European Dance Development Network

01/09/2026

A warm welcome to our newest member: Agora, Cité Internationale de la Danse

Formed in 2025 through the merger of Montpellier Danse and CCN Occitanie, Agora brings together dance creation, touring, training, and festival programming under one roof.

🔗 https://www.ednetwork.eu/member/agora

28/08/2026

🎉 KLAP Maison pour la danse turns 15! Join the celebrations in Marseille, 25–27 September, with performances, a family day full of workshops and activities, and a shared meal on Saturday evening.

👉 https://www.kelemenis.fr/fr/les-spectacles/1701/klap-a-15-ans

25/08/2026

La Briqueterie CDCN du Val-de-Marne's festival for new dance Excentriques opens 24 September with an eclectic run of performances, film and workshops through 9 October in Vitry-sur-Seine near Paris.

👉 https://www.labriqueterie.org/excentriques/excentriques-2026

📸 original image credits Musseque de Fábio Krayze Januário © Paulo Pacheco

21/08/2026

Registration for dunaPart is open, with the early bird rate available until 15 September.

The platform brings international presenters together with Hungary's independent performing arts scene in Budapest, 18–21 November, organised by Trafó House of Contemporary Arts.

The artistic programme has been announced.
👉 https://www.dunapart.net/en/home.html

18/08/2026

The European Commission needs your input on a new AI Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Sectors.

If you have views on how AI should influence your practice or organisation, this is a direct way to feed them into EU policy.

👉 https://culture.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/news/european-commission-publishes-call-for-evidence-on-ai-strategy-for-the-cultural-and-creative-sectors

14/08/2026

The 46th Oriente Occidente Dance Festival runs in Rovereto, Italy, from 3 to 12 September.

This edition continues the festival's Absent Bodies cycle, exploring emptiness as a space for relationship, transition and possibility across its performance, workshop and talk programme.

👉 https://www.orienteoccidente.it/en/festival/46-oriente-occidente-dance-festival?type=all

11/08/2026

Emerging dance artists based in the Nordics, the UK or Ireland: NEMO's Nordisk Kulturfond 2026 funding round is open until 18 September.

It supports new collaborations across the two regions with grants of up to roughly €10,000, covering costs such as artist fees, research, travel and capacity building.

👉 https://nordiskkulturfond.org/en/funding-programmes/nemo-northern-european-mobility-opportunity

10/08/2026

The Interart Culture Center is looking for 5 international dance artists to take part in a 40-day contemporary dance residency in Skopje, North Macedonia, from 22 March to 30 April 2027.

📌Apply by 15 August 2026
👉 https://interart.com.mk/en/open-call-dance-residency-skopje-dance-theater-2027/

The residency is implemented within the framework of the Culture Moves Europe Residency Host Programme.

Interart is opening an international call for 5 professional dancers to take part in a 40-day contemporary dance residency in Skopje, North Macedonia, implemented within the Culture Moves Europe Residency Host Programme, funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.

07/08/2026

If you're a dance programmer heading to Edinburgh in August, Dance Base hosts Spotlight on Dance from Scotland on Monday 24 August.

The event is open to industry professionals who can offer a residency, commission or presentation opportunity, and can be combined with the Fringe Fragments pitching platform on the same day.

👉 https://www.dancebase.co.uk/dance-base-festival-2026-in-partnership-with-assembly-festival/

05/08/2026

📣 Open call: Goethe-Institut's International Coproduction Fund offers funding for international dance/theatre/performance coproductions with Germany-based partners.
📌 The call opens 17.8. and closes 12.10.
💶 €15k–30k
👉 https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/int.html