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Moving Borders is an EU-funded project that aims to provide dance and cultural organisations with tools to facilitate exchanges between forcibly displaced artists and civilians within local social and cultural contexts. The project also explores issues around the inclusion of newcomers and being responsive to new challenges brought by the cross-border movement of people.

About

Moving Borders explores how three female dance artists from Ukraine – and the migration of millions of women and children escaping from the Russian occupation of their country – are informing approaches to welcoming and engaging refugees through dance, and in the development of inclusive and cohesive practices across Europe.
Project activities include international workshops, live and online meetings, dissemination events, a mapping exercise and a research article.

Research Team

Ukrainian dance artists: Yana Reutova (based in Prague, Czechia), Anna Kushnirenko (based in Bassano del Grappa, Italy) and Rita Lira (based in Paris, France)

Researchers: Monica Gillette – dramaturg, Luisella Carnelli – impact researcher, Karina Buckley – dance writer

Partners: Yvona Kreuzmannova (Tanec Praha Festival, Czech Republic), Giacomo Bianchi and Rosa Zambelli ( Arte Sella, Italy) and Elisabetta Bisaro and Arina Dolgikh (La Briqueterie CDCN, France)

Project Partners

Aerowaves coordinates the Moving Borders project in partnership with Arte Sella, La Briqueterie CDCN, and Tanec Praha, with support from the European Union's Creative Europe programme.