Funded
projects
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Funding round 2
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Yet to Come
“Yet to Come” is a choreographic exploration of grief, voice and political defeat.
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Tanzwerk M O V E S (moving in – moving on – moving beyond) – ein Raum für Bewegung
With the support of Next Steps, Tanzwerk*Kassel will make use of the space provided by the municipal cultural office in the Hochbunker Agathof, as its first dedicated production and presentation venue for the independent dance scene in Kassel.
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T.I.A. for young audiences
The project “T.I.A. for young audiences” aims to develop an infrastructure for a community that engages with creative, integrated audio description in central Hesse.
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SHIFT
Emerging from a vibrant training practice, "SHIFT" develops a decentralized year-long program that synchronizes urban and rural communities, showcasing Popping as an independent artistic language with its own history, attitude, and responsibility.
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Rotations Dance Festival
"Rotations Dance Festival" shines a spotlight on contemporary dance in Marburg – a region previously underrepresented in Hesse’s dance landscape.
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lever tomber aller … noch immer … jetzt!
“lever tomber aller….noch immer….jetzt!” is an interdisciplinary collage of dance, music, video, set and costume, dedicated to the life and work of choreographer and dancer Brigitta Schirdewahn.
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Blätter
“Blätter” is a mobile dance performance for children aged three to six, that explores the poetic world of autumn leaves.
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Beyond the Floor: House for everyone
With renewed funding, HOUSEaHOLICS continues to consolidate its role as a driving force within the house dance scene in Frankfurt and across Hesse.
Funding round 1
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ANYBODY WALKING?
“ANYBODY WALKING? ” will not only sustainably strengthen the ballroom community, but also the queer BIPoC space in Hesse and further develop ballroom as a cultural movement.
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Ausbau der Tanzinfrastruktur des Produktionshaus NAXOS
Produktionshaus NAXOS is a key player in Frankfurt's independent dance scene and aims to improve the production and performance conditions for dance professionals in the region through targeted infrastructural measures.
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bedfold reading
Jeanne Eschert's project “bedfold reading” attempts to read trails in bed folds, to understand sheets as canvases and to turn them into a choreography.
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Closer with Consent – Intimacy Choreography im Tanz
The project “Closer with Consent – Intimacy Choreography im Tanz” by Frankfurt artist Hannah Dewor is doing pioneering work in Hesse to further develop and establish the professional field of Intimacy Choreography.
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DANCE NEXUS: Netzwerk und Strukturen für Sichtbarkeit, Förderung und Verbindung der Freien Tanzszene
The Dance Nexus network aims to strengthen the independent dance scene in Wiesbaden, Mainz and the surrounding area on a long-term basis and give it more visibility.
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Each One Teach One – House Culture
HOUSEaHOLICS brings dancers, DJs and cultural professionals together and in exchange – through jams, dance and knowledge transfer workshops and club events.
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HOW TO BREATHE IN TIMES OF CRISIS. Teach us a song for recovery, dear Alga!
With the piece ‘HOW TO BREATHE IN TIMES OF CRISIS’, Malin Harff wants to draw parallels between her physical exhaustion and the exhaustion of the planet.
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Sipping from the Soup of Legends
“Sipping from the Soup of Legends” expresses Patscharaporn Distakul's approach to Thai popular narratives and knowledge that are intertwined in Thais’ daily life as well as the process of relating to her ancestral roots as a female performer and a mother.
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Strolling through Hessen’s (dance) scenes
The Duo Branco & Piwonka will connect with the dance scene of six Hessian cities and develop a site-specific performance in the urban space with a local artist.
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Veltroyer
“Veltroyer” is a performative mourning ritual by Anna Lublina and Raha Dehghani Vinicheh that combines Jewish and Iranian traditions with ecological grief, culminating in a collaboratively developed dance piece.