Legacy & Seeds was the last Dancing on the Edge Festival. From 23 November to 7 December 2024, we celebrated 18 years of artistic exchange and collaboration with countless artists and partners in the West Asia and North Africa region and Europe.
In recent years, we have increasingly responded to a world in crisis, turning the spotlight on constructed (unequal) systems and how we relate to the rest of nature. On how everything is connected. How ‘we’ are inextricably linked to what is happening ‘there’. In awareness of context, we asked ourselves, ‘Which artistic forms do we need now?’
In the shadow of the continuing, unrestrained state violence and colossal destruction in the WANA region, the festival (her organisers & artists) mourned and raged in solidarity with the artists who have created and performed with Dancing on the Edge over her life span: Legacy & Seeds held a space for layered stories, grief. Ritual was our form. Being together and listening deeply grounded our longing for justice and change.
For more info, visit the festival page.
