U:NEW FESTIVAL / DANCE HIGHWAYS 2021

International Movement Festival U:NEW – DANCE HIGHWAYS aims to popularize contemporary dance in its new forms and to strengthen the cooperation of Polish artists with European partners.The idea behind the festival is to pay particular attention to themes related to ecology: green transformation, climate change and the future of our planet, as well as the urban fabric, human rights, cultural identity and tolerance. An important element of the festival are the DANCE HIGHWAYS workshops and DANCE HIGHWAYS transnational meetings supported by the European Union within the framework of Erasmus +, which aim to exchange good practices between professionals in the field of contemporary dance and related arts and to raise the competence of dance artists through dance workshops of various techniques.
DANCE HIGHWAYS is a European project that brings together six contemporary dance partners the L’espace ASDC and Zappulla DMN Company in Palermo, the Theatre Developement Foundation ‘NEW WAVE’ and collective HOTELOKO movement makers in Warsaw, the THEATER DER KLÄNGE in Düsseldorf, Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts/Norway, La Fundicion in Bilbao and the Galerie Chorégraphique in Carcassonne. This international project will implement until September 2022 a European calendar of transnational mobilities, with the aim of sharing good practices between experts and offering ongoing professional training workshops for contemporary dancers.

Performances:
“Inflating” / Klara Szela / Poland
„HUMAN DILEMMAS” / Maria Salwińska, Zuzanna Strugacz / Poland
“Axiom of Choice” / HOTELOKO movement makers / Poland
“Cutthroat” / Karina Szutko / Poland
“RESET” / Igor Calonge Martinez / Spain-Basque Country
„Y’a des choses ou avoir envie de dire des choses” / Léa Leclerc / France
“When Boys Cry” / Thomas of Norway / Norway
“W drodze – On the Way” / New Folk / Poland
„Apollo e Dafne” / ZAPPULLA DMN company / Italy
Urban Fallow-Barbecho Urbano” / cia. Natxo Montero_danza / Spain-Basque Country
“Das Lackballet – the Lacquer Ballet” / Theater der Klänge / Germany
„well come” / Klara Szela / Milena Suska / Poland
„Choreographic Study About the End of Things” / Maria Ibarretxe / Spain-Basque Country
„Playlist” / Pedro Pauwels / France

Video dance:
„WoDA: Waterfall of Dance/Democratic/Dialog Actions” / Agata Życzkowska / Poland
„Unframed” / Wojciech Mochniej, Iris Heitzinger, reż. Paweł Zawadzki / Poland
„Escape Room” / Barbara Bujakowska, Karol Miękina, reż. Anna Bajjou / Poland
„bobleplastbarna” / Silje Solheim Johnsen / Norway

U:NEW is the result of a wave of new approaches to the art of experimental dance and performance in Poland and Europe. U:NEW is a flow of actions that touch upon our reality and identity. It is a collection of images that present this change. It is an attempt to understand the speed of developing technologies and to find one’s place in this new space. It is absurd, comical and authentic actions that unite individuals in search. These are sincere confessions and artistic demands. It is an interactive image of small and big cities. It is a dialogue and a voice in the discussion on the future of Europe. A detailed programme will be available soon.

Urban New Eco Wave
Use New Edu Wave
Unite New Euro Wave
Under New Earth Wave
Unique New Envisage Wave
UDance New Essence Wave
Choose your own U:NEW.

Director of the festival: Agata Życzkowska
Festival Coordinator: Adriana Liwara
Technical director of the festival: Bartłomiej Mamajek
Organiser: HOTELOKO movement makers
Production: Theater Developement Foundation ‘NEW WAVE’
Co-organiser: Centrum Promocji Kultury Praga Południe

The project is co-financed by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, the European Commission in the Erasmus+ programme, the Cervantes Institute in Warsaw

Partners: Z. Raszewski Theatre Institute, BAZA Theatre, La Galerie Chorégraphique/Carcassonne, La Fundición – Asociación Puertas Abiertas/Bilbao, L’ESPACE ASDC/Palermo, Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts/Norway, Theater der Klänge/Germany, Etxepare Basque Institute, Bodo 2024 European Capital of Culture, La Région Occitanie, Ville de Montauban, Tarn-et-Garronne-le département fr, Préfet de la région Occitanie, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Honorary patronage: Italian Institute in Warsaw

Media partners: TVP Kultura, taniecPOLSKA.pl, TEATR, e-teatr, teatralny.pl, TANIEC, Teatr dla Wszystkich, warszawa.ngo.pl, NN6T