Venues

Telocvičňa – Dance Residency Center is a former gym that contains the basic facilities and equipment necessary for dance and movement. It has served as a non-commercial, residential space for professional dance makers since 2016 in the preparation phase of works and for their day to day training. It is integrated into the premises of Nová Cvernovka, a prominent cultural hub (with ateliers and theatre/concert space) in Bratislava, but operates independently. Since 2018, PlaST has been coordinating its functioning, residency activities, international cooperation, research, and at the same time striving to improve its facilities as well as providing educational programmes aimed at the wider public. Despite its makeshift nature (a need to undergo larger renovation works), Telocvičňa has quickly become an important hub in Slovakia and the wider region for dozens of dance and performance artists. It strives to support established artists as well as the younger generation, and underlines the importance of intergenerational cooperation. Currently it contributes to the strengthening of the dance community, it is an important continuity protecter in the time of pandemics as well as financial crisis. A tool for strengthening the links between the different actors, but it is also a space for dance educational activities for the wider public. 

In 2021, thanks to the support of the Slovak Arts Council and the support of the Cultural Fund of City of Bratislava as well as the efforts of the dance artists themselves, the adjacent space underwent a basic renovation, giving the space the facilities for an office, 2 storage rooms, a shower room, and a kitchen/brainstorming area. It is collaborating with the Bratislava self-governing region on a project aiming to bring contemporary dance to elementary and high school students and seniors in the Bratislava region. Since 2021, it has been running a Residency programme, which includes supporting progressive work by local and international teams, and is also running a regional research project with partners from Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, focusing on the link between art and science in the climate change issue Nature of Us.

Slovak Dance Platform Main Venue / Accreditation Centre

A4 is an independent cultural centre focusing on contemporary forms of professional theatre, dance, music, film, visual art and new media.
Established in 2004, it became one of the first cultural centres in Slovakia founded by a bottom-up initiative.

Since its beginning, A4 has been a vivid and active location on the Central European cultural scene, an open field for creative experimentation as well as a home for fresh and unique experiences.

Besides presenting innovative contemporary art, it actively supports new creative activities and education. A4 engages in public debate on important social issues, and attempts to foster conditions for non-commercial cultural activities.

The Studio 12 is a unique multimedia space designed for presentation of new drama and contemporary art. The dramaturgy focuses mostly on residential and visiting theatre activities. The space presents the art of various Slovak and international theatre companies and ensembles, with a particular focus on original and contemporary drama, and new production approaches. It also supports the making of devised theatre projects by young artists. Besides theatre projects, Studio 12 offers space for all kinds of open discussions and seminars, workshops and book presentations, festivals, projections, multi-genre events, music concerts as well as other cultural and social activities.

We are three cultural institutions that have decided to build a space where even marginal and minority artists have their place – P*AKT. We strive to push the boundaries of art towards more inclusive and progressive forms. We don’t limit ourselves thematically or by genre, we look at content, quality and added value.

Nomantinels Theatre is the only LGBTI+ theatre in the Slovak theatre context and the only theatre that deals with the themes of gender, gender identity, gender equality, suppression of gender stereotypes and the fight against discrimination and violence against women.

Gaffa is a professional theatre group that combines an experimental and authorial approach.
An interdisciplinary crossing of theatre, performativity and physical theatre. The principle of creation is working with physicality, which becomes an apparatus of contradiction and synthesis at the same time. Since 2016, she has created seven original productions.

Batyskaf is a cultural multi-genre platform that has been active since 2015 and supports the emergence of young and progressive art in Bratislava. It currently operates as a virtual platform that organizes site-specific events and operates in other cultural spaces.

Divadlo Štúdio tanca has been operating since 1998 in Banská Bystrica. Unique in its artistic focus, it follows the path of original creation, which respects artists in their creative expression and opinion and continuously supports the creation of original dance productions and their regular performance.

Authenticity, timeliness and a strong international artistic ensemble in the common denominator of contemporary dance, this is the Dance Studio Theatre. As part of its mission, it has premiered 55 full-length productions, including 5 performances for children and many outdoor and educational dance projects. In its 22 years on the Slovak theatre scene, it has staged more than 1400 performances, including 350 on visiting domestic and international stages, and presented its work to more than 120,000 spectators. Since 2010, it has been the only established entity in Slovakia operating on its own permanent stage.

Reflecting the current socio-political situation of 2014-2017, the Divadlo Štúdio tanca has also become a civically active entity – as a direct opponent of opinions questioning the need for contemporary art. It remains in this position to this day, aware of the need to guard the values of democracy and humanity.

Divadlo Štúdio tanca productions are regularly performed on several domestic stages and Slovakia has been represented at prestigious international festivals in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Egypt, Japan, India, Panama and the Dominican Republic. His distinctive artistic attributes have earned him numerous awards, including the Mayor’s Award of the City of B. Bystrica and the Award of the Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic.