Lindengracht 93
1015KD Amsterdam
Netherlands
- Arts
Dancing on the Edge presents and promotes Middle Eastern/North African arts and culture, providing a platform for talented artists from the region who produce original, relevant, vital and creative work. By doing so, Dancing on the Edge aims to increase culturally diverse programming and audiences in The Netherlands and Europe. Moreover, Dancing on the Edge stimulates mutual artistic exchange in order to contribute to the reinforcement of the arts sector in the MENA region and to enrich the cultural sector of The Netherlands and Europe. Finally, Dancing on the Edge challenges existing conceptions and widens the scope of reflection in the social debate in order to dispel stereotypes and encourage a more nuanced way of seeing the world.
Dancing on the Edge is a non-profit, project-based organization which stimulates artistic exchange with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA region).
The focus is on contemporary art of high artistic quality, often by a young generation of artists searching for new cosmopolitan Middle-Eastern art forms, working with contemporary themes and looking for links to socially relevant subjects. These subjects are also of immediate relevance in Europe, particularly in the metropolitan areas.
The performances, exhibitions and other activities are interesting to audiences everywhere including the regular dance and theatergoers, but also to a new public with an affinity to the region through interest or heritage.
While the high point of the activities is a biennial festival held in a number of Dutch cities, Dancing on the Edge also arranges performance tours, training programs, workshops, artistic residencies, co-productions, educational programs, film screenings, symposiums, debates and other activities throughout the year.
These are categorized under 4 headings: ‘Festival’, ‘Exchange’, ‘Academy’ and ‘Programming’ and take place in The Netherlands, Europe and in the MENA region itself.
Dancing on the Edge collaborates with a wide range of partner organizations in order to increase synergy and efficiency, but works itself with limited overheads. Dancing on the Edge is based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and exists since 2006.