Moving Borders
Moving Borders Publication
Read | 3 June 2025In 2023, Aerowaves (IE) together with Arte Sella (IT), la briqueterie CDCN (FR) and Tanec Praha (CZ) started to explore how female dance artists from Ukraine are informing approaches to welcoming and engaging refugees through dance, and in the development of inclusive and cohesive practices across Europe. As a consequence Moving Borders, a cooperation project co-funded by the European Union (Dec 2023 – Nov 2025) was conceived, and since that time the partners have organised international workshops, meetings (live and online) and dissemination events, as well as commissioning this publication.
In order to provide tools to dance and cultural organisations to handle the arrival of forcibly displaced artists and civilians, Moving Borders brought together a team composed of three female dance artists from Ukraine with a team of researchers. The Ukrainian dance artists are: Rita Lira (based in Paris, France), Anna Kushnirenko (based in Bassano del Grappa, Italy) and Yana Reutova (based in Prague, Czech Republic). The research team are: Karina Buckley (based in Dublin, Ireland), Luisella Carnelli (based in Torino, Italy) and Monica Gillette (based in Frankfurt, Germany).
This publication, designed by Sara Lando, pivots around three viewpoints from dramaturg Monica Gillette, researcher Luisella Carnelli and dance writer Karina Buckley. Their contributions offer different perspectives on what was discovered,informed by their own professional trajectories and expertise.
