European Projects
EVDH is a European project that researches and preserves the memory of dance in audiovisual format, bringing together partners to create new ways of accessing, archiving and disseminating this heritage, ensuring that future generations can discover and comprehend its richness.
Maison de la Danse | Lyon (FR) - coordinator
Vo'Arte | Lisbon & Movement Factory | Porto (PT)
Alicia Alonso Foundation | Madrid (ES)
Institute of Music and Dance - Imit | Warsaw (PL)
IMZ - Internationales Musik + Medienzentrum | Vienna (AT)
Dachverband Tanz Deutschland e.V. (DTD) | Berlin (DE)
A European project dedicated to the preservation, promotion and dissemination of dance heritage through video. Developed under the European Union's Culture Programme, it brought together a network of cultural organizations, dance centres and training institutions from various European countries, including Vo'Arte (Portugal).
Recognizing that much of the memory of contemporary dance exists only in disperse and technically vulnerable audiovisual records, the project focused on creating common strategies for the recording, archiving, dissemination and legal framework of videodance. The initiative addressed not only technical issues (formats, capture, digitisation and conservation) but also artistic, curatorial and legal dimensions, namely copyright and online availability models.
Throughout the project, seminars, workshops and international meetings were organized for choreographers, directors, producers, technicians and researchers, promoting the sharing of methodologies and good practices in live performances recording and the creation of videodance as an autonomous language. This work has helped to structure an European cooperation network specialised in this area.
One of the main themes of EVDH was the strengthening of the platform Numeridanse as a leading digital platform for the dissemination of filmed dance, broadening public access to works, historical archives and educational content. The online availability of materials from partner countries has established a shared repository of audiovisual heritage accessible to artists, students, researchers and wider audiences.
The project has left a legacy of methodological resources, technical recommendations and best-practice frameworks that have helped to professionalise the documentation and preservation of dance in Europe. By combining artistic creation, archiving and digital technology, the European Video Dance Heritage reinforced videodance as an essential tool for cultural memory and intergenerational transmission.
