PUZZLΕ#7

Selected as one of the five dance artists to participate in the Puzzle#7 programme for the performing arts, organised by Stanica/Station- service for contemporary dance, Belgrade, Serbia.

Puzzle#7 places special emphasis on dramaturgy in dance to support the creation of a dance and choreographic work of art. Dramaturgy provides the knowledge and means to make choreographic ideas grounded and comprehensible through the relationships between body, movement, space, light, music, text and other elements, but also to contextualise these same ideas in a cultural, artistic, wider social, political or economic environment and to connect them to the immediate or wider environment.

This year's programme is aimed at young choreographers who have already realised original works and currently have a clear idea of what they would like to develop with the support of the Puzzle#7 programme.

The programme starts in April 2023 and runs until October 2023, with a final presentation of the works at the end of November 2023. For the first time, the Puzzle#7 programme offers a group trip to Zagreb and cooperation with the partner programme Modular School in the organisation Nomad Dance Academy Croatia.

Participants are invited to develop their original projects during the programme through cooperation, self-organisation and mutual support, with the professional help of Stanica and the Puzzle team (Marko Milić and Marijana Cvetković).

The programme is free for participants, as are other programmes that the Station develops for artists and audiences in the local dance community.

In this way, the Station aims to encourage artists to participate more actively in the contemporary dance scene, to present the work of authors and performers, to take advantage of opportunities to establish future artistic collaborations, to gain relevant educational and artistic experience, and to acquire a broader knowledge of the context of contemporary dance and contemporary art in general.

Puzzle#7 is a new cycle within the Puzzle platform, which aims to systematically exchange knowledge and experience between a generation of established choreographers and theorists and younger artists, and to present an open, experimental, inclusive educational model that challenges the academic and institutional treatment of contemporary performing arts.