Project W-Est_Where’s foremost function was to potentiate the dialogue and exchange of experiences between East and West Europe in the realm of contemporary dance. The organic structure assured, from the start, a representative and balanced geography with the partner organizations including two cultural structures from Western Europe (Cie Jasmina, France; Teatro Viriato, Portugal) and two cultural structures from Eastern Europe (HIPP, Croatia; Trafó House, Hungary).
Expectations weren’t very ambitious, at least as far as Teatro Viriato was concerned, because the partnership hadn’t sprout up organically from previous relationships that all wanted to consolidate. But at the same time it was a given fact that the project included actions that gave the opportunity to involve national artists in international contexts, specially maturing choreographers. And, also, it created collaborative situations implying the sharing of information and work methodologies, both artistic and organizational. Strategies that could be used to help share mutual learnings, narrow relations and potentiate the design of future, better grounded, projects.
