Cooperation projects

explore dance – Netzwerk Tanz für junges Publikum | Dokumentation from explore dance on Vimeo.

COOPERATION IN THE NETWORK

The network is dedicated to expanding the range of programmes for children and young people by presenting and touring stage productions and, above all, mobile pop-up dance pieces. The Pop-Ups are developed by experienced choreographers and teams and can be performed beyond the theatre stage in schools, museums, cultural centres or public spaces. Children and young people are actively involved in all phases of the artistic working processes. Festivals with expert meetings bundle the productions and offer space for national and international networking opportunities as well as dialogue on cultural and educational policies.

Explore dance - Dance for Young Audiences Network was awarded the Perspective Prize of the German Theatre Award FAUST of the German Stage Association in 2019 and received the honour for outstanding development in dance as part of the German Dance Award in 2024.

requests and info at: info[at]explore-dance.de

www.explore-dance.de

_{The project explore dance – Dance for Young Audiences Network is a cooperation between fabrik moves Potsdam, Fokus Tanz / Tanz und Schule e.V. Munich, K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg and HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts.}

^{explore dance is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the project partners are co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the State Capital of Potsdam, the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, the Cultural Department of the State Capital of Munich, the Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry, the Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism and the State Capital of Dresden.}

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Spanning theater, public spaces, and everyday life, this program brings together diverse communities, generations, and perspectives—and showcases dance in all its diversity.

The full program and all venues can be found at www.tanztriennale.de.

Dance Well is a unique practice and research project on dance and Parkinson's disease, scientifically accompanied by Fondazione Fitzcarraldo and Fondazione Università Ca' Foscarin. Between 2022 and 2025, six European dance theatres will introduce dance programmes for people with and without Parkinson's disease. The aim of the project is to support choreographers and dancers, as well as the participating dance organisations, in their programming through targeted training and workshops, as well as knowledge transfer among each other.

Over the three years of K3, six trained dance artists will create programmes ranging from dance clubs and movement classes to stage productions.

The participating artists at K3 are Sahra Bazyar-Planke, Fernanda Ortiz, Teresa Hoffmann, Venetsiana Kalampaliki, Muwala Paulo Lando und Azad Yesilmen.

www.dancewell.eu

^{The project is led by Comune di Bassano del Grappa, K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg, Le Gymnase CDCN Roubaix, La Briqueterie CDCN Vitry sur Seine, Tanec Praha, Lithuanian Dance Information Centre, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo and Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari in Venice.}

^{The project is supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.}

Since 2021, tanz.nord has been dedicated to establishing sustainable structures for contemporary dance. The project has established itself as a reliable point of contact for artists, event organisers, schools, educational institutions, authorities and cultural policymakers. A central focus of the programme is on regional touring of guest performances from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. This brings existing productions to new locations that previously had little access to contemporary dance, continuously increasing the visibility of the art form.

In addition, tanz.nord combines guest performances with targeted educational programmes for schoolchildren directly at schools and offers workshops accompanying performances as well as networking formats for dance professionals. Young artists are given the opportunity to further develop their artistic practice in three-day short residencies together with experienced practitioners.

With this approach, tanz.nord contributes to strengthening the North German dance scene in the long term, promoting cooperation and opening up new perspectives for artists, audiences and educational institutions alike.

www.tanznord.de

^{Project partners: K3 – Centre for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg, Pilkentafel Flensburg, KuB Bad Oldesloe, Dance and Performance Network Schleswig-Holstein (TuP.SH)}

^{Funded by TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, co-financed by the State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the Flensburg Cultural Office, the Neumünster Cultural Office, the Cultural Department of the City of Bad Oldesloe, the Sparkassen Cultural Foundation Stormarn and the Brunswiker Foundation. The project is supported by the working group ‘Stormarn kulturell stärken’ (Strengthening Stormarn culturally). The working group is an association of the district of Stormarn, the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Stormarn, the Sparkassen-Stiftung Stormarn and the Bürgerstiftung Stormarn.}
 

Empowering Dance – The Soft Skills Teaching and Learning Approach is a two and a half year research project (12/20 – 05/23) funded under the EU Erasmus + programme that has investigated how soft skills in dance practice can be identified, articulated and shared with others, as well as positively impact the confidence of those engaging with dance practice.

How we take care of others, deal with uncertainty and complexity and how we negotiate space are just some of the essential human skills, also known as soft skills, that we develop while dancing. These are regarded as some of the most important skills currently needed in society.

For this reason the project has developed a digital guidebook for dance artists, such as choreographers, dance makers and dance teachers, to recognise and communicate the soft skills living in their artistic practice, especially for those working in community and participatory settings.

This resource was created to support the dance artist not only within the dance profession, but also in other fields of work beyond dance. The project builds on the experiences of earlier initiatives (Communicating Dance and Empowering Dance – Developing Soft Skills).

Project Partners are: CSC - Centro per la Scena Contemporanea (Bassano del Grappa, Italy), Dansateliers (Rotterdam, Netherlands), HIPP - Croatian Institute for Movement and Dance (Zagreb, Croatia), K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg / Kampnagel (Germany), La Briqueterie CDCN (Val-de-Marne, France), University of Roehampton (London, UK), University of Zagreb, Academy of Fine Arts (Croatia)

http://empowering2.communicatingdance.eu/

^{The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.}