International tour
The D. Dance Alliance tour begins on 30 May in Belgrade and continues through Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Croatia.
All performances are free of charge. Don’t miss them out!
📍 30 May – Belgrade, Madlenianum opera and theatre
📍 4 June – Sarajevo, Bentbaša swimming pools
📍 30 June – Velenje, Slovenian Coal Mining Museum
📍 5 July – Svetvinčenat, Istria
📍 17 September – Trbovlje, chimney of the former thermal power plant
The performances are signed by choreographers Aleksandar Ilić, Maša Kolar, Branko Mitrović, Nik Rajšek, and Ognjen Vučinić, while the VR direction is by Enya Belak. Their works move between the physical and the digital, the intimate and the monumental, the local and the international.
Premiere of the VR Film DANCESCAPES: Dance in 360 Degrees
A significant part of this year’s programme also includes the premieres of the VR film Dancescape 360, which fully immerses the viewer in a dance experience and allows it to be experienced from an entirely new perspective.
The film will be screened at the following locations:
This is a VR experience that does not merely present dance, but expands it into the viewer’s perceptual space. The camera is not positioned in front of the stage, but placed inside the choreography itself, where movement, space, and audience merge into a shared experience.
More information about the project and the film is available via Dancescape 360 – VR project and in the accompanying video material.
European highlight: The New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels
The project will also be presented at one of Europe’s most important events at the intersection of culture, space, and sustainable design — the New European Bauhaus Festival 2026, taking place from 9 to 13 June 2026.
The D. Dance Alliance will appear at the festival with the duet TOUCH, choreographed by Igor Kirov. The performance explores how art, architecture, and community co-create the future of living and will be presented on Friday, 12 June 2026 at 14:45 as part of the festival programme.
Participation in the festival represents an important international recognition and an opportunity to further increase the visibility of creators from the Danube region on the European stage.
More about the D. Dance Alliance performance can be found HERE, and more about the festival programme HERE.
When Dance Transcends Space
In 2026, D. Dance Alliance is not merely a series of performances, but a shift in how we understand dance and space. From industrial ruins to European festivals and VR environments, the project builds bridges between past and future, and between physical experience and digital extension.
This is dance that does not only seek audiences, but also new environments, new languages, and new ways of seeing. You are warmly invited to take part in this unique experience.
The project was initiated by the international dance platform Balkan Dance Project, in collaboration with our award-winning network New European Bauhaus on the Danube, and is co-funded by the European Union under the Creative Europe programme.
In Slovenia, the project is also co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Public Administration. Zavod Iskriva participates in the project as a partner, together with the lead partner Delavski dom Trbovlje and partners Festival Velenje, Kolektiv (Колективът), Zagrebački plesni ansambl, Institute for Artistic Dance, and Sarajevski Ratni Teatar SARTR.
The project is carried out in cooperation with Živimo balet from Sarajevo, the Mediterranean Dance Centre, and associated partners including MOME Budapest, Europäische Donau-Akademie, Donau Büro, Ars Electronica, and Stiftung HfG Ulm.
