KVS is a proud partner of the Salavisa European Dance Award (SEDA), founded in 2023 by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in honour of Portuguese dancer, teacher and artistic director Jorge Salavisa (1939–2020).

SEDA wants to give choreographers and performers from all over the world more visibility. The award, which comes with €150.000 in prize money, is a powerful launching pad for artists with a unique voice or exceptional talent, who deserve to outgrow their national borders.

In 2024, the Salavisa European Dance Award was awarded for the first time to Dorothée Munyaneza (Rwanda/UK/France) and Idio Chichava (Mozambique).

Partners

The Salavisa European Dance Award was founded by the Gulbenkian Foundation, supported by six leading cultural centres in Europe. The partners play an active role in suggesting artists and presenting their work in their programme:

• Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
• Tanzquartier Wien (Vienna, Austria)
• KVS (Brussels, Belgium) 
• Fondazione Fabbrica Europa per le arti contemporanee ETS (Florence, Italy)
• Dansehallerne (Kopenhagen, Denmark)
• Maison de la Danse / Biennale de la Danse (Lyon, France)
• Joint Adventures (München, Germany)
• Sadler’s Wells (Londen, UK)
• Mercat de les Flors (Barcelona, Spain)