Moving Balkans Open Call for Artists (2026 Showcase, Novi Sad, Serbia)

Deadline for applications: 10 July 2025 at 23:59 CET

Moving Balkans is a contemporary dance platform bringing together dance organizations  from the Balkans. Our aim is to elevate and support contemporary dance by raising awareness, producing  dance works and organising educational activities for dance professionals from the Balkans. We collaborate to support artistic mobility, co-creation and empowerment through capacity building, mentoring and fruitful synergies.

After the successful first edition of the Moving Balkans Contemporary Dance Showcase, held  in Ljubljana (Slovenia), Rijeka (Croatia) and Zagreb (Croatia) between 10–13 May 2025, the second edition of the showcase will be held in Novi Sad (Serbia) from 13–16 May 2026. The festival will present 10 contemporary dance productions, and 6 Dance Scape project pitches from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Türkiye and offer opportunities to meet,  exchange ideas, interact with the audience and dance professionals, and become part of a large artistic network.

More information is provided in the info sheet and FAQ below. The applications must be submitted via Google Forms by 10 July 2025 at 23:59 CET.

Online info session 

For additional questions you are kindly invited to attend a Zoom info session which will be held on 11 June 2025 at 16:00 CET (meeting link is provided in INFO SHEET & FAQ).

Applicants will be notified about the selection in September 2025.

APPLICATION FORM AT THE LINK!

The Contemporary Dance Association Slovenia (CDAS) is a voluntary association of professionals in the field of contemporary dance in Slovenia (dancers, choreographers, pedagogues, theoreticians and critics) whose aim is to form and realise their professional interests: the establishment of a space for communication, raising awareness, building a tradition of contemporary dance in Slovenia and an all-round development of the area of contemporary dance and the conditions for professional creative activities in Slovenia.