Dance Navigation: Skills for writers, thinkers and connectors
Workshop Sverige
When: 30 May – 2 June 2026
Where: Mölndal, Gothenburg, and Kungsbacka (Sweden)
Application deadline: 13 April 2026
Free workshop including accommodation in Gothenburg
Are you interested in exploring and expanding connections between words and the world of dance? Are you a published dance writer/critic? Or a dance producer or enabler eager to deepen the discourses and sense of creativity around your role? Are you interested in making or strengthening links with audiences or with other professionals? WEST COAST STAGE – is hosting a first pilot programme to help you develop these connective skills.
Springback mentors Sanjoy Roy and Oonagh Duckworth, and Gothenburg-based artist and Springback writer Ingeborg Zackariassen, will share their experience and unpack their toolboxes over an intense 4-day encounter.
About the Application
We are seeking up to 10 participants for a workshop and coaching programme for dance writers and communicators in connection with WEST COAST STAGE. The programme during WEST COAST STAGE focuses on regional dance artists from Skåne, Halland, and Västra Götaland, as well as on networking and knowledge exchange within the dance field. As part of the programme, participants are expected to write about at least one of the dance performances, and to write one other text of their own choice that arises from the workshops.
Participants will have the opportunity to attend WEST COAST STAGE as audience members and observers, reflect on dance through discussion and writing, and take part in two days of in-depth workshops focused on developing their own skills and writer’s voice.
Important Facts
Application deadline: 4 March 2026
Notification of results by: 11 March 2026
Number of places: up to 10 participants
Time and Place
WEST COAST STAGE: 30–31 May 2026
Workshop & coaching: 1–2 June 2026
Location: Mölndal, Gothenburg, and Kungsbacka (Sweden)
What Is Included (via DOKS)
Accommodation including breakfast (Hotel Eggers, Gothenburg)
Delegate pass for WEST COAST STAGE
Some meals are included in WEST COAST STAGE programme and the workshop & coaching.
Programme Content
WEST COAST STAGE (30–31 May)
Participants attend WEST COAST STAGE as both audience members and observers, and further reflect on dance through discussion and writing.
The programme includes presentations, pitch sessions, work-in-progress showings, and performances by regional dance artists and companies based in Skåne, Halland, and Västra Götaland.
WEST COAST STAGE is a regional collaboration between the regions, aimed at promoting dance artists active in these areas. For more information visit rumfordans.se and danscentrumvast.se.
Workshop & Mentoring (1–2 June)
Two days of coaching, mentoring, and discussions and workshops focusing on Critical writing, Connecting works to watchers, Reflecting upon and repositioning our role in the field, and Moves for the future.
Contact
If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact:
Per Hemberg +46 70 319 04 73, per.hemberg@regionhalland.se
Who Can Apply?
1. The applicant must have a connection and active working life in the Öresund - Kattegat - Skagerrak region. By connection we mean residing in the region, working in the region and/or having a connection and active working life in the region but living in another region or another country. The applicant may have their connection in the ÖKS (Öresund, Kattegat, Skagerrak) region, but the DOKS project prioritizes the KS (Kattegat, Skagerrak) region.
2. Applicant must have an organization number/CVR number.
3. The open call is aimed at freelance professional dance and cultural critics, and/or individuals who are interested in professionalising their criticism. It also welcomes applicants who are curious about expanded critical practices, including mediation, audience engagement, and dramaturgical perspectives as part of their professional work.
4. Applications are particularly encouraged from people who are currently active in the dance and performing arts field and who wish to strengthen their professional networks, both nationally and internationally, and to explore how critical writing and related practices can create dialogue between artistic work and its audiences.
5. Applicants must have a good ability to express themselves orally and in writing in English, though English does not need to be their first language.
Organizer: Rum för Dans (SE)