22nd International Performing Arts Conference
22nd International Conference “Performing Arts Between Tradition & Contemporaneity”
December 18-22, 2025 | Schloss Laubegg (Laubegg Castle), Austria
For: Theatre artists and directors, dancers and choreographers, circus artists, movement and drama teachers, researchers, producers.
Format: Workshops, presentations, research talks, work-in-progress showings.
Admissions: We accept approximately 50 participants. The selection committee looks at what you’ve done and why you want to be here. Real experience and clear intentions carry the most weight.
Additional Info:
For over two decades, the conference has created a rare meeting ground where tradition and contemporaneity move in step.
Since 2003, we’ve gathered performers, educators, researchers, and cultural producers who understand that the most interesting work happens at the crossroads.
On December 18-22, 2025, we’re opening our doors again for the 22nd edition. Whether you’re developing new methodologies in movement pedagogy, documenting vanishing performance traditions, experimenting with hybrid forms, or producing work that challenges boundaries – or you’re eager to study these fields, learn new techniques and methods, and train in physical theatre as a participant – this is your room.
What actually happens here?
Real exchange: a conference where your lunchtime work-in-progress sparks three new international partnerships by dinner.
It’s about finding your people – the ones who get why you spend months perfecting a gesture, why documentation matters, why tradition needs disruption and innovation needs roots.
We keep numbers intentionally small. Our selection committee reviews each application for both experience and genuine curiosity. Selection favors demonstrated practice and a commitment to continual learning.
Ready to join us?
More details: https://www.nipai.org/programs/conference
Applications for participants and presenters are open now: https://www.nipai.org/programs/apply-form-workshops
P.S. We’re also looking for people ready to share through workshops, presentations, research talks, and work-in-progress showings. Got a technique that bridges classical and contemporary? A research finding that changes how we think about tradition? A half-formed idea that needs the right collaborators? Bring it.
