The first Dancing Museums project was an international partnership that brought together five European dance organisations – La Briqueterie – Centre de développement chorégraphique du Val de Marne (FR), Comune di Bassano del Grappa (IT), D.ID Dance Identity (AT), Dansateliers (NL) and Siobhan Davies Dance (UK) – and eight internationally renowned museums to explore new ways of interacting with audiences. Per partner one associated dance-artists was selected to participate in the overall project. Participating dance-artists: Connor Schumacher (NL), Dante Murillo (AU), Lucy Suggate (UK), Tatiana Julien (FR), Fabio Novembrini (IT).

Participating museums: Arte Sella (IT), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (NL), Gemäldegalerie Wien (AT), Le Louvre (FR), Mac/Val (FR), Museo Civico Bassano (IT), Museo di Palazzo Sturm (IT) and The National Gallery (UK).

Dancing Museums is cofunded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.