The project 18M8L (18 Months, 8 Locations) is promoted by an alliance of dance production organizations ( mk /KLm – as project leader, together with Spellbound , VAN , TIR Danza and Chiasma ; every organization represents a variety of dance companies and artists), in collaboration with a network of 9 international festivals, venues and companies: Herengracht 401 (H401) in Amsterdam (Netherlands), Festival Dansat / Aliansat in Barcelona (Spain), Be Festival in Birmingham (United Kingdom), Ehrenfeldstudios e.
18M8L aims to experiment new collaborative possibilities that could allow to exist within a rapidly changing world scenario, to activate exchange and shared practices, to rethink how to work within our sector, to approach production and distribution by involving the dance system in a transverse motion (between performers, choreographers, dancers, producers and promoters), designing newer, more inclusive and sustainable models, to preserve the spaces dedicated to artistic reaserch and experimental practices
Il progetto 18M8L (18 Mesi, 8 Luoghi) nasce con l’obiettivo di creare un’alleanza fra organismi di produzione della danza ( mk /KLm – leader del progetto, VAN , TIR Danza , Spellbound , Chiasma ) e una rete di 9 festival, spazi e compagnie internazionali: Herengracht 401 (H401) ad Amsterdam (Paesi Bassi), Festival Dansat / Aliansat a Barcelona (Spagna), Be Festival a Birmingham (Regno Unito), Ehrenfeldstudios e.V. a Colonia e Schaubühne a Lipsia (Germania), Théâtre Sévelin 36 a Losanna (Svizzera), Klap e L