Europeada Project

The Europeada Project brings together 22 individuals from different European minorities on stage. Based on previously conducted interviews, the work unfolds as a performance of dance, visuals, and music, giving space to shared thoughts, situations, and emotions across diverse cultural contexts.

By inviting these minorities to perform alongside one another, the project creates encounters between groups who, in some cases, have been shaped by long histories of conflict. It highlights both the specificity of each minority and the possibility of coming together—celebrating difference while acknowledging a shared existence, history, and resources in continuous transformation.

Participating minorities (selection, with potential for expansion):
Nordschleswig, The Manx, Hungarians in Romania, Sydslesvig, Serbs in Germany, Occitania, Raetoromans, Oberschlesien, Roma, Russlanddeutsche, Crimean Tatars, Vlach, Slovaci, Croats in Serbia, Ungarndeutsche, Serbs in Croatia, Kärntner Slowenen, South Tyrol, Zimbern, Ladins.

Credits
Idea: Dr. Stefan Planker
Realization: Animu Dance Company
Choreography: Anastasia Kostner
Choreographic assistance: Hayley Adams
Video: Maarten van der Glas
Music composition: Salvador Breed
Lights & software: Maarten van der Glas
Costume design: Ester Kostner
Voice: Susy Rottonara
Performance: Anastasia Kostner

With material from and thanks to:
Uffe Iwersen, Nagy David, Gary Weightman (with thoughts to Malcolm Blackburn), Manfred Nissen, Tinne Virgils, Clemens Skoda, Boriz Massaré, Marco Cavegn, Marcin Lippa, Andras Vag, Uliana Ilina, Elvin Kadyrov, Maria Cucliciu, Graban Ysolt, Szilagyi Istvan, Zoltán Szabó, Petar Kuntic, Emil Koch, Predrag Krupljan, Marko Oraze, Marko Loibnegger, Günther Heidegger, Marzio Piccinini, Lorenzo Baratter, Giorgio Costabiei.

Premiered at Museum Ladin S. Martin de Tor.
With the support of FUEN (Federal Union of European Nationalities).

Photo credit: FUEN Museum Ladin