European Dance Development Network

If you're a dance programmer heading to Edinburgh in August, Dance Base hosts Spotlight on Dance from Scotland on Monday 24 August.

The event is open to industry professionals who can offer a residency, commission or presentation opportunity, and can be combined with the Fringe Fragments pitching platform on the same day.

👉 https://www.dancebase.co.uk/dance-base-festival-2026-in-partnership-with-assembly-festival/

📣 Open call: Goethe-Institut's International Coproduction Fund offers funding for international dance/theatre/performance coproductions with Germany-based partners.
📌 The call opens 17.8. and closes 12.10.
💶 €15k–30k
👉 https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/foe/int.html

Dansateliers Crew and choreographer Amparo González Sola are introducing the first edition of the Choreographic Encounters Laboratory: an eight-day peer-to-peer programme on the body of attention.

👀Looking for one artist based in Europe and one based in the Netherlands.
🗓️30 November–7 December in Rotterdam.
📌Apply by 15 September.

Get ready 👀 EFFEA Call #5 opens soon

European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists - EFFEA will support around 50 co-production residencies for emerging artists in 2027

Festivals from different countries apply together to support an emerging artist/ group through a residency project developed and presented across their programmes. To apply, festivals need to:
👉 form a partnership (minimum 3 festivals from different countries)
👉 agree on an emerging artist or collective
👉 co-design a residency project across their festivals

📌 The call opens on 1 September and closes on 3 November 2026
🤝 Start conversations with potential partners now
ℹ️ Register for the info sessions

📣 The DRIFT Open Call for mid-career choreographers is now open!

DRIFT is inviting applications from mid-career choreographers wishing to pursue artistic research within a European context. Ten artists, one from each partner country, will be selected to take part in a programme dedicated to experimentation, reflection and professional development. No finalised project is required: DRIFT primarily supports research processes that lay the foundations for future creations.

👉 The call is open for:
• Professional choreographers with a demonstrated track record in contemporary dance or performance
• Mid-career artists — beyond the emerging stage at the national level, but not yet fully established at an international level
• Artists whose practice would benefit from strengthening the research phase of their work
• Artists wishing to develop their presence and connections at a European level
• Artists with a solid interest in experimentation, transnational collaboration, and artistic research
• Artists with a good command of English (working language of the project)

Each selected artist will benefit from the following support :
• €20,000 earmarked for the research phase
• 3 Online Labs
• Showcase participation
• Artistic and curatorial mentoring
• Professional networking & international visibility

📆 Application deadline → 31 August 2026
➡️ Apply now using the form on driftdance.eu

DRIFT is an International initiative focused on supporting Dance emerging and interdisciplinary artists in Europe, involving EDN members Maison de la danse de Lyon and Mercat de les Flors - Graner and funded by the European Union Creative Europe

> More info on driftdance.eu:
https://driftdance.eu/artists/open-call

Reminder ⏰ Digital Atelier registration is open
📅 13–14 October 2026 · ICK Dans Amsterdam & Space for Dance Art
Hands-on with The Hamlet Project & PREMIERE research tools
8 places for dance artists + creative coders are available

Register by 18 August
👉 https://www.ednetwork.eu/activities/digital-atelier-2026

Tanzhaus Zürich's research and development residencies are open to artists based in Zürich, as well as national and international artists at an established career stage.

📌Applications for residencies in the first half of 2027 close on 9 August 2026

Movida is looking for duos of dance artists and creative technologists for labs on AI, accessibility, robotics and mental health.

🗓️ December 2026–February 2027
📌 Bucharest, Düsseldorf, Lisbon/Montemor-o-Novo and Tallinn.
💸 Travel, accommodation and a fee are covered.
👉 Apply by 3 August

Creative Europe project involving EDN members O Espaço Do Tempo and tanzhaus nrw

Image credits: Gaitless project from MODINA project (photo by Claudiu Popescu)

JoJo – Oulu Dance Centre is producing Stretch Further – Exploring Identity, an international dance event on artist identity.

🗓️ 9–10 September in Oulu, Finland
🇪🇺 as part of Oulu2026 European Capital of Culture
🤝 with Keðja network, the Finnish national network of regional dance centres Kiertoliike and OuDance Festival JoJo - Oulun Tanssin Keskus | JoJo - Oulu Dance Centre

The programme runs talks, workshops and a panel discussion on how career stage and age shape professional artistic identity. Registration closes 31 July.

Krakow Dance Festival returns 31 July–8 August, built around the theme of belonging as a source of strength, questioning, and transformation.

📌 Krakowskie Centrum Choreograficzne & Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury

image credits: NON+ULTRAS Moritz Ostruschnjak