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- 1139 Budapest, Gyutacs u. 10
The mission of SÍN Arts Centre is to create a safe space through the operation of the production house whose basis is a creative and open mentality in which all participants can feel like equal partners. We collaborate with the creators in their artistic processes, are partners in the realization of their productions and other projects, and work together to develop their careers. >>> more
16-17 November 2026 | Budapest | SÍN Arts Centre
18 November 2026 | Budapest | Trafó
Starting with Ourselves
Personal positionality and experiences of representation
With Tessza Udvarhelyi, social researcher and civic activist.
Representation in Practice
Professional advocacy, collective representation and dilemmas
With Petra Péter, Adrienn Hód and Maja Hriešik, followed by a session with iCoDaCo / Forgó Collective.
Opening Up the Questions
Collective inquiry, shared perspectives and connection to the dunaPart Platform.
14:00–16:00 – Open session connected to dunaPart
REGISTRATION: https://forms.gle/ksGG5oojUVyXCyZZ9
Deadline: 19 October 2026
Announcement of results: 22 October 2026
A place, a little time, a work in progress, and a few people to reflect on it with.
“To Be Continued” is the work-in-progress program of the SÍN Arts Center. We want to provide a space for contemporary dance creators who are currently working on something and could use a little time, space, support, and a professional environment where not everything has to be finished just yet.
We’re not looking for finished productions, but rather that stage when a work has already begun to move in a certain direction but can still evolve, change, or even become uncertain. At this stage, it’s still possible to ask questions, experiment, and rethink.
„To Be Continued” aims to be a partner in this process.
We are inviting four contemporary dance creators or collectives to participate in the 2026 program. Similar to the first pilot edition of the program, which we launched in the spring of 2026, we will once again select the four supported creative processes by lottery.
At the end of the rehearsal processes, we will organize two public professional evenings: on February 24 and March 24, 2027.
On both occasions, we will invite two creators or collectives each to present an excerpt—lasting no more than 15 minutes—from the work they are currently developing. The presentations will be followed by moderated professional discussions and feedback sessions, during which we’ll have the opportunity to reflect together on what we’ve seen, discuss questions, and explore possible directions. On the application form, you can indicate which of the two dates would be more convenient for you.
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More about our „To Be Continued” programme here.
iCoDaCo 2024-2027 will focus on the development and implementation of alternative and innovative strategies and methodologies for creation and dissemination of contemporary dance, in order to improve the reality and opportunities available for artists, producers, presenters, communities and audiences of contemporary dance in Europe and beyond.
It involves a critical mass of practising contemporary dance artists from 12 European countries to collectively forge new knowledge, methodologies and practices which guarantee sustainability, accessibility and innovation within contemporary dance as well as fortify the contribution of dance knowledge to adjacent sectors and other parts of our society.
Through collective research and co-creation processes and by utilising and repurposing existing technologies, iCoDaCo 2024-2027 will develop the world’s first open-access digital platform for contemporary dance practices.
This will enhance cooperation, collaboration and accessibility in contemporary dance on a global scale whilst also maintaining and even strengthening the physical and empirical dimension of the art form.
The involvement of many artists in the knowledge production, creation and presentation components of the project, as well as the development of a new methodology for international knowledge sharing and co-creation, will support the creation of relations between remote geographical locations across the world whilst decreasing the ecological strain on our environment.
iCoDaCo 2024-2027 proposes solutions to sectorial challenges of contemporary dance which were identified during a previous Creative Europe cooperation project, International Contemporary Dance Collective 2018-2020. These solutions are for the evolution of the actual practice of contemporary dance to better suit the ecological, political, financial and social realities of our time to guarantee its sustainability and accessibility.
PARTNERS IN THE 2024-2027 EDITION
ilDance – Sweden
SHIFFT – The Netherlands
FACE – France
CUNTS Collective – Denmark
Companhia Instável – Portugal
Studio Alta – Czech Republic
Creativity Lab – Latvia
SÍN Arts Centre – Hungary
Circe Platform – Georgia
Movimiento en Red – Spain
LAUKKU – Latvia
Sebastian Matthias Collaborations – Germany
Forgó Kollektíva – the Hungarian iCoDaCo team
The Hungarian participants in the iCoDaCo project – Máté Czakó, András Engelmann, Réka Oberfrank, Zsófia Szász, Anna Szepes, Helén Tamaskó and Laura Tóth – founded their own collective, Forgó, during the joint research process. The seven artists have worked together for a total of 15 weeks so far, exploring different possibilities of movement, performance and collaborative creation.
During the research, all the participating countries’ collectives were given the same set of questions: 15 starting points or themes to work from. The aim was not to find immediate answers, but to take questions and situations apart, rearrange them and explore the possibilities they contain. Through experimentation, observation and shared attention, participants looked for connections that could give rise to new creative directions in the future. Even a small discovery or “spark” can become a starting point to be carried forward: it may influence dramaturgy, movement, the use of space and rhythm, or create new aesthetic connections.
One of the key experiences of the shared work was practising horizontal collaboration and collective thinking. How can shared attention, play and the meeting of different artistic perspectives become tools for research? For Forgó Kollektíva, these questions have shaped not only the multi-week research process but also the foundations for their future work together.
They will resume their work at the end of November 2026, and at the end of April they will present a new creation based on their research as part of a mini-festival, in collaboration with the Prague collective.
EDN is a network of dance organisations in Europe advocating for structural development in contemporary dance.
The network serves as a hub, a mediator and an international connector. It supports the sector’s professional development and raises awareness about the transformative impact of dance on our societies today.
As the EU network for dance, EDN represents the sector and advocates on its behalf.