Radio Panel Marking the 10th Anniversary of Contemporary Dance Platform

Guests:
- Mojca Kasjak, artistic director and founder of Contemporary Dance Platform
- Jasmina Križaj, dancer, choreographer, dance teacher
- April Veselko, dancer, choreographer, dance teacher
Moderated by: Simona Kopinšek
Produced by: Plesna Izba Maribor, Maribor Youth Culture Centre, in collaboration with Radio Maribor

Radio Maribor (Pohorje 93,1 MHz, Boč 90,4 MHz, Ožbalt 87,7 MHz, Trbonje 93,8 MHz)

Contemporary Dance Platform festival marks its 10th anniversary this year. In its initial editions, the festival went under the name Young Dancers’ Festival but was later renamed to Contemporary Dance Platform. Its concept was and is intentionally very simple. As an association working in the public interest, Plesna Izba Maribor presents a base for many dancers and choreographers. Launching the festival in 2007 emerged out of a very concrete need to present the work of these makers. In the years of working in the area of contemporary dance, we came to realise that a great number of dancers choose to take up studies abroad to become professionals in the field of performance and choreography. We have set up the festival as a platform for these makers. Contemporary Dance Platform is opening up opportunities for exchange and networking in the otherwise non-institutionalised contemporary dance field. At the same time, in September 2016, Plesna Izba Maribor celebrates thirty years of all-year-round education in the field of dance.