Salavisa European Dance Award

Dansehallerne is a national centre for dance and choreography in Copenhagen. Co-producing and presenting a diverse range of national and international performances, while also facilitating professional training and industry events. Dansehallerne has a strong focus on cultivating an efficient and sustainable ecosystem for dance and choreography in Denmark nurtured by, and in dynamic valued exchange with, the organisation’s local and global associations.

Fabbrica Europa was founded in Florence with the aim of promoting contemporary Italian and international artistic production through projects focused on the most innovative forms of expression in the performing arts, visual arts, and multimedia. Since 1994, it has organised the multidisciplinary Fabbrica Europa Festival, an internationally recognized event that each year welcomes both renowned artists and emerging talents from the contemporary arts scene. In addition to the Festival—which reached its 32nd edition in 2025—Fabbrica Europa has developed numerous transnational initiatives over the years that explore innovative approaches to artistic creation and production support, with a special focus on emerging generations.

Based in Munich, Joint Adventures is a nationally and internationally recognised organiser that has been active in the field of contemporary dance at the intersection of various art disciplines since 1990. Through close collaboration with national and international partners, Joint Adventures curates and organises festivals such as Tanzwerkstatt Europa, guest performance series like Access to Dance depARTures, residency programmes, workshops, and discursive formats. As a facilitator of the National Performance Network, Joint Adventures successfully promotes structural support and exchange between artists and organisers in order to strengthen the presence of dance creators based in Germany throughout the country and around the world.

KVS is Brussels’ city theatre. It reinterprets repertoire in relation to the city, which has a growing global influence. The theatre fosters an open ensemble of creators, performers, choreographers, and authors who, collaboratively, develop both individual works and shared projects through cross-pollination. Based on an inclusive perspective of the potential of art, KVS aims to be an intercultural, inter-generational and open-gender city theatre with a resonance that reaches far beyond Brussels.

Maison de la Danse is a distinctive hub for dance in Europe. For the past 44 years, it has consistently pursued a singular artistic policy of embracing dance in all its diverse forms and techniques, inviting both major choreographers and young creators, blending creation and repertoire, nurturing the interest of young people, and championing aesthetic diversity. Currently, a new additional location is being developed in Lyon – les Ateliers de la Danse. This new location, which will be dedicated to creating, producing, and presenting amateur works, should be completed by 2027.

The Biennale de la danse de Lyon is one of the world’s foremost dance festivals. For 40 years, the Biennale has been promoting dance through dedicated support for creation and performance and cultivating a rich dialogue between various strands of choreographic expression and other art forms. The Biennale attracts a large and diverse audience, as well as professionals from France and around the world. Its influence extends across nearly 40 towns and cities in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in multiple locations ranging from theatres to disused industrial sites—and even the street with the Défilé, a grand parade celebrating diversity and community togetherness.

Mercat de les Flors – Dance House is a public center for performing arts that hosts, disseminates and promotes projects involving dance, the body and movement in all their diverse forms in contemporary creation. Its mission is to bring dance to a wider public, ensuring its creation and transmission. Beyond the structure itself and the programming offered, Mercat de les Flors is a unique space that works to serve the art of dance, artists and the community. It plays an essential role as mediator and coordinator of projects at local, national and international level, networking to build synergies that allow artistic and cultural knowledge to be accessible to all.

Sadler's Wells is a world-leading dance organisation. It strives to make and share dance that inspires. Its acclaimed year-round programme spans dance of every kind, from contemporary to flamenco, Bollywood to ballet, salsa to street dance and tango to tap. Sadler's Wells commissions, produces and presents more dance than any other organisation in the world. Since 2005, it has helped to bring more than 200 new dance works to the stage, embracing both the popular and the unknown.

Tanzquartier Wien—centrally located in MuseumsQuartier Wien—is one of Europe's leading centers for contemporary choreography and performance art. As a creative space, we create opportunities for artists and audiences to connect and exchange ideas, fostering new perspectives and actively shaping the future of these art forms. Since opening in 2001, TQW has been a lively meeting place where dance is not only performed but also conceived, explored, and experienced. With a wide range of performances, training, theory, and research, we welcome people of all ages and invite them to explore the fascinating world of contemporary dance in all its forms. We offer a space for experimentation, reflection, and shared experiences of contemporary art.