The OPEN LOOK International Summer Dance Festival has been held annually in St. Petersburg, Russia for 13 years. The festival features intensive dance workshops taught by renowned international instructors, as well as public performances by Russian and foreign dance companies. The goal of the festival is to share Western dance culture with Russian audiences and foster international artistic collaboration. Past participating artists include companies and choreographers from the U.S., China, Denmark, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, and other countries.

1. DANCE HOUSE ‘KANNON DANCE’ presents
13th International Summer Dance Festival in
St.Petersburg, Russia OPEN LOOK 2011
OPEN LOOK festival is an international event offering training and performance programs that cover
a wide range of contemporary dance forms. Held each summer during the beautiful St.-Petersburg
White Nights, the festival gathers Russian dancers, choreographers and students for a series of
intensive workshops held by well known dance masters from all over the world. Aside from training,
OPEN LOOK presents an exquisite concert program featuring performers from abroad and Russia
on several stages of St.-Petersburg. The main aim of the festival is, with the help of all these
projects, to share the best of Western culture with Russian public and dance society, to provide
atmosphere and space for international artistic collaboration, knowledge and experience exchange,
creative work and education.
The festival started off in 1999 with workshops and performance of Bill Young and Dancers
Company (USA) - a New York company, and since then it has introduced over 60 dance companies
from all over the world to Russian audiences. The list of artists that took part in the OPEN LOOK
festival includes DCDC (USA), Doug Varone and Dancers (USA), Nai-Ni Chen (China-USA), David
Dorfman Dance (USA), Niles Ford and Urban Dance Collective (USA), Eiko & Koma and Margaret
Leng Tan (USA-Japan), Aurinko Ballet (Finland), Russell Adamson (Finland), Granhøj Dance
(Denmark), Kitt Johnson (Denmark), Danish Dance Theatre (Denmark), Dance Works Rotterdam
(the Netherlands), Jo Strømgren Kompani (Norway), Pedo Gomes and NDT
(Netherlands),Francesco Scavetta and Wee (Norway/Italy), Karttunen Kollektiv(Finland) and many
other choreographers, teachers and dancers. The festival received official support from the
Committee for Culture of St.-Petersburg City Administration, Consulate General of the USA in St.-
Petersburg, Consulate General of Norway in St.Petersburg, Danish Cultural Centre, French Institute
in St.- Petersburg, Goethe Institute, Pro Arte Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding (USA) and
other organizations.
Nowadays contemporary dance draws more and more attention and public interest in Russia and
develops intensively. Participants, audience and mass media are attracted to the festival by an
excellent diverse performance program and unique dance techniques (such as Pilates, butoh, aerial
dance).
OPEN LOOK 2011 program will include master classes and workshops for dancers, and
choreographers. Evening performances will take place at the well-known contemporary dance
venues of the city.
Contacts:
Dance House „Kannon Dance‟
kannondance@gmail.com
Vadim Kasparov
Festival Director
+7 921 942 28 73
Olesya Kazakova
International Events Coordinator
+7 911 784 03 31
St. Petersburg
Please send your applications and DVD materials to:
Vadim Kasparov
Dance House “Kannon Dance” 7A, Kazanskaya str. St. Petersburg, Russia 191186

2. Information for dance companies
We are happy to invite you to take part in OPEN LOOK 2011.
The application deadline is Thursday 31 March 2011.
The application kit should contain:
 letter of application where you state why you want to participate in the festival and why you think
your work should be presented at the festival
 1 DVD of the performance that you would like to present at the festival (full length performance
without cuts, not promotional DVD); the full length video can also be uploaded online and the link
and password sent to us
 some publicity materials and reviews of the performance
The festival covers:
 performance space rent and all necessary technical assistance
 in-city transportation between airport/railway station – hotel and festival venues if necessary
 advertising and publicity
The festival doesn't cover:
 travel costs
 any personal expenses of the participants including in-city travel not connected with festival
necessities
 any expenses connected with sets transportation and customs procedures
 visa costs
If agreed the festival will cover:
 accommodation of dance companies and teachers
 artistic fees
 per diems
Information for teachers
To participate in OPEN LOOK 2011 as a teacher you should apply by sending us not later than
Thursday 31 March 2011:
 letter of application where you state why you want to participate in the festival and what kind of
special knowledge you can share with the festival participants
 your CV containing full information on your background, teaching experience, participating in
various events and festivals, styles you can teach
 1 DVD of your lesson clearly showing what you are going to teach and the way you are going to
do it at the festival (it can also be a piece broadcasted on You Tube or Facebook but not less than
15 min)
 reference letters from people who know you well as a teacher might be helpful
The festival covers:
 teacher's accommodation for the festival period
 in-city transportation between airport – hotel and festival venues if necessary
 advertising and publicity
 per diems
 classes fees (according to the signed contract)
The festival doesn't cover:
 any personal expenses of the teacher including in-city travel not connected with festival
necessities
 visa costs
If agreed the festival will cover:
 all or some part of travel costs
For further information please contact Olesya Kazakova at
kannondance@gmail.com