Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found

Life Long Burning is a network of European institutions which are dedicated to contemporary dance and performance. The project Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found (LLB3) is our third 4-years-project, which got funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. 

© Almud Krejza
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OPEN CALL – visit Moving in November

MDT launches an open call for one dance artist to visit the festival Moving In November, in Helsinki, Finland! The visit consists of studio time, mentoring, as well as the possibility to experience the whole festival programme including all its discursive events.

This open call ends on Thursday, 10 September 2026, at 23:59.

20.08.2026 - 10.09.2026 @ Moving in November
Noha Ramadan © Vita Buivid
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Noha Ramadan in Berlin

Noha Ramadan spends their second half of the Creative Crossroads Residency at Uferstudios Berlin this August. 

17.08.2026 - 23.08.2026
Maciej Sado © Sebastian Runge
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Maciej Sado

Maciej Sado joined the team of Uferstudios Berlin in the frame of On The Outset.

16.07.2026 - 30.09.2026 @ Uferstudios Berlin
© Almud Krejza
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NEWSLETTER

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01.01.2023 - 31.12.2026
Eliza Trefas © Christophe Berlet
Eliza Trefas at Uferstudios in Berlin

Eliza Trefas has her second Creative Crossroads residency coming up – at Uferstudios in Berlin!

25.08.2026 - 10.09.2026 @ Uferstudios Berlin
European Commission: European Education and Culture Executive Agency and Favero, I. (ed.)
Tracing Constellations

Life Long Burning is featured in Tracing Constellations, a publication by the European Union on the achievements of projects funded under the European Cooperation Projects call for proposals.

02.06.2026 - 31.12.2026 @ online
Fanni Somlyai © Blanka Somlyai
Fanni Somlyai

Fanni Somlyai joined the team of Workshop Foundation in Budapest in the Frame of On The Outset.

01.06.2026 - 31.12.2026 @ Workshop Foundation Budapest
Welcome Bau

Our new partner in Amsterdam is Bau! 

Earlier this year we unfortunately had to say goodbye to Veem House – due to the complete cut of national fundings the production house had to close. Bau steps in for them. 

20.10.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Life Long Burning
Life Long Burning Partner Meeting 2024 in Zagreb © Sindri Uču
These are the Creative Crossroads artists of cycle 2

During ChoreoCon 2024 we introduced the artist of the second cycle – her's a sneak peek, more details will follow next year.

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026
Viktor Szeri © Wang Songtao
Viktor Szeri

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Workshop Foundation Budapest
Viktorija Ilioska © Sasho N. Alushevski
Viktorija Ilioska

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Nomad Dance Academy Slovenia
Marko Milić © Noel Hutapea
Marko Milić

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Antisezona Zagreb
Philip Berlin © Jon Ariel Borgsø
Philip Berlin

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ MDT Stockholm
Anna Karenina Lambrechts © David Jacobs
Anna Karenina Lambrechts

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ STUK Leuven
Eliza Trefas © Florian Austraudo
Eliza Trefas

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ 4Culture Bucharest
@ private
Stanislav Genadiev & Violeta Vitanova

Creative Crossroads Artists 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Brain Store Project Sofia
© Neven Allgeier
Camilla Schielin

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ danceWEB Vienna
Jasmin İhraç © Linda Rosa Saal
Jasmin Ihraç

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Uferstudios Berlin
Ghyslaine Gau © Sara Maurin Kane
Ghyslaine Gau

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ ICI–CCN Montpellier
Maud Blandel © Elie Grappe
Maud Blandel

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Arsenic Lausanne
Noha Ramadan © Vita Buivid
Noha Ramadan

Creative Crossroads Artist 2025–2026

01.01.2025 - 31.12.2026 @ Veem House Amsterdam
Artistic Exchange Residencies, Co-Productions, Creative Crossroads  
Capacity Grid, On The Outset, Outsetters Abroad  
Performance Situation Rooms, Choreographic Conventions