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