Modul-dance

The European project Modul-dance is a project developed to provide artists with support and to foster their professional independence from the creation of a show through to its production, presentation and dissemination. The aim is to provide optimum conditions as well as monitoring and guidance throughout the creative process.

According to the European Union’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, the Mercat de les Flors in Barcelona has been chosen on the basis of previous synergies it has developed with other European countries and as a result of its experience in supporting young dancers. Moreover, it has consistently participated in other European activities, such as the European Dance House Network, of which the Mercat is a founding member. Lastly, the fact that the Mercat has successfully managed to involve the participation of 14 countries was also considered positive, as was the project’s expected outreach: 15 participating countries and more than 400 artistic works.

The project is set to specifically support the international mobility of artists and the consolidation of both local and international dance audiences. Modul-dance also aims to promote multidisciplinary creation through multimedia channels and to generate support for artists from institutions and new entities that support dance.

Additional tools that will help expand the programme’s content are, amongst others, the organisation of conferences, festivals, discussion forums and parallel programmes in support of emerging artists such as Carte Blanche. Programme activities from Kino Šiška will start in 2011.

Moduls:
Carte blanche
Film screening
Research
Residency
Production
Festivals

Modul-dance’s main goal is to promote the trans-institutional and trans-frontier quality of European dance houses, thus strengthening the network of creators and promoters as well as dance show recipients.

The dance houses involved in the project are from Paris, Toulouse and Lyon (France), Loulé (Portugal), Dusseldorf and Dresden (Germany), Tilburg (Netherlands), Poznan (Poland), Stockholm (Sweden), London (Great Britain), Dublin (Ireland), Copenhagen (Denmark), Vienna (Austria), Athens (Greece), Nicosia (Cyprus), Ljubljana and Maribor (Slovenia).

Coordinator:
Consorsi Mercat de les Flors / Centre de les Arts de Moviment - Spain

Coorganisers:
Centre National de la Danse – France
DeVIR/CAPa – Centro de Artes Perfomativas do Alagrve – Portugal
Centre de Developpement Choreographique Toulouse – France
Maison de la Danse Lyon – France
Tanzhaus nrw e.V. – Germany
Danshuis Sation Zuid – Netherlands
Hellerau – Europaisches Zentrum der Kunste – Germany
Art Stations Foundation – Poland
Dansenhus Stockholm – Sweden
The Place London – United Kingdom
Dance Ireland Dublin – Ireland
Dansescenen – Denmark
Tanzquartier Wien GmbH – Austria
Isadora & Raymond Duncan Dance Research Centre – Greece
Dance-Gate Dancehouse Cyprus Ltd – Cyprus
Plesna izba Maribor – Slovenia
Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture - Slovenia

The proposal presented was one of a total of 40 proposals assessed. The European Union has assigned 2 million euros to the project which represents 49% of its total cost. Modul-dance will be developed from June 1st 2010 till December 31st 2014.

http://www.moduldance.com/
http://www.ednetwork.eu/
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/index_en.htm