Bucharest Dance Hack 2025
Artists, coders, designers, musicians, dancers, new circus performers, choreographers, people working at the cutting edge of art and technology, a fabulous opportunity for transdisciplinary collaborative work is about to open up: Bucharest Dance Hack 2025!
In preparation for the event that will take place in Bucharest, capital of Romania, we are announcing an open call for participants. Between April 7-11, 2025, we aim to bring together artists and new media enthusiasts committed to working towards ways of blending the moving human body and technology, into an innovative framework, supported by experienced mentors.
The call for participants goes live on the 29th of November and will be open until the 31st of December 2024, at 23:59 (EET). All you need to do is fill in this application form, upload a CV and a letter of intent (we’re happy to receive this as a video or audio recording), and have a working Google account for easy attachment management. The selection process will last throughout the month of January, and results will be announced by email, by Mid-February 2025.
Bucharest Dance Hack is also striving to be an accessible and inclusive event, so parents intending to travel with children will be accommodated. Applicants with special needs or care
responsibilities are also welcome, and we will do our best to provide the required resources for their attendance.
Selected participants will receive a fee and per-diems, as well as having their travel expenses reimbursed. However, as part of our commitment to sustainability in the environment, we only accept slow travel plans – no planes!
Bucharest Dance Hack is the third such event being organized, as part of a larger project, realized as a partnership between TaikaBox (Finland), Central Europe Dance Theatre (Hungary) and Developing Art (Romania) and co-founded by the EU. The first two stages of the EU Dance Hack project took place in Oulu (Finland) in May 2024 and Budapest (Hungary) in November 2024.
Each of these events have been dedicated to a certain amount of spontaneity in communication and collaboration, and we encourage interested participants to apply with an open mind and an interest in developing new points of contact and methodologies, instead of bringing pre-existing ideas and projects to the table. Bucharest Dance Hack is about coloring outside the lines, experimenting, and finding novel ideas, rather than completing a puzzle. Bring your curiosity and let’s collectively explore scenarios for the future.