Vaiva Paukštė, an artist from Lithuania, took part in the Visiting Artist Encounter at Dance Week Festival, Zagreb during May. We caught up Vaiva recently to hear a bit about experience and her time at the VAP encounter.

In May 2025, Dublin became a meeting point for creativity and conversation and connection as Dublin Dance Festival welcomed six international artists to take part in the Visiting Artist Programme.

Eight international contemporary dance artists participated in the Visiting Artist Programme encounter at One Dance Festival this May, which offered creative exchange, training and professional development. It took place between May 22 and 24 May 2025, during the first long weekend of Edition No. 17 of the festival, with the support of the Municipality of Plovdiv, and gathered a diverse group of dance artists – choreographers, performers and lecturers.

We are looking for organisations that wish to support an independent choreographer to participate in the Visiting Artist Programme.

Dance Festivals Network Europe (DanceFestNetwork) will host its first annual meeting at Dansa Valencia festival from 9 to 11 April 2025.