The 1st edition of LUUK will take place on 13th-14th of June 2025 at Copper Leg Residency, nearby Tallinn, Estonia.
Timeline:
→ call for presentations 17.12.24
→ open call closes 31.01.25
→ decisions are communicated by 14.02.25
→ presenters confirm their participation 23.02.25
→ conference programme made public 01.04.25
→ registration opens 01.05.25
→ LUUK Dance Conference in Vaskjala 13.-14.05.25
Timelin
- 12 presentations from Estonia-related dance/theatre/embodyment professionals: 20-90 minutes, in different forms, from different perspectives, inclusive, analytical, playful, questioning;
- conversations with colleagues, creative saturation, forward and backward bursts of thought and emotion;
- Plant-based hot meals (lunch and dinner on day 1, breakfast and lunch on day 2);
- coffee and breaks with delicious snacks;
- campfire evening and sauna – a warm end to the day's experiences;
- overnight stay with the dance family in a natural environment
We welcome fellow movers, thinkers, creators and other curious bodies. Let's meet, share and dream!
🐣Early Bird 50€ until May 15th
🐔From May 16th 60€
🪽One day 35€
🐔From May 16th 60€
🪽One day 35€
Nota bene: Members of the Estonian Dance Art and Dance Education Union can apply for financial support to cover the participation fee no later than 30 days before the conference (by May 13th)! Fill out the
and send it to tantsuliit@gmail.com. Please indicate the invoice issuer: MTÜ Kes Aias
Keywords or components of the conference include the following:
ink form, physical elaboration, semi-artificiality, analysis of the work, afterlife of melody, SUV, microbiological choreography, vibration, cuteness, substitution, unique “inner life”, criticism of performing arts, the body of our time, thinness, artistic sign, the hottest summer in history, the art of review
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Copper Leg Residency is located outside of Tallinn (Estonia) and requires a short bus or car ride. We encourage people to stay the night for the full experience.
Accommodation will take place in the rooms of the residency building, which means sleeping in proximity with other participants. Everybody is asked to bring sleeping bags and mattresses (and tents if one pleases).
The conference includes 4 meals (1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner, coffee and snacks)
LUUK is a humble and down-to-earth happening. Whereas the event has an existing frame and organizing bodies, we all share in responsibility to take care of ourselves, each other, the venue and the flow of the event.
The physical venue itself is our partner and it has its affordances and limitations, like we all do.
Programme
For the 1st edition of LUUK, we do not propose an overarching theme, but rather ask: “What is happening right now?”
At the end of day 2, we hope to arrive at a partial map of “what is happening” in our shared and overlapping fields in embodied practices and artistic research.
We start from the notion of current. Current makes us think of electrical impulses traveling along nerves and cables. It makes us feel the flows in bodies of water – human and more-than-human –, also currents of air, in and around bodies come to mind! Current is a (forceful) movement passing through space. What are the main currents of bodies and movement today? What is in movement? What is left out?
Current also relates to time. We ask our presenters: How does your artistic work engage with what is currently unfolding in your personal, local, and global sphere of influence? Looking back in time is important – past currents may hold relevance today –, and future currents may be proposed – how ought we flow?
A key aim of LUUK's 1st edition is to map currents specific to Estonia, while also tracing those that flow through it, linking us to regional and global movements of bodies, water, air, and power. This perspective maintains a dual focus — local and global — with a sustained awareness of ecological responsibility.