Art Alive Cultural Association is developing contemporary dance art internationally. It is supporting emerging and professional artists. It is creating trans- and multidisciplinary art projects. It aims for personal growth and development of the individual which leads to the development of the society. Its intention is to inspire the individual, to create a positive impact on society, and to leave this world a better place than we have found it through artistic work and mental health programs.
Contemporary Dance Performance
ART ALIVE - artistic director Aldina Topcagic
rewarded by Ministry of Austria for exdraordinary achievements in arts and culture
Article on Human Justice - Aldina Topcagic
Harvard Business School Online - Harvard University
Workshops / Intensives
Sarajevo Contemporary Dance Intensive 2022 at Natioanl Theatre Sarajevo
participants from 8 countries - workshops - performances - panel discussion
EU: Together for BiH!
EU Parliament
a project initiated by Aldina Topcagic with the aim of raising awareness for the situation in BiH & Europe, calling the EU for taking action, for supporting a strong, united, & democratic BiH & Europe
News:
2020/2021
Experimental Short Film
"couch me! - a TMG project"
A collaboration between
Aldina Topcagic, Cruz Isael Mata, Dieter Michael Grohmann
7 Award Winner
Global Film Festival Awards Los Angeles - BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
Global Film Festival Awards Los Angeles - BEST INDIE FILMMAKER
Hollywood International Golden Age Film Festival NYC - BEST MOBILE FILM
Andromeda Film Festival - HONORABLE MENTION GOLD MEDAL
International Short Film Awards - BEST PHONE SHORT FILM
Five Continents International Film Festival - BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
South Film and Arts Academy Festival Chile - BEST ART VIDEO
16 x Officially Selected by
Cannes, Los Angeles, New York, London, Tokyo, Berlin, Munich, Chile, Instanbul, Athens, San Francisco, Puerto la Cruz Venezuela, Korea, Osaka
supported by Austrian Cultural Forum Paris, produced by Art Alive
about:
In times of narrowness and solitude the couch proves to be the center of the universe in almost every home. Spatially cornered and enriched with significantly more time, people are made to deal with their own being. In doing so, one or the other will reach their limits. What if, however, one realizes that these limits are nothing more than the call of ourselves to get to know us better, to take root, to ground us? From the interaction of madness and inner peace, a trans- and multidisciplinary art project has come alive, with which most people who have experienced solitude all over the world can identify.
Winners of Global Film Festival Awards Los Angeles:
Film & Performative Dialog
"What-a-Mel-on"
2020/2021
Concept, Artistic Director: Aldina Topcagic, Film Production: Dieter Michael Grohmann
Dance artist: Fabio Bergaglio, Choreography Assistant: Cruz Isael Mata Rojas
Music: William Garfield Walker, Ousmane, Protagonists: Maddy, Mel
Location: Balthasar Brussels, produced by: Art Alive
supportet by: GRAWE & Austrian Cultural Forum Brussels
Award Winner
MILAN GOLDEN AWARDS Film Festival
about:
How much of our daily life is being controlled, led, or manipulated? Are our opinions, decisions, and actions our own or are they simply products that are co-created by the systems we live in. We think we know something till we find out that what we used to call our truth has already been prepared for us by a force that we have had never questioned before. Where does the independence of our mind begin? And when has it been taken from us? Which harm do we cause to our society, nature, and the world by not questioning transparencies?
Are we going to stay passive viewers – marionettes, or are we going to create consciously our now, so we could actively build a better future and become an influential part of history?
Graz, Austria - Berlin, Germany - Helsinki, Finland - Brussels, Belgium - Havana, Cuba
Some of the publications & press release 2017-2019:
Dance Art Exhibition
The art of existing
„Where is courage, there is no fear of vulnerability. Where is no fear of vulnerability, there is an open space for reflection.“
- Aldina Topcagic
"Watching you being your true self, makes me be more myself."
- Oprah Winfrey
"Becoming human is an art."
- Novalis
Announcement:
Aldina M. Topcagic - Artist of the Month
"Österreichisches Kulturforum Brüssel"
Belgium.
May 2017