Twenty20 FRAMEWORKS dives into new dance territory opened up by interactive technology. Triggered by confinement and its restrictions on live performance, this new Aerowaves and Springback Production initiative invites artists to search for ways to transform the digital medium into their dance partner, rather than as a way of showing their dance works or making dance for the camera. Their live and recorded projects –from 5 to 30 minutes long– will be showcased on the digital stage (streamed on Zoom, Aerowaves and commissioning Partners’ websites). 

“Derida Dance Center Residency Program” is one of the fundamental and successful programs, that the organization has been developing since 2010.

Its main objective is to help choreographers from Bulgaria and abroad in creating their dance performances by using Derida Dance Center resources. 

Despite the situation, we kept on working on its realization and we are ready to announce with great pleasure the three international choreographers that would be visiting us in 2020!

Derida Dance Center отваря покана за артистична резиденция в сферата на съвременния танц и пърформанс за 2020 г.

"Platform 9 3/4" is a project for distributing theater performances at DERIDA Stage. It is aimed at young teams at the beginning of their career. The main objective of the project is to create a platform at DERIDA Stage that would present young independent artists in partnership conditions, through which to support and encourage their career development. For two weeks (May 27 - June 10, 2020) an invitation will be open to including in the platform of premiere or already active performances of independent artists. 8 of the candidates will be selected, who will be presented on the DERIDA Stage in the new season. At the end of “Platform 9“ ”, two of these 8 projects will be selected to be presented regularly in the monthly program on the stage.

"DERIDA Stage onLINE" continues with the performances “MAYDAY” and “MISS JULIE” ( performances of Derida Company), and “METRONOME” and “ProtoCOOP” ( graduate performances of the educational program in contemporary dance Dance PORT Derida) with choreographer Jivko Jeliazkov.

The team of "DERIDA Stage" decided to develop the initiative "DERIDA Srage onLINE" in partnership with URBO ( an entertainment platform which streams videos, promotes and sells tickets for performances - www.urboapp.com.). The reason for this is the current dynamically changing situation with the spread of COVID-19, which puts artists in a state of uncertainty about their future and isolation from their audiences. "DERIDA Stage onLINE" is being realized with the support of Sofia Municipality, "Solidarity in culture" program.

UP2DANCE project seeks to investigate the profound changes occurred in the system of contemporary dance in the last 20 years, which can be considered a “revolution” that still affects the entire world of dance.