04. Future to be written

As the Big Pulse Dance Alliance project draws to a close, it leaves a sustainable pathway for future collaboration in contemporary dance. The Turin Declaration, developed through Big Pulse’s collective insights, provides a roadmap for policymakers, cultural leaders, and dance professionals to sustain European contemporary dance on a global scale, enriched by sustainability, diversity, innovation, and collaboration. Two main pillars ensure this continuity. First, the Dance Festival Network Europe launches in November 2024, with operations commencing in January 2025, uniting 18 partners from 18 countries, with plans for further expansion. This project-based network offers membership through active participation in supported initiatives. Second, the “Visiting Artists” programme expands from 12 to 23 partners, as a Creative Europe small-scale project launching in February 2025. Inspired by Big Pulse, the network uses horizontal decision-making among partners and is supported by a dedicated management team. Further initiatives are planned for 2026 and beyond.

 
Burning questions for the future
  • How can we think about ecological awareness and sustainability given the importance of cultural exchange between different countries and continents?
  • How to deal with aesthetic assumptions, implicit biases and change long-standing practices that do not allow for change? 
  • How to sustain and support artworks in the current political atmosphere in Europe?
  • Who has a voice? Who is listening? Who is missing?
  • How to increase the visibility of dance in society?
  • How do we combine and integrate diversity with environmental awareness so that it doesn’t become an either/or for organisations and companies?
  • What is the role of Big Pulse as a network and/or as a project?
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