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Various residencies and work formats give international and Hamburg-based choreographers and dance-makers, who are at the beginning of their professional careers the opportunity to conduct artistic research, produce and present their pieces to the public at K3.

Regular classes and professional trainings, specialised qualification formats as well as orientation and counselling services are also directed at professional dance makers and cultural practitioners.

Programmes and courses for dance enthusiasts of all ages combine dance practice and discourse. A special focus is placed on cultural education formats for children and young people, both in the context of partnerships with schools, in projects with and by young people, and through dance pieces for young audiences.

As a globally affiliated dance house, K3 is a key initiator for the continued visibility and empowerment of dance as an art form in Hamburg, regionally, nationally and internationally.

The three main areas of activity – residencies, classes and training, dance outreach – are contextually closely interwoven in order to render the boundaries between artistic work and dance outreach permeable. They are also the basis for, often longstanding, collaborations with academic and artistic institutions in various local, national and international contexts.

In pilot projects, K3 repeatedly identifies areas in which dance does not yet exist or hardly exists at all. As such, K3 is co-initiator and co-founder of explore dance - Dance Network for Young Audiences and is committed to the nationwide establishment and development of this field of programming. As a partner of tanz.nord, K3 promotes the establishment of networks between the dance scenes of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein in order to make the art form more visible beyond urban centres.

In 2007, three dance studios were created in the former K3 exhibition hall at Kampnagel as part of the ‘Tanzplan Deutschland’ funding programme initiated by the Federal Cultural Foundation. The adjacent P1 building was converted into a studio theatre. Since then, these spaces have formed the physical basis for the K3 choreographic centre, which operates as an artistically independent entity whilst being integrated into Kampnagel’s organisational structure.

With the refurbishment of the Kampnagel site, K3 is expanding its physical presence: whilst the offices remain at Kampnagel, residencies, courses and events are temporarily taking place at various locations across Hamburg. WIESE e.G. in Barmbek has become the new venue for courses and training, whilst the Alte Post on Kaltenkirchener Straße serves as a residency venue. At the same time, K3 continues to be present with events and projects at various locations across the city.

This nomadic aspect has long been part of K3’s work. With productions for young audiences, K3 takes its work directly into schools and other institutions, from Wilhelmsburg to Winterhude. K3 is a dance centre with a permanent home at Kampnagel – and a programme that continually reaches out into the city.

# European Dance Development Network (EDN)
EDN brings together well over 40 dance centres across Europe.
https://www.ednetwork.eu/

# DACHVERBAND TANZ
Since 2006, Dachverband  Tanz Deutschland has been the national platform for dance as an art form in Germany.
www.dachverband-tanz.de

 # INITIATIVGRUPPE TANZFÖRDERUNG
Since 2013, K3, together with the umbrella organisation Tanz, bureau ritter, Tanzbüro Berlin, TanzSzene Baden-Württemberg, NPN, BBTK and the nrw Landesbüro Tanz, has been part of the Tanz Initiative Group, which has set itself the aim of establishing sustainable funding for the art form at federal level.

 
# AKTION TANZ – Bundesverband Tanz in Bildung und Gesellschaft
Aktion Tanz is the national association for dance in education and society, which promotes participatory contemporary dance based on an inclusive approach that challenges discrimination.
www.aktiontanz.de

# LAG KINDER- UND JUGENDKULTUR
The LAG is an association of stakeholders in Hamburg’s children’s and youth culture.
www.kinderundjugendkultur.de (only in german)

# Arbeitskreis Deutscher Internationaler Residenzprogramme (ADIR)
In the Working Group of German International Residency Programmes (ADIR), over twenty cultural institutions exchange ideas on the further development of residency programmes.
www.adir.site

# Tanztriennale 
Together with the Hamburg Ballet, Kampnagel and the Ministry of Culture and Media, K3 co-founded the first Hamburg Dance Triennial and has supported its development from the very beginning.