Closing conference and partner meetings of the Dance–ICH project

From 20 to 26 May 2025, ZRC SAZU, in collaboration with the SEM, will host partners from Belgium, Greece, Romania, Norway, Hungary, and Slovenia as part of the European project Dance–ICH: Dance as Intangible Cultural Heritage: New Models of Facilitating Participatory Dance Events.

Exhibition opening

The international gathering will begin with the opening of the exhibition Dance – Europe's Living Heritage in Motion, on Tuesday, 20 May, at 7 p.m., in the ZRC SAZU Atrium. The exhibition highlights the diversity of dance practices as part of Europe’s living heritage and the involvement of dance heritage communities in the project.

International conference

The main event of the week will be an international conference dedicated to the exchange of knowledge and practices related to dance as intangible cultural heritage. The conference, titled How Sustainable is Dance as ICH?, will take place from 21 to 23 May 2025 in the ZRC Atrium.

The programme and abstracts are available here:
https://gni.zrc-sazu.si/sites/default/files/Dance-ICH_booklet_web.pdf

Partner meetings

On 24 and 25 May 2025, partner meetings will be held to assess the work completed so far, review project outcomes, and plan the final activities before the project concludes in November 2025.

Since all nine project partners recognize the importance of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, part of the meetings will be dedicated to developing a proposal for a new joint project to continue research, development, and creative work in this field.