The Center for Choreography Bleiburg/Pliberk (CCB) is once again looking for short performances and other formats for the 20th edition of the Long Night of Dance. The selected program will be presented in 2026 in the Alpe-Adria region, in the cultural city of Villach, Carinthia.

The call is aimed at companies, dancers, choreographers, performers, and artists who would like to present a short performance or other formats — partly in very unusual locations — within the framework of the Long Night of Dance. We explicitly invite cross-disciplinary, audience-interactive, and technically demanding dance performances. Furthermore, we are open to new and unconventional formats that are thematically connected to dance (e.g., video, photography, audio walks, workshop formats). The deadline is September 15, 2025.

The Long Night of Dance annually transforms a city for one entire evening/night with up to 20 performances at outdoor and indoor venues. With this, the Center for Choreography Bleiburg/Pliberk aims, on the one hand, to bring contemporary dance and performance to different places in the Alpe-Adria region, and on the other hand, to lower barriers to dance and cultural events by activating the whole city as a stage. A strong focus is placed on presenting a wide spectrum of the international contemporary dance scene.

The thematic focuses of the Long Night of Dance 2026 are:

• New forms of dance
• Age/aging as expression
• Innovation & digitality
• Dance in dialogue with live music
• Emerging artists & new generations

Submissions should address at least one of these thematic focuses. We also accept several proposals from one artist/company/collective.