SOFIJA / BOLGARIJA

Maj 2015

 Več informacijLeta 2012 je Nomad Dance Academy v Skopju v Severni Makedoniji zbrala partnerje, podpornike, odločevalce in širšo umetniško skupnost z Balkana in njegove soseščine, da bi se skupaj pogovarjali, razpravljali in soočili z možnostmi za izboljšanje kulturnih politik, ki lahko zagotovijo trajnostni razvoj lokalnih scen in okrepijo tesnejše sodelovanje v regiji in širše.
Da bi nadaljevali ta prizadevanja, je balkanska mreža Nomad Dance Academy organizirala Zagovornike plesa – drugo srečanje za zagovorništvo sodobnega plesa, ki je potekalo med 13. in 15. majem 2015 v Sofiji.

Zakaj Sofija? Neodvisna scena uprizoritvenih umetnosti v Sofiji se je v desetletju pred tem intenzivno razvijala in je bila leta 2015 v ključni fazi vzpostavljanja in ponovnega pogajanja o svojem položaju v nacionalnih in lokalnih kulturnih politikah. Na srečanju smo delili dosežke sodobnega plesa ter njegove nujne potrebe, s poudarkom na njegovi vlogi v sodobni kulturi in pomenu regionalnega sodelovanja.
Zagovorniki plesa Sofija 2015 so bili prostor za srečanja in dialog med strokovnjaki na področju kulture, odločevalci, politiki, kulturnimi operaterji in umetniki sodobnega plesa iz Bolgarije, Balkana in Evrope.

Naše sporočilo je bilo: potrebujemo vašo podporo, da ohranimo ta dinamični sektor in da ta regija postane ena vodilnih na evropskem prizorišču. Vse odločevalce pozivamo k izboljšanju instrumentov za razvoj sodobnega plesa na lokalni, nacionalni in regionalni ravni ter k izboljšanju pogojev za kulturno sodelovanje in izmenjavo na Balkanu z:
 – zagotavljanjem stalnih prostorov za produkcijo, ustvarjanje in predstavitev sodobnega plesa ter razvoj občinstev;
 – razvojem regionalnih nepovratnih sredstev za sodelovanje v sodobnem plesu, ki omogočajo izmenjavo izkušenj, znanja, produkcij in koprodukcij;
 – določitvijo ustreznih deležev za kulturne programe EU;
 – omogočanjem večletne projektne podpore na nacionalni in lokalni ravni.

Sofija je leta 2019, kot rezultat dialoga z mestno oblastjo in deloma tudi zaradi omenjene konference, dobila prvo javno institucijo, namenjeno izključno sodobni uprizoritveni umetnosti – Toplocentralo.
SOFIA / BULGARIA

May 2015

 More information In 2012, Nomad Dance Academy gathered partners, supporters, decision-makers, and the broader artistic community from the Balkans and its neighborhood in Skopje, North Macedonia, to discuss and explore possibilities for improving cultural policies, ensuring sustainable development of local scenes, and strengthening cooperation within the region and beyond. To continue these efforts, the Balkan network Nomad Dance Academy organized Dance Advocates – the second contemporary dance advocacy meeting, which took place from May 13th to 15th, 2015, in Sofia.

Why Sofia? The independent performing arts scene in Sofia had been rapidly developing in the decade prior and, in 2015, reached a crucial phase of negotiating and redefining its position within national and local cultural policies. At the meeting, we shared the achievements and urgent needs of contemporary dance, emphasizing its role in contemporary culture and the importance of regional cooperation. Dance Advocates Sofia 2015 provided a space for meetings and dialogue among cultural professionals, decision-makers, politicians, cultural operators, and contemporary dance artists from Bulgaria, the Balkans, and Europe.

Our message was: we need your support to preserve this dynamic sector and to ensure that this region becomes one of the leading ones on the European scene. We call on all decision-makers to improve instruments for the development of contemporary dance at the local, national, and regional levels, and to enhance conditions for cultural cooperation and exchange in the Balkans by: providing permanent spaces for the production, creation, presentation, and development of audiences for contemporary dance; developing regional grant schemes for collaboration in contemporary dance that support the exchange of experiences, knowledge, productions, and co-productions; allocating adequate percentages of cultural program budgets within EU frameworks; and enabling multi-year project support at national and local levels.

In 2019, as a result of the dialogue with the municipal authorities – partly thanks also to this conference – Sofia gained its first public institution dedicated exclusively to contemporary performing arts: Toplocentrala.