Laurie will be attending the 14th meeting of the Aerowaves network in Vilnius, the European Capital of Culture, this week (the hotel she’s staying at has guaranteed her “an Irish welcoming smile”!!) in order to take part in the assessment of over 300 applications from promising young companies and choreographers across Europe who are seeking to tour abroad.  The chosen artists will then be invited by the partners to perform in their cities.

For the first time this year, approximately 80 performances took place beyond London in Moscow, Oslo, Tallinn, Vilnius, Copenhagen, Dublin (as part of Absolut Fringe), Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Prague, Poznan, Warsaw, Zurich, Lausanne, Bassano del Grappa, Rome, Porto, Limassol, Osijek and Zagreb. Aerowaves plans to extend the number of opportunities in 2010. This expansion of Aerowaves performances is a development that provides a European network without precedent in dance.

Watch this space for news of whom we’ll be inviting to Dublin for DDF 2010!