As part of SHIFT Shaping Harmony Innovating Forms and Thought, a cooperation project, funded by the Creative Europe programma of the European Commission, between Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat (France), Albania Dance Meeting (Albania) and Fondazione Fabbrica Europa

Telescope Korça, taking place from 4 to 8 March 2026 in Korça (Albania), is a five-day creative laboratory offering an immersive space to explore, expand, and challenge artistic approaches in dance and performance.

Artists selected from across Europe and the Mediterranean will be accompanied by mentors and professionals from Albania and neighboring countries, providing guidance, support, and artistic exchange throughout the week.

The laboratory will include workshops, peer sessions, experimentation, open discussions, and shared research.

Telescope Korça aims to deepen creative methodologies while fostering meaningful connections, enhancing skills, and exploring performance-making in non-dedicated and unconventional spaces.

With a programme shaped by regional perspectives and expertise, participants will be encouraged to question traditional formats and reimagine their processes.
The project is committed to supporting selected artists in their artistic journeys while raising awareness around new possibilities of creation, participation, engagement, and spatial practices.

SHIFT Shaping Harmony Innovating Forms and Thought is a project that aims to transform the way dance is experienced and presented. It seeks to explore new formats of artistic expression, community engagement, and audience interaction, involving artists, experts, and citizens from multiple EU and Mediterranean countries.
SHIFT aims to uncover the essential conditions for transitioning from the ‘visual’ to the ‘active’, illuminating the requirements for engaged creations, innovative relationships, and unconventional audience experience.