The project Dance and Performing Arts Criticism in Europe, a collaboration of Czech Dance News and Performing Arts Hub Norway, is organising a seminar from 20-24 October during Oktoberdans in Bergen for emerging dance critics which will address the practice and new forms of dance criticism.
The seminar is free and open to participants based in Europe, previous experience with writing about dance is not required. The language of the seminar is English. Participants will be invited to produce their own review texts. The short writing tasks will then be discussed with the lecturers and within the group. Finally, one text from each participant will be published on the website of Czech Dance News.
Overall, participants receive:
- Free coaching seminar from professional dance critics.
- Lectures by experienced dance writers, coaching and discussions about the seen performances, practice review writing and performing dance criticism in general.
- Published review (guarantee 100 EUR per published text).
- Access to selected performances presented at Oktoberdans 2022 – contemporary dance biennale in Bergen, Norway.
- Transport contribution (825 EUR per participant arriving from outside Norway).
- Acknowledgement of participation.
