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iCoDaCo – International Contemporary Dance Collective

iCoDaCo is a large-scale Creative Europe project, co-financed by the European Union and coordinated by ilDance, and of which Instável is a partner. This edition will focus on the development and implementation of innovative strategies and methodologies for the creation and dissemination of contemporary dance, with the goal of creating a digital sharing platform, open to the community of contemporary dance artists from around the world.

Between 2024 and 2027, within certain previously defined periods, the collective will contribute to the development of new forms of knowledge, participate in activities to reach out to the local community and create and present artistic works. Participation in the project will be full-time during the stipulated periods.

The project involves the participation of twelve European countries, with nine collectives being formed.

About the collective

The project is divided into some phases and initiatives, in which the selected artists will be involved.

a) The knowledge production phase, taking place between November 2024 and February 2026. This phase comprises fifteen weeks of artistic residencies, in Porto, lasting two weeks each (with the exception of the first).

The dates already confirmed for the residences in this part of the project are:
25/11 – 01/12/2024
03/03 – 16/03/2025
21/04 – 04/05/2025
02/06 – 15/06/2025
15/09 – 28/09/2025
20/10 – 02/11/ 2025
19/01 – 01/02/2026
16/03 – 29/03/2026

b) The collaborative creation process, over six weeks, in 2026. In this phase, the collective must develop a new creation that will be integrated into the programming of a mini-festival within the scope of the project. The mini-festival will last two weeks in 2027.

c) Throughout the entire project, artists will be involved in community relations activities and public events (workshops, classes, lectures, satellite creations, etc.) and document and share their experiences with other collectives.

During the process, artists will have access to a range of seminars, conferences and workshops designed to provoke thought, challenge artistic development and facilitate networking opportunities across Europe. They will also have access to mentoring and advice sessions with experts, depending on the needs and intentions of each artist.

The dominant working language, in collaborative processes between the nine collectives, will be English.