Her practice blends curiosity and innovation, creating new models of connection, collaboration, and reciprocity between artists and communities. Recent highlights include co-developing a new tarot deck with Gob Squad (DE) for their 30th anniversary, creating a new project for Belgrade Pride with Petr Dlouhý (CZ) at Heartefact, and collaborating with James Batchelor on a multi-generational dance piece spanning Australia and Berlin.
From 2020 to 2024, Bek served as the curator of the International Festival of Contemporary Theatre, Homo Novus, in Riga, Latvia, where she initiated a range of international collaborations, including Baltic Take Over Helsinki (LV, LT, EE, FI), The Shake Down with Rosendal Theatre (LV, NO), and The Festivals Path with ANTI Festival (LV, FI).
Since 2017, she has worked as dramaturg with dance artist James Batchelor, premiering four works and touring globally to renowned contexts such as Centre Pompidou (FR), Tanz im August (DE), Dance Massive (AU), Spring Forward/Aerowaves 19, and ImPulsTanz (AT).
Bek currently serves on the board of IETM and, in 2020, was awarded the Australia Council HIAP Residency. She was also granted the Kone Foundation SARRI Residency in Mynämäki, Finland, for 2023 and 2025.
Bek is currently focused on exploring the magic of togetherness, fostering new conditions for collective creation, and improving the performing arts through pleasure-centered design. Her expertise lies at the intersection of festival curation, dance dramaturgy, and karaoke.
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