STATUS OF THE PROFESSIONAL (DANCE) ARTIST

What does it mean to be an independent professional dancer? What is it like to work as a freelancer? What does it entail? What is the current STATUS OF PROFFESIONAL DANCER in Slovakia? In 2021 chairwoman of the organisation, Marta Polaková, conducted a research resulting in a study about the economic and social status of artistic and cultural workers. Comparing systems in several countries she tried to name basic current problems and vulnerability of professional dancers in Slovakia. The ...

CONTEMPORARY DANCE IN SLOVAKIA: Mapping the state, financing and conditions for production conditions within the period of 2010 – 2016.

Maja HRIEŠIK, Marta POLÁKOVÁ, Zuzana IVAŠKOVÁ, Bohdan SMIEŠKA. Contemporary dance in Slovakia: Mapping the state, financing and conditions for production conditions within the period of 2010 – 2016. 1st edition. Bratislava: Platform for contemporary dance PLAST. 2017. 89 pages. ISBN 978-80-972696-0-9.   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 s...