Preliminary programme of the international conference 

18:00-19:00 Possibility for registration  

19:00 Opening of the exhibition Dance - Europe's Living Heritage in Motion 

8:30–9:30 Registration 

9:30–11:00 Welcome Ceremony

Addresses by the Representatives of the Organizing Institutions

Introductory Speech by Špela Spanžel, Director-General of the Cultural Heritage Directorate, Ministry of Culture,

Republic of Slovenia

Introductory Speech by Tøne Erlien Myrvold, Project Manager of the Dance - ICH Project

11:00–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–12:30 Keynote Lecture

Andriy Nahachewsky:

Dance and Semi-Tangible Cultural Heritage

12:30–14:30 Lunch break

14:30–16:00 Session 1

Rebeka Kunej:

Dancing in Horjul in the 21st Century as Dance Heritage or Dance Tradition?

Siri Mæland:

Sustainability of Participatory Dance Events – Revisiting the Importance of Human Relations and

Interaction Patterns

Zoi N. Margari and Maria Koutsouba:

Sustainability and Resilience of Traditional Dance and Dancing as Intangible Cultural Heritage in Greece:

Ethnographic Insights and Perspectives

16:00–16:30 Coffee break

16:30–18:00 Session 2

Mats Nilsson:

Can Dancing Be Sustainable and an ICH?

Chi-Fang Chao:

Sustaining Dance as the Intangible Cultural Heritage: An Okinawan Example in Japan

Konstantinos Dimopoulos:

Why Safeguarding a Dead Dance and Dance Ritual? The Case of the Sergiani Dance in Megala Kalyvia, Trikala, Greece

9:00–10:30 Session 3

Tøne Erlien Myrvold, Celina Gallo, Tone Fegran and Eirik Fagerslett:

Facilitating a Process for Co-Creating Action Points in Fulfilling Needs and Wishes for the Dancing Future in Trondheim

Mieke Witkamp and Debora Plouy:

Empowering Heritage Communities: Rethinking Institutional Support for Sustainable Folkdance

Amandine Leporc:

Les Sauts Béarnais, a Lever for Cultural and Local Action

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00–12:30 Session 4

Aristoula Toli:

Transmitting Tradition: Α Dance Community between Epirus and Athens

Miloš Rašić:

“Krivo Kolo”: Dance, Nostalgia and Sustainability in Transnational Space

Nóra Kovács:

Authenticity, Ethnicity, Ownership? The Peculiar Dynamics of Translocal Social Dance Communities of ICH in a

Globalised World and the Example of “Tango Argentino”

12:30–14:30 Lunch break

14:30–16:00 Session 5

Adela Pukl and Anja Jerin:

Music and Dance at the Intersection of the UNESCO Paradigm and Museology

Eszter Csonka-Takács and Fruzsina Arkhely:

Dance Communities and Museum Representation in the Practice of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Raluca Ioana Andrei and Simona Malearov:

Facilitating Dance Activities in an Ethnographic Museum. Case Study: Lads Group from Rucăr Village, Brașov County

16:00–16:30 Coffee break

16:30–17:30 Session 6

Maria Magdalena Garbagnoli:

Embodying Heritage: The Vital Contribution of Basque Dance to Heritage and Museum Spaces

Mantha Ziva:

Greek Traditional Dance and Museums in the Hellenic Region 

19:30–21:00 Dance Events of Practice Exhibition (by Slovene Ethnographic Museum)

9:00–10:30 Session 7

Maria Małanicz-Przybylska:

Bringing Traditional Dance Back into Social Practice

Drago Kunej:

The Importance of Music and Musicians for the Sustainability and Resilience of Traditional Dance

Chariton Charitonidis:

Converting Dances (as ICH) to Dancing: The Case of the “Dance in the Square” Project in the Municipality of

Hellinikon-Argyroupolis (Greece)

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00–12:30 Session 8

Dóra Pál-Kovács:

The Sustainability of a Local Dance Culture through the Example of the Sárközi Wedding

Georgios Fountzoulas:

Challenging Sustainability of Dance as ICH in Greece: The Case of “Balos” Dance from Kythnos (Thermia) Island

Anja Verderber:

Polka and Its Sustainability in the Slovenian Context: The Emergence and Current Popularity of This Dance-Music Genre

12:30–14:30 Lunch break

14:30–16:00 Session 9

Zuzana Palanová:

“There Are a Couple of Reasons Why We Dance Less Nowadays”: Springboards of the Sustainable Environment for Dance Repertoire in

Village Folklore Groups in the Liptov Region

Kendra Stepputat, Magdalena Maria Wolf, Bernadette Planner and Caroline Krasser:

Sustainable Network Structures in Styrian Folkdance Member Recruitment

Tomaž Simetinger:

Developing Support to a Sustainable Community of Dancers in Folk Dance Groups

16:00–16:30 Coffee break

16:30–17:30 Session 10

Vesna Bajić Stojiljković:

Sustainability and Resilience of Dance Practices through Different Social and Stage Performances of

the Serbian Community in Slovenia

Tanya Merchant:

Queer and Trans Inclusivity Efforts as Sustainability Strategies in Urban Contradance

17:30–18:00 Final Discussion and Closing Remarks

19:00–21:00 Closing Ceremony

Dance Events of Practice Exhibition (by ZRC SAZU)