IMPACT Network Meeting Held at LMTA on December 10–11, 2025

On December 10–11, 2025 the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA) hosted an international IMPACT network meeting dedicated to the joint master’s program „International Master in Performance and Creative Technologies in Dance“. The meeting included representatives from the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Netherlands), Écoles des Sables (Senegal), Lyon Conservatory of Music and Dance (France), and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Some representatives from Écoles des Sables from Senegal joined the meeting remotely.

The meeting opened with a discussion of the Erasmus+ KA220 Evaluation Report issued by the French Agency, followed by a review of the progress of the IMPACT consortium. It concluded with decisions on concrete and realistic follow-up actions for the next two academic years, aimed at preparing the launch of the first cohort of the International Master in Performance and Creative Technologies in Dance.

 Participants considered the future and prospects of this highly significant project for all partner universities. The discussions highlighted the partners’ strong commitment to the project and a shared goal to successfully implement this high-potential international joint master’s program in the coming years. 

On December 12, there was also schedule a meeting with LMTA Rector Assoc. Prof. Dr. Judita Žukienė. The discussion focused on opportunities for inter-institutional collaboration, the expansion of international studies, and strengthening academic ties between France and Lithuania in the fields of performing arts and creative technologies.

The IMPACT network meeting at LMTA once again confirmed the partners’ shared vision – to create innovative, international, and interdisciplinary studies that respond to the development of contemporary dance and creative technologies in Europe and beyond.

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