What is Dance? Beata Stankevič in conversation with Ginevra Panzetti & Enrico Ticconi

This talk explores the evolving definition of dance, challenging conventional ideas in choreography and examining how the concept of dance shifts across cultures and eras. Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi, who perform their piece Harleking also as part of the Frontiers dance programme, have been working together since 2008 with a style that interlaces dance, performance and visual art. Beata Stankevič, a cultural manager with a particular focus on contemporary dance, is the first independent locally contemporary dance programmer to be based locally; in 2020, she co-founded the HIBA Art Project initiative to further develop the dance scene in the UAE, and since 2023 she has been managing cultural programmes at the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region.