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Danube Dance Alliance / Enya Belak: Dancescapes
360° VR dance film directed by Enya Belak
From 6 November until the end of 2026 | Svetvinčenat Tourist Board
Following its summer premiere at the Mediterranean Dance Center and presentations in other cities, Dancescapes returns to San Vincenti, where it will be available to audiences from 6 November until the end of 2026. Thanks to a collaboration with the Svetvinčenat Tourist Board, this 360° VR dance film can also be experienced on days when there are no public events at MDC. Dance will thus remain present in the town where one of the film's five choreographic works was created.
Viewing is free of charge, but advance booking is required at rezervacije@mediteranskiplesnicentar.hr. Visitors can request their preferred date and time during the Tourist Board's opening hours, daily from 8:00 to 16:00. Please include the number of visitors in your email. Your booking is confirmed once you receive confirmation of your viewing time.
ABOUT THE FILM
Dancescapes is a 360° VR dance film directed by Enya Belak, created as part of the international Danube Dance Alliance project. The film brings together five choreographic works filmed at locations in Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, creating a shared virtual experience.
From the chimney of a former power station in Trbovlje and the coal mine in Velenje, through the Fountain of Youth in Belgrade and Žlinja in Svetvinčenat, to the abandoned Bentbaša swimming pools in Sarajevo, Dancescapes takes us through places whose architecture, history and identity provided the starting points for new choreographic works.
Filmed using virtual reality technology, Dancescapes also transforms the traditional position of the viewer. Through a VR headset, audiences find themselves inside the filmed environment and can choose where to direct their gaze, experiencing dance, performers and architecture at close range.
“The film is an escape into dance, an ode to quiet spaces and forgotten presence. In a 360-degree view, in one continuous sweep, we embrace stories of the past while reimagining the future through dance. Dance breathes life back into these spaces, like an echo travelling across landscapes. Some movements carry threads of the past, while others move through the bustle of everyday life.”
Enya Belak, Director
Duration: 35 minutes
CREATIVE TEAM
Direction: Enya Belak
Choreography: Nik Rajšek, Aleksandar Saša Ilić, Ognjen Vučinić, Branko Mitrović, Maša Kolar
Camera: Igor Crnković
Music: Marjan Crnković
Sound recording and editing: Ivo Vičić
Editing and post-production: Igor Crnković, Enya Belak
In partnership with: Ringside, Pilot Media
DDA Artistic Committee: Mojca Majcen, Petra Valentić, Aleksandar Saša Ilić, Nik Rajšek
Executive Producer: Mateja Softić
Executive Production: Zavod Iskriva, iskrišče za razvoj lokalnih potencialov
I. POWER STATION CHIMNEY, TRBOVLJE, SLOVENIA
Choreographer and Performer: Nik Rajšek
Lighting Technicians: Aljaž Kodrič, Klemen Zakrajšek
Making-of: Andrej Uduč
Producer: Špela Pavli Perko
Production: Delavski dom Trbovlje
II. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, BELGRADE, SERBIA
Choreographer: Aleksandar Saša Ilić
Performers: Katarina Bućić, Jovana Grujić, Katarina Ilijašević, Hristina Popović
Costume Designer: Snežana Arnautović Stjepanović
Drone Making-of Footage: Vukašin Ćirić
Making-of: Aleksandra Timofeva
Producer: Vladimir Tomašević
Production: Institut za umetničku igru
III. ŽLINJA, SVETVINČENAT, CROATIA
Choreographer: Ognjen Vučinić
Performers: Lara Kapeloto, Iva Katarinčić, Silvija Musić, Linda Tarnovski
Costume Design: Ana Fucijaš, Zdravka Ivandija Kirigin
Producers: Petra Valentić, Petra Glad Mažar
Production: Zagreb Dance Company, Mediterranean Dance Center
IV. BENTBAŠA SWIMMING POOLS, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Choreographer: Branko Mitrović
Performers: Davor Sabo, Emir Fejzić, Alen Konjicija, Iva Prgić, Merjem Šiljak, Lejla Hakalović
Costume Designer: Adisa Vatreš Selimović
Assistant Choreographer: Zulejha Kečo Kapidžić
Stage Manager: Goran Filipović
Marketing / Project Coordinator: Natalia Dmitrieva
Producers: Maja Salkić Burazerović, Ishak Jalimam, Nataša Hajdarević
Production: Sarajevo War Theatre SARTR, Udruženje Živimo Balet Sarajevo
V. COAL MINING MUSEUM, VELENJE, SLOVENIA
Choreographer: Maša Kolar
Performers: Michele Pastorini, Luka Ostrež, Tuza Tamás, Mojca Majcen
Costume Designer: Anka Rener Kremžar
Lighting Designer: Sašo Štih
Making-of: Peter Žagar
Producers: Barbara Pokorny, Silvija Pirtovšek, Staša Štajnpihler
In collaboration with: Premogovnik Velenje
Production: Festival Velenje
ABOUT THE DANUBE DANCE ALLIANCE PROJECT
Danube Dance Alliance is an international project that takes contemporary dance beyond traditional cultural venues, connecting it with local communities and abandoned public spaces. Five new dance productions were created through the project in Trbovlje, Velenje, Svetvinčenat, Belgrade and Sarajevo. Their choreographic worlds were subsequently brought together in the shared VR experience Dancescapes.
The project brings together 12 organisations from eight European countries and more than 50 international artists, connecting contemporary dance, local communities, architecture and new technologies.
Project Partners: Delavski dom Trbovlje | Zavod Iskriva, iskrišče za razvoj lokalnih potencialov | Festival Velenje | The Collective Foundation | Zagreb Dance Company | Institut za umetničku igru | Sarajevo War Theatre SARTR
Associated Partners: Europäische Donau-Akademie | Donaubuero | Ars Electronica | MOME Budapest | Stiftung HfG Ulm
In collaboration with: Balkan DANCE project | New European Bauhaus on the Danube | Udruženje Živimo Balet Sarajevo | Mediterranean Dance Center
The project is co-funded by the European Union through the Creative Europe programme.
Realised with financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Public Administration of the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bulgarian National Culture Fund and the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.
The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.