelona (Spain)

EDN Atelier ‘Meeting Grounds’ will take place in Barcelona (Spain) on 5 & 6 July 2021

‘Meeting Grounds’ is a gathering about contemporary performing arts, thinking in/out Africa, organized by Mercat de les Flors casa de la dansa and Graner creation center for dance and live arts, in the context of Grec festival of Barcelona.

EDN announces new members

EDN now consists of 47 members from 28 different countries

On Annual General Assembly in June 2021, EDN members have unanimously accepted Lithuanian Dance Information Centre and AREAL | space for choreographic development as new members of our network.

EDN publishes “Dance and Well-being” Publication

First in series of publications in 2021

Both full paper and executive summary are available for download.

Post-Brexit Mobility

Welcoming UK-based dance professionals in Europe

EDN organises a series of three webinars on the impacts of Brexit on the mobility flows in the dance field between the UK and Europe. 

Perform Europe Insights: Sustainability through innovation report is out

Perform Europe Insights: Sustainability through innovation is the first publication of Perform Europe.

The report brings together the main learning points the Consortium have drawn from the Perform Europe process, since its start in December 2020. 

New members of EDN

Lithuanian Dance Information Centre and AREAL | space for choreographic development join EDN

EDN co-signed the Joint Letter to the EU-US Summit to Support Cultural Relations

More than 100 organisations have signed the letter, which calls for a reduction of obstacles to obtaining visas and work permits in order to support greater cultural exchange between the EU and US.

Perform Europe’s call for international touring and distribution grants is now open

The applications for step 1 are open until 7 July at 23:59 CEST on the Perform Europe Digital Platform.

This call is open to all performing arts producers (organisations, companies, artists, collectives) and presenters (venues, festivals and any type of organisation offering a presenting context) based in all the Creative Europe countries and in the UK. We are particularly trying to reach out to all the professionals who belong / feel like they belong to an underrepresented group within the performing arts landscape.

EDN Carte Blanche for Communication Teams

A new informal and recurring online gathering for EDN Communication Teams

One hour online gatherings on Fridays every 3-4 weeks for members of the Communication Departments at EDN members. The second gathering on 11 June 2021. 

Carte Blanche Staff Exchange 2021

Carte Blanche in online format

Since 2014, EDN offers the possibility for its members to have a staff placement in another dancehouse. Due to the COVID-19, an online format is introduced. 

EDN signs the "Reactivate Cultural Life in Europe" letter

Culture must be included in each and every National Recovery and Resilience Plan

In the open letter published by the group of 110+ pan-European networks, coordinated by Culture Action Europe, the European cultural community call on the Member States and the European Commission to secure a future for culture and cultural life in Europe.

What’s Next in Restructuring the Dance Ecosystem

online conference hosted by European Dancehouse Network

Acknowledging the challenges the European dance sector is facing, EDN’s online conference provides insights into adaptive measures across Europe, emerging practices and current needs, envisioning a renewed dance ecosystem after a period of crisis.

#DanceAndWellBeing Campaign

Raising awareness of the role of dance in wellbeing

EDN campaign raising awareness of the role of dance in wellbeing with weekly online dance classes by EDN members associated artists.

EDN joins Perform Europe

18-month project to design a future support scheme for cross-border touring and digital distribution of the performing arts

Perform Europe supports experiments with more sustainable ways in cross-border physical and digital distribution of the performing arts in the 41 Creative Europe countries with a view to designing future support schemes for the sector.