DCL – Dance Communication Lab – is a space for the exchange of experiences among participants. The main purpose of the lab is for six professional dancers to get to know each other through improvisation, one of the most expressive and characteristic creative process in contemporary dance.
M Studio is looking for participants for DCL – Dance Communication Lab in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania from Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery partner countries: Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Sweden. The DCL will take place in Sfântu Gheorghe from 19 to 23 March 2026.
The DCL assumes a democratisation of the creative process and collaboration on equal terms among all participants. The process will be open to dialogue between genres, languages, and creative tools.
The DCL will be led by Romanian dancer and choreographer Simona Deaconescu.
The DCL will conclude with a public showing on 22 March 2026.
The project is carried out within the framework of Beyond Front@: Bridging Periphery, a Creative Europe project (2023-2026) created by Central Europe Dance Theatre – CEDT (Hungary), Bunker (Slovenia), Hrvatski institut za pokret i ples – HIPP (Croatia), Krakow Dance Theatre (Poland), M Studio (Romania) and Vitlycke – CPA (Sweden) to foster local development of the contemporary dance field.
The main purpose of the Dance Communication Lab is to facilitate networking among dance artists from different countries and to provide relevant experience that supports their professional development in the international dance scene.
The DCL is aimed at professional dance artists. M Studio is primarily – but not exclusively – looking for dance artists with college or university degree and/or who have stage experience. M Studio is invite people from Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden and Romania to apply.
The number of participants is limited to six (one dancer from each country).
Time and place
19 March – arrival in Sfântu Gheorghe
20-22 March – creative process
22 March – public showing
23 March – departure
Place: M Studio headquarters (Covasna county, Piața Libertății nr. 1, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania)
What do we provide?
● accommodation for 4 nights;
● catering during the stay.
The Beyond Front@ project partner from your country will cover:
● travel costs
● fee (150 EUR gross)
How to apply?
You can apply via e-mail – office@m-studio.ro – by providing the following information:
● CV
● video material that best represents your work; please provide a link to the material on YouTube/vimeo (please insert the video links in your CV).
Please submit your application by 10 February 2026.
The results of the open call will be announced by 15 February 2026.
We encourage you to follow M Studio on Facebook, where we will share updates about the project.
Any questions? Write to M Studio – office@m-studio.ro
Read more about the project and Open Call: Open Call – Dance Communication Lab 19 – 23 MARCH 2026, Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania – Regional Almanac