Seminar 1: Does Dance Travel? (Making work for Europe/Making Europe work)
30 October, 10am–4pm, The Bluecoat, Liverpool

Curators, producers, artists, critics and academics from across Europe will speak on: alternative methodologies (UK/Europe), creating new work, attracting new audiences, producing and promoting work across Europe, and exploring systems of working for producers and artists.

Speakers include John Ashford (The Place, London), Richard Wakely (producer and consultant, Ireland), Zoi Dimitriou (choreographer and performer, Greece), Aline Nari, (choreographer and performer, Italy), Katja Werner (dance critic, Ballet Tanz, Berlin), Mary Brady (consultant and programmer, Ireland/UK) and Andrea Buckley (choreographer and performer, Liverpool), Liz Roche and Jenny Roche (choreographers and performers, Ireland)

Seminar 2: Dancing Capital (When dance comes to town)
31 October, 10am–4pm, The Treasure House Theatre, NML

Directors of cultural programmes and arts organisations, artists and academics will engage in themes of improving cultural collaboration, alternative ways of working, partnership and participation, creating new work, social impacts and regeneration, and legacy.

Keynote speakers will include Sir Bob Scott (Liverpool Culture Company), Ken Bartlett (Foundation for Community Dance, UK), Catherine Dunoyer (Dans à Lille), Liliana Popescu (Students Cultural House, Sibiu), Fearghus Ó Conhuir (choreographer, Ireland), Lisi Perry (Collisions, Liverpool), Bisakha Sarker (Chaturangan, Liverpool) and Peter Ward (Hope St Ltd, Liverpool).

Tickets are available for one or two days. For one day the price is £15 with a £10 concessionary rate. For two days the full price is £25, with a concessionary rate of £15, and a group booking price (for groups of 10 or more) of  £10 per person.

To obtain a booking form, contact Merseyside Dance Initiative, 24 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BX; phone: 0151 708 8810; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.