Dance Bridges Festival 2022 Highlights

In 2022 we curated a special hybrid edition of the festival with live events taking place across Kolkata, London and Taipei from August 11th-22nd, 2022, and a range of other digital offerings, engagements and events.

In the midst of crisis, the power of dance still soothes. The need for human connection through movement, performance, art and dialogue is even more necessary in a time when the world continues to witness tragedy through war, a global pandemic, climate concerns and more. Dance Bridges has always sought to build artistic exchanges and build bridges across frontiers through culture.

The theme of the 2022 edition was therefore INTERCONNECTING, and our curation featured artists from previous editions as well as new dance companies. The Festival Programme included film screenings – both onsite and online – a digital residency showcase, a podcast series with artists and choreographers, a photo essay series highlighting emerging dance artists in India and several artist talk sessions online including a session on dance & technology and the DBF Lounge for artists and audiences to gather and interact.

Our artistic team, led by Founder-Director Vanessa Maria Mirza (London/Kolkata), Associate Directors Dam Van Huynh & Pierre Palluet (Hong Kong/ London) and Jeff Hsieh (Taipei) worked with partners in India and abroad to create an exciting experience with artists we have collaborated with in the past as well as a number of new companies.