European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026 opens an audition call for female professional dance performers.
Performance:
Simone Sandroni: Till the Sun Appears
Premiere: 2026 (exact dates to be confirmed at the audition)
Audition date: Nov 15, 2025, 11am – 6 pm
Audition venue: Plejs for Movement
Dolný Šianec 1
911 48 Trenčín
Keramoprojekt Trenčín
– 2nd floor
Planned premiere: Autumn 2026.
Accommodation will be provided for dancers outside Trenčín during the rehearsal period.
Special audition requirements:
We ask all audition participants to prepare one song to be performed on site (any style, any type of song).
Simone Sandroni is a choreographer and director. He was the co-founder of Ultima Vez in Brussels in 1987 and collaborated with the company until 1992. In 1993 he founded his own group Ernesto in Brussels. In 1996 he founded a multinational company Déjà Donné in Prague together with Lenka Flory, touring regularly in Europe, North America and Asia. In addition to directing his own company, he created number of works for festivals, independent artists and schools in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia (Bayerisches Staatsballett Munich, National Theatre Prague, Theater Bielefeld, Festival de Beweeging Antwerp, Theatre Varia Brussels, Sosta Palmizi Italy, Duncan Centre Conservatory Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Four Chambers Dance Projects Toronto, Luzerntanz am Luzernertheater, En-Knap Group Ljubljana, Oper Frankfurt, Birmingham Opera Company). In 2015 – 2022, he worked as the chief choreographer and artistic director of the Bielefeld Theatre Dance Company in Germany, in 2008 – 2016 was the choreographer in residence of the Bayerische Staatsoper and in 1999 – 2002 of the Luzern Theatre, Switzerland.
We are looking forward to meet you.
On behalf of the entire creative team
curator of the European Capital of Culture Trenčín 2026 theatre and dance programm
Petra Fornayová
Contact to announce your participation or to ask any questions:
The audition for dancers is part of the project Trenčín Lives Theatre, which is a component of Trenčín 2026. Trenčín 2026 is financially supported by the City of Trenčín, the Trenčín Self-Governing Region, and the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The project’s partner is the European Union.