Amsterdam’s improvised music and dance practices have been sustained by artists making space for one another: organising performances, crossing disciplines and bringing generations together. These encounters have given artists room to develop their own language through the experience of working with others.

IMDL began with a shared concern for keeping that possibility alive. Initiated by Miri Lee, it brings together curators Marc Nukoop, Maria Mavridou, Iris van Peppen and WenChin Fu, whose practices connect different communities in Amsterdam, Utrecht and The Hague.

Through performances with changing line-ups and a year-end finale, IMDL creates occasions to meet, experiment and return. It is being developed so that participating curators and communities can initiate further encounters from their own locations.