FESTIVAL CALENDAR

Our festival is held for the twentieth time. And this time we want to invite the spectator to explore the power that lies within the relationship of artist, object and viewer, addressing the eternal quote by Dorian Gray: “It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors”. We want to invite the audiences to step beyond the role of passive observer and meet the world through the experience of the other, be it a bird, a snail, a dream sunk in peatland, an ancestor, a doorknob or a neighbor behind the wall, whose life we listen to like music. Let the festival become a place where random strangers meet or become the stars of the night, ready to share joy and go through difficulties together – even in the hardest moments when death comes by the side of life. Perhaps this is the best time to think about how and why we exist in this world, and how we are all interconnected. And to realize that the rules of the game can be changed. We can usher at the center of the conversation those who have been on the periphery, claim equality and rediscover dance as a language of consent and acceptance. Let us invite you to look for adventures in the mundane and to ask yourself a question: is it possible to live public lives that reflect our inner selves? We invite you to look at art as a relentless process that evolves in relation to someone or something that activates it, be it place, time or those around us. To think about the future and imagine a new world order and to create it today. Sometimes it is enough just to show up and by doing so bring change, so that you might say – this is my favorite day!