We are thrilled to extend an invitation to you for the Rail2Dance Conference, scheduled to take place on October 7th and 8th, 2023, in the modern city of Chemnitz.
The international project Rail2Dance brought together European dance theatre from Germany, Slovenia, Sweden, and Finland - and it went on an actual journey: to public spaces across the continent. The team travelled by train and ferry, crossing people's everyday lives with collaborative pop-up dance choreographies that materialized unexpectedly in public locations. For a little while, they transported them to another planet, shattering societal norms and establishing new ones. They broke through the wall sometimes erected by closed artistic creation by bringing dance from the theatre into public settings. In this way, the project sought and enchanted a new audience for modern dance, which may one day visit the performance halls.