Departing from investigations of theatricality and the live moment (Edition I, 2005) and of the legacies and potentials of feminism in contemporary art practice (Edition II, 2006–2008), Edition III (2008–2010) focuses on the notion of the masquerade.

Keren Cytter, Jon Mikel Euba, Olivier Foulon, Suchan Kinoshita, Joachim Koester and Sarah Pierce are invited to produce new projects with If I Can’t Dance that are developed within the time frame of two years, and are presented at subsequent moments at the Overgaden arts centre in Copenhagen; Sala Rekalde in Bilbao; Project Arts Centre in Dublin; and the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven.

In addition, If I Can’t Dance presents its new series If I Can’t Dance Tonight, hosted by Frascati Theatre in Amsterdam. The events within this series are organised on a monthly basis, and both contextualize the practices of the artists that go with us on tour, and articulate the field of research central to Edition III by commissioning live performances.