Dantz

Creator: GAIA|Art form: Digital media, Music, Performing arts|Knowledge valorisation : Outreach|Place: Donostia-San Sebastián,Spain|Location : Hybrid|Target group: Academics, Cultural and creative professionals and institutions, General public, Private companies / industries, Public authorities & policy makers|Domains: Climate Action and Environment|Duration : Long-term Project
Credit: The Creator
Credit: The Creator

Project laboratory and cultural brand on electronic and avant-garde music.

Challenge: To create a community of artists, academics and festival visitors around avant-garde electronic music.

Dantz is a contemporary music project that is articulated as a laboratory and cultural brand. Its aim is to bring electronic music closer to the public from its artistic side in different ways: through concerts located in the city of San Sebastian (Spain), where the natural ecosystem is respected and sustainability is promoted and a festival; a music training academy, thus covering another cultural and social gap, such as that of musical training and creation; and cultural management work.

Resources needed

Electronic and avant-garde music festival, concerts, academy project laboratory.

Purpose of artistic intervention

Through a holistic vision of contemporary and electronic music, specifically, it continues with its 360º vision process, with the aim of promoting and developing electronic and contemporary music from different perspectives and levels. ‘To train and develop the knowledge of the citizens is to guarantee and promote the ‘quarry’, and therefore, the musical scene of the present and future’.

Positive impacts

The Dantz project has a significant positive impact by bringing electronic music closer to the public through various innovative initiatives. It promotes sustainability and respect for the natural ecosystem in San Sebastian through environmentally conscious events. The Dantz Academy fills a cultural and social gap by providing music training and fostering musical creation, thereby nurturing future talents.

Replication

As a cultural brand and laboratory, Dantz generates a large community of artists and connects local and international agents, enhancing the music scene, and allowing its replication in other territories. Its holistic approach ensures the development of contemporary and electronic music from multiple perspectives. By educating and engaging citizens, Dantz guarantees a musical scene for both the present and future.