Project MOVING BALKANS

The Art Link Foundation / Derida Dance Center is the leading partner and coordinator of a new three-year European project “Moving Balkans” – contemporary dance platform, financed by the “Creative Europe” program (Nr.: 101128452), which started at the beginning of 2024.The aim of this platform is to work for strong partnership relationships in the Balkan […]

DANCING HISTOR(Y)IES Project

At the beginning of April 2023, Art Link Foundation started work on the big European project Dancing Histor(y)ies binding communities and heritage through dance aimed at linking communities and cultural heritage through dance. The project is financially supported under the “Creative Europe” program and our Bulgarian participation was made possible thanks to the received co-financing […]

Structural support from the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria

In the period 2020-2023, the activities of Art Link Foundation (Derida Stage, Derida Dance Center) became possible thanks to the financial support under the structural anti-COVID-19 programs of the National Culture Fund of Bulgaria: One-year program to support private professional organizations in Arts / Pilot Session 2020, One-Year Grant Program 21, One-Year Grant Program 22, […]

Mentorship and training program for choreographers

The “Professional Training Program for Choreographers” is a project whose first edition started in 2023 as part of Derida Dance Center’s strategy to enhance the competencies of young choreographers and support their career development. The program’s primary focus is on sharing experience in creating a dance performance and its subsequent dissemination. The artistic director of […]