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Strengthening Contemporary Dance Scene in Serbia, third cooperation
project in Serbia
Country / region and cities:
Serbia, city: Belgrade
Partner organization (s):
STATION Service for contemporary dance,
Belgrade
Duration of the project:
October 2006 - September 2007 (project start date:
1st October 2006)
Short description of the project:
This is one-year programme of shaping and consolidation of contemporary
dance scene in Serbia through building of the brand new Service
for contemporary dance - STATION. In the period of one year several
activities will be carried out in the field of capacity building,
artistic development and production, promotion of contemporary
dance as interdisciplinary artistic field and regional (Balkan)
cooperation in the field of dance art and education.
Longer description of the project:
In order to change the existing situation in contemporary dance
in Serbia (absence of cultural policy instruments, lack of space,
institutional neglecting, being in the margins.), over 40 dancers
and choreographers gathered to establish STATION - a service
dedicated to contemporary dance development and improvement by
all means. STATION is seen as a platform and a tool of distribution
and exchange of information, education, increasing of the dance
community, co-productions, networking, local and international
promotion of Serbian contemporary dance.
Recruiting also professionals
out of the dance community - like theoreticians, performing arts
experts and pedagogues, critiques, managers, artists from other
art fields etc. - STATION aims at influencing cultural policy-makers
and redefinition of position contemporary dance should take in
both Serbian and Balkan cultural landscapes. The activities designed
within this one-year project, 2006/2007, should help in creating
the base for further development of contemporary dance scene
in Serbia and for advocating for its better understanding by
larger audience, cultural policy makers and authorities. It should
also raise capacities for inclusion of contemporary dance in
the flows of contemporary culture by emphasizing its synergetic
capacities and by joint projects with visual arts, music and
new media.
The period following 2006/2007 is expected to be more
oriented towards establishing a more stabilized structure with
more public support, towards education system development and
cultural participation (community work and youth). The appropriate
funds will be approached (European and regional cooperation and
networking, education and cultural participation).
Main goals of the project:
In project will be realized in the frame of four activity groups:
- Raising professional
standards in
contemporary dance education, creation and production
- Promotion of dance as a synergetic
art expression capable to embrace diverse artistic forms
and languages and thus to enrich cultural experience of
both creators and audience
- Strengthening the STATION office
as a point of meeting, cooperation,
information, professional standards and reliable source of possibilities for improvement
in all domains of contemporary dance
- Audience development / reaching different
audiences by multi-level cooperation with various partners/art
fields/institutions
- Creation of a functional Balkan
network that would expand cultural, geographical and economical
space for dance productions
Main activities:
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Establishing
STATION as a permanent coordination and with strengthened
capacities;
Permanent coordination of STATION will be established
in order to regulate all the activities planned for the
first phase of the organization development. It will serve
as well as a center of information and a mediatheque.
- Raising capacities
of young choreographers and dancers through the series
of interdisciplinary workshops;
This programme will consist of 4 workshops in dramaturgy,
visual arts techniques, dance composition and creation for
a group of 7 young dancers and choreographers selected on
the basis of the project proposal. At the end of the process
will be selected 3 best performances and presented in the
Little Theater "Dusko Radovic" during the autumn season 2007.
- Production of a performance
with a renowned choreographer from the Balkans and Serbian
dancers and the regional tour organized by STATION partners
in Skopje, Sofia and Zagreb.
STATION will invite one choreographer from
the Region for one dance performance production and its regional
presentation. The invited choreographer will work with local
artists and so produce a joint performance to be toured in
the Balkans - Skopje, Sofia and Zagreb.
Web site of the STATION Service for contemporary dance
is placed at: www.dancestation.org |
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RE-OPENING A GOLD MINE, second cooperation project in Serbia
Country / region and cities:
South Serbia, cities: Nis - Leskovac - Vranje
Partner organization (s):
"Committee for Civic Initiative - OGI", Nis
Co-partners:
"Resource Centre Nis",
Nis
"Resource Centre Leskovac",
Leskovac
"ABC Centre for Peace, Security and Tolerance", Vranje
Duration of the project:
July 2006 - February 2007
Summary of the project:
The project aiming at initiating the process of re-animation
of the cultural life of three towns of south Serbia: Nis, Leskovac
and Vranje. The project priorities is to build capacities of
key cultural policy stakeholders of the above mention target
cities/municipalities - city/municipal departments in charge
of culture, city cultural institutions, non-governmental organizations
active in the field of culture, informal art groups and journalists
covering the domain of culture - so they could confront problems
in the cultural field at the local level.
Short description of activities:
In project will be realized in the frame of four activity groups:
- Organizing one open Forum in Nis,
Leskovac and Vranje respectively, where, with participation
of representatives of key cultural policy stakeholders,
the situation in each of the towns will be analyzed, strategic
problems identified, strategic goals defined, and goals
of the project "Re-Opening a Gold Mine" presented.
- Holding trainings in target towns
for representatives of municipal agencies, cultural institutions,
and culture-oriented NGOs whose purpose would be to familiarize
these groups with models and instruments of cultural policy,
instruct them into strategic planning, management, and
marketing skills in the domain of culture, and give them
a chance to master skills indispensable in market conditions.
- Carrying out training for local media
journalists from Nis, Leskovac and Vranje aimed at improving
their ability to do research and report on cultural events
in their towns and the whole country.
- Establishing contacts with cultural
institutions, relevant non-governmental organizations active
in culture and informal art groups from other Serbian towns
and - together with project participants - organizing cultural
events in target towns.
Expected project outputs:
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Strategic problems
identified and strategic goals defined in three target
towns (Niš, Leskovac, Vranje) and a 20-30 page report made
(in coordination with local cultural stakeholders) which
will be used as a grounds for project activities, and in
particular for long-term actions upon the end of the project.
- Between 30 and 45 local cultural policy
stakeholders trained (10 to 15 participants from each of
the towns) - they have been acquainted with models and instruments
of cultural policy, and mastered skills indispensable for
survival in market conditions - strategic planning, cultural
management and marketing, fundraising, project proposal writing,
project management, and public relation skills.
- Between 15 and 20 journalists of the
local media trained for providing better information to the
public on cultural events in the town and country (5 to 7
journalists in each of the target towns)
- Cooperation has been established with
cultural institutions, relevant non-governmental organizations
active in the field of culture, and informal art groups from
other cities/towns in Serbia and 15 cultural events have
been organized (3 concerts, 6 exhibitions, 3 broadcasts of
documentaries/video art, and 3 theatrical plays) in target
towns during the 8 months of project implementation.
Web site of the project "Re-Opening a Gold Mine" is www.ogi.org.yu |
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Open Highway E - 761, first cooperation project in Serbia and
Montenegro
Country / region and cities:
Serbia interior, cities: Uzice-Pozega-Cacak-Kraljevo
Partner organization (s):
" Academica", Uzice - Executive Office of the
Programme
"Forca",Pozega
"Sretenje", Pozega
"Civic parliament Cacak"; Cacak
"Iskra", Kraljevo
"KVArt", Kraljevo
"Ogledalo", Kraljevo
Duration of the project:
2005 until 2007 (project start 1st January 2005)
Short description of the project:
The Project proposal involves three-year strategy and activities
aimed at establishing regional network for fostering artistic
practice and influencing current and future cultural policies,
both of the four municipalities in central Serbia - Uzice, Pozega,
Cacak and Kraljevo, and of the state.
Project congregates several NGOs with artistic, cultural and public
work background in order to improve their capacities and skills,
to raise awareness for culture and arts in local communities and
to produce, promote and maintain contemporary art projects and
initiatives. The Project is building up foundation for regional
and statewide networking in art production. The proposed model
of collaborative network assures that each member actively contributes
to the mission, values and aims of the Project.
Longer description of the project:
Cultural situation in Serbia is marked by numerous and complex
polarities between the inherited and the new (coming) cultural
system and its values. The old institutional structures have to
be reformed and de-etatized in order to take active public role,
while the new cultural system is still in process of establishing
itself within the civil sector.
As in most transition countries, the cultural infrastructure had
been extremely extensive in Serbia. Still, the quality of its
real resources - technological, human and financial, is obsolete
or even of very low value. This infrastructure was not up to the
need to face and deal with necessary update of cultural policies.
In all four cities, though, there are venues relatively adequate
for standard cultural events. The most urgent need is for venues
where creative youth can practice alternative art expression.
This lack is sporadically complemented by the efforts of civil
sector.
Mission of the Project is to establish a sustainable model
of a cultural network in order to strengthen and support the creative
resources in cities, to build and utilize the capacities of the
local communities and to support contemporary art production focussing
on innovative and socially engaged forms. The cultural network
influences development of ppropriate cultural strategies on local
and regional level.
The program level is developed through 3 action lines of the Project
and focused at:
- Art production
- Capacity building
- Raising public awareness
The project wants to achieve the following:
Web site of the E-761 Open Highway is placed
at: www.e761.org
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