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Digital Leap was an international two-year project that offered dance and circus professionals learning opportunities to deepen their understanding of digital environments and their possibilities in performing arts.

The project explored ways of promoting and distributing performances digitally and virtually without compromising the essential live experience.

The project consisted of several training modules, each approaching the topic from a different angle:

• promoting artistic work on digital platforms,
• adapting performances for virtual environments,
• distributing artistic work and ideas digitally,
• and connecting with audiences by digital means.

The training programme was built on learning by doing and invited experts from various disciplines as teachers, facilitators and mentors.

The ideas and knowhow emerged in the training modules is accessible for all and published in the form of digital Cookbooks and videos. Seminars for local performing arts professionals were organised in each participating country.

Digital Leap is a collaboration between eight expert organisations from seven European countries: ARTCENA (FR), Arts and Theatre Institute (CZ), CircusInfo Finland (FI), Dance Info Finland (FI), Danscentrum Sverige (SE), Institut Ramon Llull IRL (ES), Lithuanian Dance Information Centre (LT) and Performing Arts Hub Norway (NO). Dance Info Finland coordinates the project.