The final report of the Dance Critics’ Residencies and Stipend Programme is now available. This comprehensive document traces the journey of emerging dance critics within

Author: Jaka Bombač. The Beyond Fronta Critics’ Residency program gave me the chance to get acquainted with other performance art critics as well as with different

Author: Nora Čulić Matošić. My journey with Beyond Fronta project started in September 2024 Krakow with a week-long residency hosted by Krakow Dance Theatre. Alongside other

Author: Emese Kovács. As one of the dance critic stipend holders of the Beyond Front@ project from November 2024 to November 2025 I attended a total

Author: Ingeborg Zackariassen. Participating in the Beyond Front@ project during 2025 has been deeply valuable for my artistic and journalistic practice. The stipend allowed me to

Author: Zuzanna Berendt. Between February and November 2025, I took part in the Critic’s Residency programme as a participant selected by the Kraków Dance Theatre. During

Author: Nora Čulić Matošić. From the moment I first saw the promotional photos of the latest piece conceptualised and choreographed by Francesco Scavetta and having read

Author: Nora Čulić Matošić. Devised and directed by Eryk Makohon, Dirty Dancing was my favourite show from the latest edition of Sissi Dance Week in

Author: Ingeborg Zackariassen. In the world of Contemporary Dance, there is one word we all seem to use a lot: Process. But what does it actually

Author: Ingeborg Zackariassen. Sissi was the nickname of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who became the Queen of Hungary in 1867. A festival named after a monarch,