Basic Information
Contemporary Dance in Slovakia. A complex analysis of the state, financing, and production conditions within the period of 2010 – 2016.
The project was realised since September 2016 until April 2017 and its aim was to look into the functioning of the non-established scene of contemporary dance in Slovakia (in terms of several aspects) within the years 2010 – 2016. It consisted of two workshops dedicated to the dance community and preparation of a publication Contemporary Dance in Slovakia. A complex analysis of the state, financing, and production conditions within the period of 2010 – 2016.
The project was realised since September 2016 until April 2017 and its aim was to look into the functioning of the non-established scene of contemporary dance in Slovakia (in terms of several aspects) within the years 2010 – 2016. It consisted of two workshops dedicated to the dance community and preparation of a publication Contemporary Dance in Slovakia. A complex analysis of the state, financing, and production conditions within the period of 2010 – 2016. The first workshop (a mediated meeting of the Slovak contemporary dance field performers) took place in November 2016 with a German cultural manager Madeline Ritter, the author of German national project for the support of dance Tanzplan Deutschland. The second took place in December 2016. It gave an opportunity to confront various opinions of individuals, dance community members and through the form of a focus group it also gave a chance of naming the situation more precisely. The facilitator of the workshop was Mr. Bohdan Smieška.
The survey itself (the publication preparation) consisted of the methodology creation, creation of questionnaires made to measure of the non-established art form of contemporary dance, distribution of the questionnaires to the authors, and the acquired data evaluation. A significant part of the active Slovak contemporary scene has taken part in the mapping. The publication brings an overview of the artists and legal subjects working in the field of the contemporary dance in Slovakia, identifies the background and cultural spaces for the creation and presentation of productions, production conditions, regional distribution of forces, international co-operations, financial aspects. It provides data for deeper analyses, points out strengths and weaknesses of the field and, as such, is a suitable base for specific reflections on how to invest in this art form, how to make it more visible, how to reduce the outflow of the professional youth as well as how to support the development of cultural industry. The survey methodology co-author is Zuzana Ivašková, a cultural geographer.
The initiator and main realiser of the survey is PlaST. The project was co-funded by the Slovak Arts Council and Goethe-Institut Bratislava.