Bratislava in Movement 2023 - International Festival of Contemporary Dance

The international festival of contemporary dance called Bratislava in Movement, established in 1997, has been recognized in the greater European community and has developed into an event with several different activities. Bratislava in Movement besides presenting innovative contemporary dance productions initiates, commissions and produces dance and multimedia project as well as organizes practical workshops and theoretical conferences. BMA aims to present Slovak contemporary dance in Slovakia and abroad and mediate its contact with foreign countries, to create conditions for evaluation of contemporary dance creation, to improve the level of information about the activities in the field of contemporary dance in Slovakia and abroad, to act as the co-producer and co-initiator of creation of new dance performances created for the festival or presented in the festival. An important aspect of our effort is to educate general public, enlist the support and participation of existing cultural institutions and engage the media. Our past experience has been positive. The high quality of the work the festival presents has earned us recognition at local, national and international level. In 26 years of its existence, the festival has presented 241 companies and artists from 29 countries, has organized 79 accompanying events such as international interdisciplinary art projects (4), artisticeducational projects (2), site-specific projects (11), workshops (44), theoretical lectures (5), exhibitions of dance photography (5), film screenings (4), international conferences (2).

In 2022 we introduced for the first time a focus on specific country presenting 3 artists / companies from Israel. In 2023 for the 27th edition we want to focus on rich and diverse dance scene in Belgium, planning to present again Peeping Tom, Anton Lachky Company, Ultima Vez and their young associated artists and some others.