Bratislava in Movement
The Bratislava in Movement International Contemporary Dance Festival is recognized by the European community and presents a mix of the best from Slovak and international dance art.
The annual Bratislava in Motion International Contemporary Dance Festival brings visually powerful, expressive and intense dance experiences to the capital. It is the largest festival of its kind in Slovakia, connecting international names with the domestic scene and pushing the boundaries of movement and expression.
Its 29th edition will take place from October 6 to 25, 2025 , and during it, viewers will see the work of choreographers and companies from the United States, Canada, Lebanon, Spain, Germany, as well as domestic authors.
The festival will take place in various venues throughout the city, and visitors can purchase either a season ticket with a 20% discount or tickets for individual performances.
Season ticket price: 118/59 euros (all/students, pensioners)
Program
GN|MC Guy Nader | Maria Campos (Lebanon / Spain): Natural Order of Things
📍 Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava
Inspired by Charles Darwin’s words about the wondrous complexity of life, Guy Nader and Maria Campos created Natural Order of Things. Nine dancers create an organism on stage – a living entity that constantly changes, reorganizes and responds to its surrounding space.
Colectivo Pioneer Squirrel/Lívia MM Balážová (Slovakia): CAMILLE
📍Nedbalka Gallery
Performer and choreographer Lívia MM Balážová focuses on the life of French sculptor Camille Claudel – a woman who created on the edge of genius and madness. Inspired by Claudel’s cyclical creative gesture “I do, I undo, I redo”, she explores the female body through physical language as a space of struggle between the personal and the professional, dream and reality, freedom and limitation.
Dominik Więcek: GLORY GAME (Polish)
📍 Slovak National Theatre Studio
The choreography explores the limits of the human body under the constant surveillance of the camera. The captivating physical performance reveals how the media transforms athletes into objects of fascination and victims of their own performance. In hypnotic slow motion, in a sand square – an arena, a battlefield and a refuge at the same time – we watch an extraordinary play of bodies at the limit of human possibilities.
In addition to an intense artistic experience, viewers can also expect full nudity and stroboscopic effects. Suitable for viewers aged 18 and over.
tanzmainz & Moritz Ostruschnjak (DE): TRAILER PARK
performance for high school students
Ten dancers balance between the analog and digital worlds on an empty stage. Trailer Park by renowned Munich choreographer Moritz Ostruschnjak, created for the tanzmainz ensemble, draws inspiration from internet videos and the phenomenon of meme culture. Ostruschnjak transforms movements from social media into intense physical choreography that explores the impact of digitalization on our bodies and society. The result is an energetic, explosive and timely dance statement that will captivate every viewer.
Solène Weinachter (FR/UK): AFTER ALL
In AFTER ALL, Solène Weinachter uses dance, theatre and spoken monologue to ask with a humorous perspective how we come to terms with the end of life. Playfully, directly and wittily, she shares with the audience various forms of past and present funeral rituals, and contemplates the shape of future ones. The choreography is a successful attempt to create a space in which we can together seek a way to accept loss and reflect on the finitude of human existence. AFTER ALL creates a space in which grief and memory meet with openness, curiosity and even joy.
Content warning: themes of death, dying and loss. The performance is in English.
Dance On Ensemble & Lucinda Childs & Miki Orihara (Germany/USA): STEIN
American postmodern dance icon Lucinda Childs returns to the stage alongside Miki Orihara, a distinctive performer known from her time with the Martha Graham Dance Company. In the new choreography STEIN, movement meets text, precision meets fluidity, and personal memory meets creative presence. The stage is surrounded by images of the oceans, which – like the dance – evoke endless movement and constant change.
Manuel Roque (CA): BANG BANG
📍 A4 – space of contemporary culture
Bang Bang is a physical challenge. The relentless, repetitive jumping poses a demanding test of concentration and endurance for two performers. In their gradual exhaustion, strength and vulnerability, discipline and humanity are revealed. Canadian choreographer Manuel Roque creates an experience in which individuality disappears and the body becomes a political tool. Bang Bang is also a warning against the fascination with performance, which can drive an artist to the brink of exhaustion. The result is a poetic and brutally honest dance statement.
