Moving Borders (2023 - 2025)

Moving Borders explores how three female dance artists from Ukraine – and the migration of millions of women and children escaping from the Russian occupation of their country – can inform approaches to welcoming and engaging refugees through dance, and in the development of inclusive and cohesive practices across Europe.

This project aims to provide tools to dance and cultural organisations to handle the arrival of forcibly displaced artists and civilians, by facilitating exchanges within local social and cultural contexts, as well as exploring issues around the inclusion of newcomers and being responsive towards new challenges brought by the cross-border movement of people.

From 2023 to 2025, Aerowaves together with Arte Sella, La Briqueterie CDCN and Tanec Praha will organise international workshops, meetings (live and online), dissemination events and activities, as well as commissioning a research article.

Research Team

Ukrainian dance artists: Yana Reutova (based in Prague, Czechia), Anna Kushnirenko (based in Bassano del Grappa, Italy) and Rita Lira (based in Paris, France)

Researchers: Monica Gillette – dramaturg, Luisella Carnelli – impact researcher, Karina Buckley – dance writer

Partners: Yvona Kreuzmannova (Tanec Praha Festival, Czech Republic), Giacomo Bianchi and Rosa Zambelli ( Arte Sella, Italy) and Elisabetta Bisaro and Arina Dolgikh (La Briqueterie CDCN, France).

About Aerowaves

Aerowaves is a hub for dance discovery in Europe. They identify promising new work by emerging dance artists and then promote it through cross-border performances. Aerowaves’ network of partners in 34 countries enables these younger choreographers to bring brand new dance to brand new audiences. Aerowaves prides itself on its unique role as a connector between choreographers, dance programmers and dance enthusiasts across Europe.

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