Applications can be submitted again starting 8 September

Attention dance professionals in Hesse: Next Steps is entering the next round! Starting on 8 September 2025, the new call for applications begins – this time exclusively for funding strand A! Applications can be submitted until 31 October 2025, 6:00 p.m.

With Next Steps, we support dance professionals at all stages of their artistic careers who are based or reside in Hesse.

Eligible to apply are:
– Professional individual artists
– Ensembles, collectives and recent graduates
– Festivals, venues, universities
– Production centers/offices and cooperation networks

A total of up to 175,000€ is available for this second call. Under funding strand A, one-year, smaller-scale projects can be submitted with a funding request of at least 5,000€ and up to 25,000€.

Further information about the call for applications can be found at the following links:

Funding Principles
Funding
FAQs