Contemporary dance is undergoing radical changes and the necessity to structure this vivid and fragile art field on the European level has become a burning issue. The 12 organisations making up the Life Long Burning (LLB) network share a strong commitment to use their expertise, passion and connections to provide sustained support and set up an in-depth structuring of the dance and performance field on a European level. LLB is a new, thoroughly conceived project, combining innovative tools and formats with best-practice models and empowering artists and dance professionals on the European market. LLB is geared towards the entire field of contemporary dance and performance and provides it with quality support through a wide set of relevant activities in the field of creation and presentation of works, further education and capacity building, research and publication, audience outreach and public display. LLB stands for connecting organisations and participants, for transnational cooperations, building up new environments fostering intercultural creation, boosting the circulation of works, creating new tools for knowledge sharing, and widening public display and public interest for dance. LLB upgrades the Prix Jardin d’Europe award for young choreographers through a strong continuous host (ImPulsTanz Festival Vienna) and the creation of an audience prize (involving EU citizens via online vote and young mobile audiences via smartphone app) thus strongly enlarging audiences. The combination of social media activity with the PR power of its prominent host will guarantee LLB significant visibility and outreach for new audiences.LLB is operated by 12 coorganisers and 45 associated partners. Its joint expertise (some with previous EU project knowledge, some new to the Culture Programme), its mixture of structurally small and big players and its broad geographical scope (11 countries, incl. new member state Croatia) shall make it a strong European dance ambassador.