Partners

Overview partners RIDCC

RIDCC would not be possible without the support of our partners. The partner institutions that hand out the awards, provide the contestants with a wonderful opportunity to work on a project at their organisation. Scapino Ballet Rotterdam offers the outstanding opportunity of producing the XL Production Award in collaboration with RIDCC. Together we invest in the new generation of choreographers. Theater Rotterdam is our location partner. In 2019, Peggy Olislaegers joined us to coach and advise our team and the contestants. RIDCC and the Holland Dance Festival, the only international dance biennale in the Netherlands, started a partnership since the third edition of RIDCC. With this collaboration, both organizations share knowledge with each other and further connect the dance sector by providing talented choreographers with outstanding opportunities.

Under artistic leadership of Nanine Linning Scapino creates productions that make an impact around urgent social topics, expressing wonder, confusion and activism. They are multi- or interdisciplinary; melting the boundaries of dance and other art disciplines such as visual arts, couture, science, digital art and interactive technology.

Dance has never been a goal in itself for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. Hans Snoek founded the company in 1945 to bring colour back to children’s faces made pale by war. The urge to bring change to the world through our art is still what drives us today.

Nanine Linning: “Through our collaboration with RIDCC, we attract exceptional young makers to Rotterdam and contribute to developing young talent in broadening their knowledge and deepening their expressiveness. As part of the programme, we help these winners develop their own vision of communicating dance, production methods and creating for large auditoriums with a medium-sized ensemble; crucial focal points for their chances of a successful career.”

Visit the website

Theater Rotterdam is the proud location partner of RIDCC.

Dave Schwab, programmer dance/performance of Theater Rotterdam : ‘It is very special to be present at the premiere of the winning production, a year after the final. The lucky choreographer gets the chance to make her/ his first full performance. That experience and its value cannot be expressed in terms of money. Each year, I’m looking forward to the next!’
Visit the website

Dutch National Ballet

Dutch National Ballet, leaded by artistic director Ted Brandsen since 2012, has evolved into one of the world’s foremost ballet companies. With a unique and wide repertoire, a tradition of innovation, and around 80 dancers from all over the world, the company plays a leading role in Dutch cultural life and beyond.
The Junior Company of the Dutch National Ballet, leaded by Ernst Meisner, was established in 2013 to be a stepping stone for young dancers.
Visit the website

Nederlands Dans Theater – NDT

Founded in 1959, Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is a leading international contemporary dance company dedicated to the research and creation of new work. In the pursuit of innovation, NDT collaborates with exceptional international artists from dance and other disciplines showcasing a diversity of voices and perspectives. NDT is a catalyst for the future of dance by cultivating creativity and supporting dancers and makers at all stages of their careers, bringing dance of the highest calibre to a wide audience in the Netherlands and around the world, and providing exceptional research and talent development opportunities for the next generation of professional dance artists.
Visit the website

Under the direction of Giuseppe Spota, the MiR Dance Company Gelsenkirchen is building its own repertoire with a special focus on contemporary dance. The company also has its finger on the pulse of the times in the topics of its productions. Spota does not miss the time to trace in dance what moves us and the world. The fourteen performers who have come to Gelsenkirchen from all over the world prove their strong artistic personalities. They translate the traditional dance vocabulary into a whole new expressive body language. Located in the unique music theatre in the district, the company stands for a contemporary dance that is rooted in the Ruhr area, but develops radiance far beyond.
Visit the website

Skånes Dansteater is a company in motion. By offering you a variety of relevant and evolving experiences, we contribute to a sustainable society through our company of dancers and our inclusive community projects. We work in close dialogue with the arts, society and the people in the world we all share, so that more people can discover the power of contemporary dance.
Visit the website

AT HOME IN WESTERN SYDNEY / AT HOME IN THE WORLD
FORM Dance Projects is the leading producer and presenter of Australian independent contemporary dance in Western Sydney. While they are a small organisation based in Parramatta, Western Sydney, FORM Dance provides the opportunity for artists all over the Asia Pacific region to engage in globally benchmarked development, collaboration and performance opportunities that inspire creativity, platform new ideas and develop national and international identities. Like their artists, FORM Dance is nimble, flexible and has the agility to seize this opportunity and place it deep into the national ecology.
They are an artist-lead organisation, operating with highly experienced leadership team of Paul Selwyn Norton as Creative Director, Lewis Major as Executive Director and Naomi Hibberd as Creative Producer. As festival directors, producers and pedagogues they bring our entrepreneurial expertise and global connectivity to the local NSW dance sector.
Visit the website

Club Guy & Roni is an international dance company based in Groningen, led by choreographers Roni Haver and Guy Weizman. The company was founded in 2002. The performances are characterised by collaborations with artists in film and theatre and are always accompanied by live musicians that often play a part in the choreography. Club Guy & Roni’s performances are high energy and have an explosive character. The choreography is precise and demands technically highly skilled dansers. Typically each of the dancers stand out with their own personality that differ greatly from each other. The Poetic Disasters Club is the group of young dancers that join Club Guy & Roni each year. These young performers are in their last year of their education and they come from all over the world to join the Club for the period of one year.

Roni Haver: ‘Club Guy & Roni is looking to support young talent that questions the borders of the dance discipline, and dares to challenge it. Talent that aspires to innovate and find new forms of expression by seeking inspiration in other art disciplines. The young makers will meet the young performers of our Poetic Disasters Club, for a non-committing two weeks research, that we hope will help them to sharpen their ideas and shape their dreams.’
Visit the website

Artistic director and choreographer Conny Janssen has founded Conny Janssen Danst in 1992. Conny Janssen Danst is one of the leading modern dance companies in the Netherlands. The work of Conny Janssen is widely known for the strong physical and theatrical power of the dancers and the surprising diversity of her performances, in which high-quality dance is always central.

Conny Janssen: “It is always difficult for young choreographers to come into contact with companies, theaters, programmers and the public. Finding a stage to present your own work in a professional manner is a complex process. As the artistic director of Conny Janssen Danst, the RIDCC offers me an opportunity to meet new talent and then to collaborate with a choreographer whose work fascinates me. Presenting your own work during RIDCC is not the end station. It is the start of various collaborations with the professional field. And therefore, RIDCC can give an important boost to the development of young choreographers.“
Visit the website

Codarts Rotterdam is an international university providing high level professional arts education in music, dance and circus arts. The dance department of Codarts  is one of the leading institutes for contemporary dance in Europe. Codarts offers bachelor programmes in dance and in teaching dance, a Master in Arts Therapies and a Master in Choreography. Graduates from Codarts can be found all over the world in successful careers in their respective fields. The aspiring dancers of Codarts have the opportunity to gain experience through artistic collaborations with a wide range of choreographers and teachers.

Caroline Harder, Director Performing Arts and Head of Bachelor Dance at Codarts Rotterdam: “The Codarts Partner Award highlights our commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration in the arts. Through RIDCC, we empower emerging choreographers to bring ideas to life, while offering our dancers the invaluable experience of co-creating with the visionaries of tomorrow. This synergy reflects Codarts’ dedication to shaping the future of dance.”
Visit the website

Visit the website

Korzo is a leading performance hub and a creative producer in The Hague (The Netherlands). We work with artists whose activities intersect dance and movement; they push the boundaries and look beyond conventional artistic productions. They reflect the current leading talent in the fields of dance, music, physical theatre, and circus. We recognize talent, give room for experiment and exploration. We bring artists and the audience together in innovative formats based on the belief that talent is best served with surprising connections and an innovative perspectives. It is no coincidence that we have chosen “Here to Move You” as our motto.
Visit the website

Dansateliers is an independent house for the development of contemporary dance and a home for dance artists. The organization invests in dance dramaturgy, creative producing, (international) research and a diverse palette of dance artists – each with their very own artistic form, language and signature. Dansateliers initiates research to unfold undiscovered potential to feed into the dance artists’ practice in order to broaden work opportunities. Our goal is to create versatile grounds for a professional and multilayered artistic practice, which can manifest itself in a local, national and international context. Dansateliers is a member of Aerowaves and the European Dancehouse Network and is structurally funded by the City of Rotterdam and the Dutch Performing Arts Funds.
Visit the website

Create, gather, share. Open to all, the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-du-Marne | EMKA is a borderless space dedicated to choreographic creation in all its forms, shining on the national and international stage through its creations and cultural initiatives. Dance is our universal language. Performances, residencies, workshops, and training for all levels fuel our ambition for exchange and discovery. We foster innovation, research, and interdisciplinary collaborations to push the boundaries of dance. We work to make dance accessible to all audiences, regardless of age, origin, or physical condition.
Visit the website

Established in 2021 in Ulm, Germany, under the artistic direction of Pablo Sansalvador, TanzLabor has offered choreographers unique opportunities to develop innovative artistic work. By creating deeper connections between dance makers and audiences—locally and globally—TanzLabor has become a key hub for artistic exchange and innovation in contemporary dance.

Being a partner of RIDCC reflects our values as TanzLabor Ulm: impowering and unleashing the potential of the next generation of choreographers. RIDCC provides valuable artistic opportunities for international dance makers from across the world.
Visit the website

TANZ Bielefeld is a contemporary dance company under the artistic direction of Felix Landerer. Under the umbrella of the stages and orchestras of the city of Bielefeld, the choreographer is committed to establishing the ensemble as a creative hub among international pioneers, shaped by his choreographic vocabulary, and dedicated to creative research and exchange. The ten ensemble members represent an accumulation of cultures and creative perspectives that are representative of the strive for diversity in expression. Every season, TANZ Bielefeld invites international collaborators to broaden the company’s choreographic repertoire and to facilitate knowledge exchange through residency programs.

Felix Landerer and TANZ Bielefeld believe in the importance of talent development programs, such as the RIDCC dance festival and its awards for international choreographers. Not only does it give young creatives a voice in an often rigid theatre landscape, but it also facilitates an exchange of experiences and ambitions. Today’s cultural climate requires a focus on creating an environment for emerging talents that is sustainable, preserving the richness of today’s culture while exploiting potential for reinvention. In the spirit of RIDCC’s guiding principles of “inclusion and connection,” it is crucial to build spaces where creatives can co-create and experiment.
Visit the website

Holland Dance Festival – born in 1987 out of the famous Holland Festival – is part of the top of the Dutch cultural world. For over thirty years we have been working from our home base in The Hague to further strengthen the position of dance and, more generally, the arts in our country. Dance inspires and that is why we are so passionate about our work. We pride ourselves in being allowed to unlock the passion and the power of dance. That we are able to connect people worldwide through dance. For over 30 years.

“The support of an new international choreography competition fits excellent in the highly experienced assignment and mission of Holland Dance Festival. Scouting for talent and making it visible is what we have in common with RIDCC . Moreover, we believe it is important that the expertise acquired over many years in promoting and presenting dance can be shared with a young organization. In this way, our knowledge and experience benefits from this special initiative of dancers Maya Roest and Mischa van Leeuwen “, Samuel Wuersten, Artistic and General Director of the Holland Dance Festival.
Visit the website