Emanat (Slovenia)
Founded in Ljubljana in 2006, Emanat – Institute for the Affirmation and Development of Dance and Contemporary Art is an internationally recognised organisation dedicated to contemporary performing arts, artistic research and cultural innovation. Co-founded and artistically led by Maja Delak, one of Slovenia's leading contemporary choreographers and directors, Emanat has become an important platform for artistic experimentation, critical reflection and international collaboration.
The organisation operates in three core areas: performing arts production, education and publishing, with a particular focus on contemporary dance, theatre, music and intermedia arts. Emanat produces and supports the work of internationally recognised and emerging artists, including Matija Ferlin, Maja Delak, Luka Prinčič, Jan Rozman, Marijs Boulogne and Irena Z. Tomažin, while continuously fostering new artistic voices and interdisciplinary artistic practices.
For almost two decades, Emanat has served as a meeting point for choreographic practices, artistic research and knowledge exchange, connecting artists, producers, researchers and audiences through innovative contemporary performing arts. Through its long-standing AGON programme, the organisation promotes lifelong learning, artistic research and professional development, creating opportunities for collaboration, critical reflection and international networking.
As the coordinator of the Brave Creative Producers project, Emanat leads WP1 – Project Management, Quality Assurance and Coordination, ensuring the overall coordination of the consortium, project management, quality assurance and successful implementation of all project activities. Emanat also leads WP3 – Notating Practices and the Producer's Inventory, contributing its expertise in sustainable production methods, open-source technologies and digital knowledge sharing through the development of the project's online platform.
Within Brave Creative Producers, Emanat hosts one of the project's Case Studies, offering emerging creative producers hands-on experience in contemporary performing arts production while sharing its expertise in collaborative working methods, sustainable cultural production and socially engaged artistic practices.
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INSTÁVEL
Instável was founded in 1999 by Ana Figueira, making itself known through the creations of the Company: each year, a guest creator, a group of performers selected through auditions, a new work, a tour, the natural fading of a production as a new production would arise, in a renewed cycle.
In 2012, with its relocation to Teatro do Campo Alegre (currently part of the Municipal Theatre of Porto), Instável expand its activity, starting a program of artistic residencies and of support and encouragement to makers and performers. The support of the Municipal Theatre of Porto and the Ministry of Culture have brought Instável to be a well known Choreographic Centre in Porto and Northern Region, in a dynamic space that privileges learning, experimenting and creating in dance.
Instável – Choreographic Centre aims at the enhancement of contemporary dance makers and performers from Porto and the northern region of Portugal, through the creation of opportunities and seeking better ways for promoting their artistic practices.
With work in the areas of artistic creation, training and support of to creators, research and audience development, Instável affirms itself as a live and informal space, where multiple creators and performers pass by, such as an experimenting incubator, where meetings, work and learning are promoted, always based on the grounds of collaboration and encouragement.