Open call for “Baltic Dance Platform 2024” in Riga has been announced

Contemporary dance artists and companies from Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are invited to apply for the third Baltic Dance Platform, which will take place in Riga, Latvia, on 9-11 February 2024. Deadline for applications is 14 May 2023.

Dance artists from the Baltic region can apply in two categories: performance (including digital performances and dance films) and pitch presentation. The applications will be evaluated by an international jury, which will select three performances and five pitch presentations from each Baltic country to participate in the event. The results will be announced on June 20.

Further information and the guide to applying are available at balticdance.org, the application form can be found here: ej.uz/BalticDancePlatform. Participation in the selection process is free of charge.

The Baltic Dance Platform is an event, curated by three Baltic states, where Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian contemporary dance art is presented, and artists have an outstanding opportunity to gain international exposure and to make new connections with representatives of the dance industry from all over the world. The first Baltic Dance Platform took place in 2019 in Vilnius, and the second one was held in 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Baltic Dance Platform is organized by the Latvian Dance Information Center, the Lithuanian Dance Information Centre, and the Estonian theatre and contemporary dance platform Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava.

More information is available by e-mail: info@balticdance.org.