The New Europe Festival will present contemporary dance and dance theatre performances over the course of five festive evenings. These dance projects originated in countries which we have titled NEW EUROPE, knowing
it to be a little exaggerative. These are in fact those countries that have either recently joined the European Union or which are leading discussions on joining the EU.

International Contemporary Dance and Dance Theatre Festival and Jarmila Jerabkova Award 2010 will take place at Duncan Centre Theatre, Prague (25 – 29 November 2010)

During the Festival, selected choreographers under the age of thirty-five will present their dance projects, which are enhanced by new choreography and which have been created for the New Europe Festival based on classical music composed by Czech composer Jiri Teml.

An international board will select three dance projects (during the Festival) and these will be awarded the Jarmila Jerabkova Award.

PROGRAMM

Thursday 25.11.2010 Opening night performance “The Best of Duncan”
Friday 26.11.2010 Jarmila Jerabkova Award – Winners 2009
Saturday 27.11.2010 Choreographies on Jiri Teml´s music
Sunday 28.11.2010 The Best of “New Europe” in 2010
Monday 29.11.2010 Live Music: concert Jiri Teml Winners 2010

REGISTERED DANCE PROJECTS MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS:

dance, dance theatre
duration from 8 to 20 minutes
1 to 5 performers
first showing from 2009 to 2010, or has not been presented yet
registered dance projects must comply with the technical parameters of the
Duncan Centre Theatre (for more information refer to the section on Technical Information)
Choreographers, that have been selected, will be contacted by May 10, 2010 and requested to create a choreography based on one of the compositions composed by Jiri Teml. The compositions from which these choreographers will be able to choose will be supplied by the organizer, upon request.

Newly created dance projects must comply with the above stated parameters and must be sent as a video recording to the below stated address by September 30, 2010. Newly created choreographies will be presented as part of the Festival together with the registered dance project.

All the dance projects will be assessed and evaluated by an international board, which will select winning dance projects. These will be awarded prizes that amount to a total of CZK 130,000. Half of the funds won must be used to create a new project and these will be performed for the very first time at the Duncan Centre Theatre at the beginning of the next festival and competition in 2011.

Dances and such will be prone to original light design and stage setting. Dance projects based on classical music composed by Jiri Teml, which will be performed on Saturday night, will be performed under limited light design (for more information refer to the section on Technical Information).

The organizing party will reimburse the travel and accommodation expenses of the choreographers and dancers. No fees will be paid out for any dance or dance theatre performances. The organizer of the Festival is responsible for copyright fees. Participating artists (dance companies, organizations) are responsible for providing complete information about the dance projects used and their authors.

Contact

Duncan Centre Conservatory
Branicka 41
147 00 – Prague 4
Czech Republic

Tel: +420 244 461 342
Fax: +420 244 462 354
E-mail: festival(at)duncanct.cz
More information about Duncan Centre Conservatory here http://www.duncanct.cz