This project aims to

• develop a new international joint master in performance art and choreographic technologies that envisions excellence, innovation, open-mindedness, academic integration, equal opportunities, gender equality and inclusion
• profoundly transform the creative, academic higher education in dance landscape at international level
• create an open source online glossary on choreographic technologies and performance art
• implement a diverse and inclusive student recruitment policy attracting talent from arts epicenters in Europe and Africa
• generate supra-disciplinary impact through pedagogical, structural and communication linkages of choreographic performative arts training with the new creative frontiers of humanities/tech virtual/augmented/digital realities

Through

• transdisciplinarity
• a research-based approach
• diversity of creativity
• innovative teaching methods
• strong connection with international professional artistic scene
• active engagement of the professional field

Partners

Educational partners

• Conservatoire Nationale Superieur de Musique et de Dance (CNSMD) de Lyon FRANCE – Lyon (LEAD)
• Ecole des Sables, Association Jant-Bi (EDS) SENEGAL – Toubab Dialao
• Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (RCA) – AP University of applied sciences and arts BELGIUM – Antwerp

Professional partners

• Ágora – Cultura e Desporto do Porto E.M., S.A. (DDD – Festival Dias da Dança) PORTUGAL – Porto
• LES NOUVELLES SUBSISTANCES (Workspace Camping @ les SUBS) FRANCE – Lyon
• deSingel (Carta festival) BELGIUM – Antwerp

Timing

• Project Start Date 01/09/2022
• Duration 36 Months
• Project End Date 31/08/2025
• 10 Transnational Project Meetings (TPM)
• 3 Learning & Teaching Activities (LTA)
• 3 public Multiplier Events with professional partners (ME)