PARTNERS
Founded in 2017, Flex Fuzion Dance Academy and Entertainment
is Gambia’s premiere formal dance company with the
objective of providing performers of all ages an encouraging
environment to grow and excel in their art. In addition to training
young Gambians in dance, theatre, stage performance, and
modeling, Flex Fuzion provides education in entrepreneurship,
communications, branding, and soft skills in order to strengthen
the skills and knowledge of youth to see performing arts as a
sustainable medium for employment, business and a career for growth.
Flex Fuzion Dance Academy and Entertainment will collaborate with EurAsia Dance Project International Network by hosting the EurAsia Auditions On Tour in Gambia, bringing the events organized by the Network, inviting the EurAsia Dance Company, hosting artistic residencies and workshops on tour in Banjul, every year providing all the economic and logistical support required as all the EurAsia Partners do. Ndey Fatou Jabang.
LOYAC Lebanon of Beirut, Lebanon, directed by Dima Al Ansari, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2021.
LOYAC is a nonprofit organization working towards the overall development of the youth. We design and develop many programs to facilitate the professional development and personal growth of the youth of age 17 – 28 years. All our programs are either offered for free or are heavily subsidized by us. LOYAC was founded in Kuwait in 2002 and currently have chapters in Jordan and Lebanon.
Tanzakademie Balance1 of Berlin, Germany, directed by Miriam K. Drechsler, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2021.
The Tanzakademie balance 1 aspires to educate students to become technically, theoretically and creatively qualified dancers and was officially approved in 1996. The three-year intensive contemporary dance education program strongly emphasizes Classical Ballet and Contemporary Dance, including modern dance techniques such as Graham and Horton. A complete knowledge of these techniques enables the dancer to work flexibly in the unlimited contemporary dance styles that embody a multitude of differing concepts and approaches.
IODC – Choreography Online, Canada, represented by the Artistic Director Rick Tjia, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2021.
Choreography Online / I-PATH Diploma in Choreography Programme is officially the first and only choreography program regulated and accredited by the UK Government in the history of the UK. For students that decide to continue after Unit 1 and succeed in all three units, they will receive two diplomas instead of one: one from International Performing Arts and Theatre and one from the governmental organization Ofqual (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation).
At Choreography Online they provide a cloud service that grants young dancers around the world access to a much wider and better quality choice of choreographies to perform at dance competitions, reduce the costs normally associated with obtaining choreography, and at the same time administer this service in a highly efficient, easy, and 100% paperless way.
With innovation at our core, they also service the dance industry with other key innovative services, all of which were world firsts:
the International Online Dance Competition, which was the world’s first international dance competition that was 100% online: http://www.iodc.online
the Diploma in Choreography Program, the world’s first fully comprehensive program to develop choreography skills to be taught fully online: https://www.i-path.biz/diploma-in-choreography
JamarGig, the world’s first online artist database, casting, and audition management platform: https://www.jamargig.com
Bangladesh Nritto Rong Ltd of Dhaka, directed by Abed Islam Tipu, is a EurAsia Partner from 2021.
Hadisi Urban Festival, Congo, Africa represented by Cruzz Taylor, is a EurAsia Partner from 2024.
Hadisi Urban Festival, HUF, is a dance festival which sees a reassembly of national and international artists engaged in the restoration of the country in the Grands Lacs region of Eastern Africa and the promotion of human rights in the world.
Hadisi is a Swahili word that means history, story or narration. The Hadisi Urban Festival is a point of intersection, a collective memory, a story that sets free spirits in motion and brings together lovers of culture in search of universal beauty and freedom.
Gdansk Solo Dance Contest of Gdansk, in Poland, here represented by Maria Miotk, is a EurAsia Partner since 2018.
Gdansk Dance Festival, organised by Klub Żak a city institution of culture in Gdansk, Poland, is a all-year event promoting and presenting contemporary. The main programme takes places in September, when audinece has the chance to enjoy performances from all over the world. Within the main programme a Solo Dance Contest is organised for professional dancers. The main goal of the Festival is to share the artistic ideas, emotions and connect artists. Gdansk Dance Festival is financed by the city of Gdansk and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.
Shoonya Dance Centre of Gent in Belgium, directed by Swapnil Dagliya and Wim Boussery, is a EurAsia Partner from 2019.
The Shoonya Dance Centre is a premier dance institute in the heart of Europe, in Ghent, Belgium, housed in an authentic art deco building from 1914.
Shoonya Dance Centre offers cutting-edge, eco-friendly dance studios ranging in size from 60 to 250 m2, an intimate performance theatre (120 seats), a short-term sleeping loft for up to ten dancers, shower facilities, an ecological cafe, and much more.
Shoonya Dance Centre offers weekly dance classes all year, as well as dance workshops led by local and international guest artists, artistic residencies, events, and dance festivals.
The Shoonya Dance Centre, founded by Swapnil Dagliya and Wim Boussery, aims to provide a safe space for people of all ages, shapes, sizes, races, genders, sexualities, cultural backgrounds, and ethnicities to come together and share their common love of dance.
CDSH, Contemporary Dance School Hamburg, in Germany, directed by Raul Valdez, is a EurAsia Partner since 2017.
The CDSH – Contemporary Dance School Hamburg is a state-approved vocational school for contemporary stage dance. The focus of the three-year training is on contemporary and modern dance, improvisation, composition and classical ballet. An experienced team of internationally active, experienced dancers, choreographers, teachers and artists support the students on their way to a professional career as a dancer and/or performer.
The three years of training each focus on a different area: while the first academic year focuses on technical dance development, the second academic year deepens improvisational skills, as well as it’s providing space for individual artistic development and finding one’s own artistic language and signature. In the third academic year, the working reality of a professional company is simulated – the focus is on choreographic work with house and guest choreographers. Public performances and workshops with guest teachers take place regularly throughout the three years of vocational training.
Dansk Talent Akademi of Holstebro in Denmark, here represented by the Dance Department’s Director Lene Bonde, is an EurAsia Partner from 2020.
The Danish Talent Academy is based in Holstebro, Denmark. The academy consists of six different artistic departments: Musical&Theatre, Music, Writing, Art&Design, Film and dance. The Dance Department is a three year pre-education in contemporary dance under leadership of Lene Bonde. The department holds maximum 30 dancers from all over Denmark and in the age between 16 to 22 years.
The aim of the dance department is to prepare aspiring young dance artist for their future. Guide them in starting their own artistic praxis from a young age with good basic techniqual skills, plus the ability and courage to navigate in the dance world.
The vision is that the students have the opportunity to apply for a Bachelor education after the three years.
M´Bosse Danse Company of Kaolack, Senegal, represented by the Artistic Director Baidy Ba, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2021.
Himalayan International Cultural Association of Kathmandu, Nepal, directed by Nirmal Shrestha, is a new Eurasia Partner from 2020.
Himalayan International Cultural Association a non- government organization and non-profit making organization been formed by a team of music enthusiasts to develop the local cultural heritage of Nepal since 2000.
The target of the association is to establish more chapters in major cities of Nepal to promote and preserve Nepalese cultures of various ethnic groups.
At present, there are 84 members from 4 cultural groups and expected to have gradual increment. They are interested to participate in the International Folklore Festivals to have cultural exchanges between every nations.
KCC – Kolkata Centre For Creativity, India, represented by the Artistic Director Reena Dewan, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2021.
Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC) is a multi-disciplinary interactive art centre based in Kolkata. It is a unit of Anamika Kala Sangam Trust, a not-for-profit public trust that promotes research and experimentation, and champions inclusivity and accessibility in the interface between the arts and society.
We encourage a multidisciplinary approach in the pursuit of creative and cultural practices, and through well-curated programs aim to build an empathetic, optimistic, and informed community. We are trans-local in spirit and encourage the cross-pollination of ideas and creativity across borders.
Our work has been defined under seven verticals: KCC Arts Fellowship, Arts Lab, DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusivity), Mosaic, Connect, BLUE (Build, Learn, Upgrade, Empower) and Emerging Artists’ Platform (EAP). In addition to these, KCC also has a digital publishing platform/webzine, Articulate.
LAPA, Loyac Academy of Performing Arts of Kuwait City, Kuwait, directed by Fareah Al Saqqaf, is a EurAsia Partner from 2019.
LOYAC Academy of Performing Arts (LAPA) is one of the pioneering cultural institutions which play a major role in shaping and directing the cultural scene in Kuwait, as it contributes to developing and empowering the youth and unleashing their creativity, through hosting prominent artists and instructors in their field and conducting workshops and classes in theater, music, fine arts, performing arts, and media. LAPA encourages the youth to be active contributors to the artistic scene, as well as contributors to life itself by addressing local and global causes through their art.
In addition to its ongoing classes and workshops, LAPA holds year round festivals, productions and collaborations with local and international institutes and artists. It is noteworthy that the academy started operating under LOYAC in 2003 then gained its fame and well-established recognition as LAPA in 2010.
Studio Wayne McGregor of London, UK, directed by Wayne McGregor and here represented by Odette Hughes, is a EurAsia Partner from 2019.
Studio Wayne McGregor is the creative engine of McGregor’s life-long choreographic enquiry into thinking through and with the body. It encompasses his own touring company of dancers, Company Wayne McGregor; creative collaborations across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science; and highly specialized learning, engagement and research programmes. In April 2017 Studio Wayne McGregor moved into its own newly created studio space at Here East in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, a shared space for making where the creative brains of the day can exchange knowledge and invent together.
DanceHaus of Milan in Italy, directed by Susanna Beltrami, is the first EurAsia Partner since 2016.
Among the most important Italian dance training centers, Accademia Susanna Beltrami, based in Milan, at DanceHaus Susanna Beltrami, is an international point of reference for young artists, creatives and scholars of dance, who have the opportunity to experience here, discuss and specialize in a stimulating context, in line with the latest European trends in art and training.
Our mission is to cultivate new professional figures with specializations in dancer, performer, choreographer and creative dance, through technical insights with internationally renowned teachers and intensive internships with visiting teachers. In parallel with the work of technical learning, the students have the opportunity to confront the composition and self-managed workshops, presenting first to the professionals, then also to the public, choreographic experiments of their own production, often also within exhibitions and festivals.
An aspect that distinguishes the concept of our School is, since its foundation, the need to give life to an always alive and continuous exchange between the student, the languages of dance and their application in the different areas of art; for this reason, Accademia has a highly qualified and heterogeneous faculty, coming from the worlds of dance, theater and performing arts.
The numerous collaborations with some of the most prestigious dance and theatre festivals, cultural institutes, universities and companies in Lombardy and Italy, as well as with important institutions of Fashion and Design, have made this exchange rich not only in educational proposals, but also in employment opportunities.
Accademia Susanna Beltrami of Milan, Italy, directed by Susanna Beltrami, is the first EurAsia Partner from 2016.
DanceHaus Hip Hop Department of Milan in Italy, directed by Susanna Beltrami, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2019.
DANCEHAUSpiú, National Choreographic Center of Milan, Italy, co-directed by Susanna Beltrami, Matteo Bittante, Annamaria Onetti, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2019.
DANCEHAUSpiù is the National Dance Production Centre based in Milan and founded in 2011 starting from the common wish of three different organizations, DanceHaus Susanna Beltrami, Associazione ContART directed by Matteo Bittante and Associazione ArtedanzaE20 directed by Annamaria Onetti, willing to increase and unify their objectives and skills. Since 2015, the Centre has received subsidies for its promotional and public education activities from the Milan City Council, the Lombardy Region and the MIC, which in 2018 recognised it as a Production Centre, the fourth in Italy.
The DANCEHAUSpiù project is supported for the three-year period 2022- 2024 by the MIC, the Lombardy Region and the Milan City Council.
MilanOltre Festival of Milan, Italy, directed by Rino De Pace, is a EurAsia Partner from 2020.
36 years old MILANoLTRE reaffirms its passion for the multiple expressions and languages of contemporary dance. Projects peculiarity, quality, engagement of new generations, aim to enhance the public fidelity and stimulate curiosity of an increasing new audience. The structure of the last editions has highlighted national and international profiles together with the sections “Vetrina Italia” and “Vetrina Italia Domani”, landscape of under 35 Italian choreography.
BEYOND THE LIMITS
A selective look at the world stages to bring the best of the international contemporary productions to Milan.
Over the years MILANoLTRE has presented among others:
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker/Rosas [Bruxelles] Stephen Petronio [New York] Alonzo King [San Francisco] Karole Armitage [New York] Jan Fabre [Antwerp] Lalala Human Steps [Montréal] Fura Dels Baus [Barcellona] Marie Chouinard [Montréal] Frédéric Flamand [Bruxelles] Tero Saarinen [Helsinki] The Wooster Group [New York] Trisha Brown [New York] Martin Messier [Montréal] Sankai Juku [Tokyo] Virginie Brunelle [Montréal] Aakash Odedra [India/UK] Out Innerspace [Vancouver] Gelabert Azzopardi [Barcelona] Yasmeen Godder [Israele] Bill T. Jones [New York] Squat Theater [New York] Louise Lecavalier [Montréal]
SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY DANCE
The best possible examples of Italian Choreography and the continuous discovery of emerging talents.
A concrete opportunity offered to young talents and their early stage projects, ending up on stage close to those of well known artists. Thus to create a fertile ground fostering the exchange of languages and generations. Among the others:
Virgilio Sieni | Balletto Teatro Torino | Compagnia Zappalà Danza | MK/Michele Di Stefano | Compagnia Simona Bucci | Enzo Cosimi | Fattoria Vittadini | Adriana Borriello | Susanna Beltrami | Ariella Vidach | MM Company | Compagnia Sanpapiè | Stalker/Daniele Albanese | Nexus/Simona Bertozzi | Balletto di Roma | Le Supplici/ Fabrizio Favale
BEYOND THE PERFORMANCES: MASTERCLASS
Getting to know an artist, learning his technique and his philosophy. A precious occasion for young dancers: discovering new worlds and new ways to approach dance. Building a network dedicated to education with dance academies and schools.
LECTURES: moments of study and research conducted by experts, critics and academics, so that dance vocabulary becomes comprehensible to everyone.
La Sfera Danza – International Dance Festival is a partner from 2023 represented by Marisa Galuppo and by Gabriella Furlan Malvezzi.
La Sfera Danza – International Dance Festival of Padova has been operating in the area for more than 20 years and presents a heterogeneous platform of live shows, cultural events and collateral activities.
The Festival enjoys the recognition and support of the Italian Ministry of Culture, and is organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Padua, the Department of Culture and with the contribution of the Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo Foundation.
The initiative is supported by the Veneto Region and the Municipality of Vigonza, and also benefits from the patronage of the University of Padua.
FDR Formal Dance Research of San Luis in Mexico, directed by Fernando Dominguez, is an EurAsia Partner from 2020.
FDR DANCE is based in the Netherlands since 2012. Its Director and founder Fernando Domínguez graduated as a dancer-performer from CODARTS Rotterdam Dance Academy.
Dancer, choreographer and professional dance teacher in Germany, Holland and Mexico. He studied an artistic specialization in the ballet technique focused in modern and contemporary dancers.
IORM – Instituto Oswaldo Ribeiro De Mendonca is the new EurAsia partner from State of São Pauolo, Brazil from 2023, represented by Rafael A. Braghiroli and Valeria Pasetto.
IORM has been founded by social entrepreneur Josimara Ribeiro de Mendonça on August 6th 2005.
IORM´s mission is to guarantee the
defense of the rights of children
and adolescents and to work hand in hand with schools and
families to promote knowledge, self-esteem, social inclusion, art, culture and citizenship.
IORM – Instituto Oswaldo Ribeiro De Mendonca will collaborate with EurAsia Dance Project International Network by hosting the EurAsia Auditions On Tour in Brazil, bringing the events organized by the Network, inviting the EurAsia Dance Company, hosting artistic residencies and workshops on tour in South America, every year providing all the economic and logistical support required as all the EurAsia Partners do.
Kahkeshan of Tehran in Iran, and its Artistic Director Sina Saberi, is a new EurAsia Partner from 2019.
Mafalda Dance Company of Zurich, Switzerland, directed by Teresa Rotemberg, is a EurAsia Partner from 2020.
Currently, the emphasis in MAFALDA’s multifaceted work lies with children’s productions, which have enjoyed great international popularity. The productions come along with interactive workshops and parcours of experiences. The multi-layered worlds with which the Zurich based Company MAFALDA, directed by the choreographer Teresa Rotemberg, fascinates its audience are of a very particular character. At times narrative, at times abstract, the company combines sophisticated, often highly virtuous dance elements with all kinds of theatrical devices. MAFALDA’s cosmos is full of funny, whimsical, thoughtful and poetic images and scenes; comedy and tragedy are often close to one another. Over and over again the company strives to question realities, the continuing theme is the acceptance of deficits, diversity and change. MAFALDA’s creations are designed to appear lightweight and ironic but repeatedly deal with the big questions of our life and coexistence.