Over the duration of TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund, the German Dance Association organises information events on the funding programme, expert days to strengthen regional dance developments, meetings of projects and co-sponsors as well as cultural policy exchange formats and conducts these together with Bureau Ritter.
The funding program TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund supports established artists and ensembles with an international reputation as well as excellent projects and production structures, and develops new initiatives of nationwide significance that strengthen the art form of dance. Both for the emergence of substantial projects and for improved long-term funding, the cultural-political and structural strengthening of dance at the municipal and state level is crucial. A key component of the program is therefore to encourage municipalities and federal states to make a sustained commitment through ongoing dialog.
Project Meet-up 2024
On 25 October, more than 30 members of TANZPAKT projects gathered for the final meeting at Tanzwert Erfurt to discuss current challenges, learnings, possible synergies, accessibility, social relevance and the tasks of (dance) art - a trusting, constructive space that we would like to continue in 2025 with the monthly online get-togethers.
Projektetreffen 2023
Am 28. November fand das Projektetreffen in Kooperation mit tanz*werk kassel im Kulturhaus Dock4 in Kassel statt. Dr. Ursula Esser, Institut für Bildung, Entwicklung und Beratung (BEB), gab in einem Impuls mit anschließendem Gespräch Einblicke in die Evaluation von Projekten. In Arbeitsgruppen tauschten sich die Teilnehmenden in einem zweiten Teil zur Frage „Ende der Förderung – was nun?“ im Rahmen einer kollegialen Fallberatung aus.
Auf Initiative des Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (DTD) trafen sich am Mittwoch, den 21. Juni 2023, knapp 80 Akteur*innen aus Tanz, Verwaltung und Politik zum 4. Runden Tisch „Tanzförderung“ im Foyer de la danse des Staatsballetts Berlin in der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Das Ziel war und ist, kulturpolitische Entwicklungen und Forderungen zu bündeln, bundesweit sichtbar zu machen und in den Dialog mit Förderern auf Bundesebene einzubringen. Veranstaltet wurde das Treffen in Kooperation mit dem Staatsballett Berlin.
Im Rahmen verschiedener Statements im ersten Teil wurde die immense Wirkkraft des Tanzes und das Gemeinschaftsstiftende betont. Einiges wäre in der Vergangenheit richtig gemacht worden. So seien das NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ und TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund als Musterbeispiele des Kulturföderalismus benannt. Aber auch die angespannte Finanzlage wurde von den anwesenden Ländern und Kommunen angesprochen, zudem wurde eine starke Zusammen- und Lobbyarbeit empfohlen. Unbürokratische Ansätze seien nach wie vor großes Thema.
Aus der Perspektive der Länder wurde dafür geworben, den Föderalismus flexibler zu gestalten. Es gab einen Appell der Kommunen und auch der Länder an den Bund, für Verstetigung zu sorgen. Außerdem ist ein tolles Signal aus Köln gekommen, wo 10 Millionen Euro mehr in die Tanzszene mit all ihrer Breite und Vielfalt fließen sollen. Aufbauend auf diese Impulse hat die INITIATIVE TANZ sehr konkrete Vorschläge vorgelegt, an die man jetzt anknüpfen kann durch die Sicherung der strukturellen Basis über Exzellenz-Cluster, die Erhöhung der Sichtbarkeit der künstlerischen Arbeit (Hebelwirkung), Stipendienförderung, die Stabilität für Soloselbständige bietet, und die Teilhabe an der Kunstform Tanz, vor allem für junges Publikum. Auch das Thema faire Bezahlung und angemessene Honorare, die Standard werden sollten, wurde angesprochen.
Project Meeting 2023
This year‘s project meeting in cooperation with tanz*werk kassel will take place on 28 November at the Kulturhaus Dock4 in Kassel. Dr. Ursula Esser, Institute for Education, Development and Counselling (BEB), will provide insights into the evaluation of projects in an impulse followed by a discussion. In a second part, the participants will exchange ideas in working groups on the question “End of funding – what now?”
Project Meeting 2022
The project meeting on 20 May at the TanzFaktur in Cologne started with a workshop on “Sustainable communication in projects” with organisational developer Christina Barandun, who addressed questions and concerns and presented various models of communication. In the second part of the day, Michael Freundt, Managing Director of Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, presented a cooperative concept for dance promotion. In the discussion in various local working groups, needs were clarified, ways and perspectives were shown on how dance can develop further and what funding instruments are needed for this. A short video of the meeting under the motto “TANZPAKT creates change” is available here. To the protocol
On 17 February 2022, the digital project and co-sponsors' meeting of the projects funded by TANZPAKT in the new 3rd funding round and the projects that continue to be funded in the 1st and 2nd funding rounds took place.
After a short welcome and introduction round, there was an exchange in individual break-out rooms about how and what has changed in the individual projects in the last few months through TANZPAKT and what new impulses have been set. In the exchange with the projects and co-sponsors, it was also possible to tie in with the last project meeting in December 2021 and share the results and learnings there. In addition, the individual co-sponsors were able to exchange ideas and take stock in the last part of the meeting.
You can find the protocols HERE and HERE
Project Meeting 2021
On 13 December 2021, the digital project meeting of the projects funded by TANZPAKT in the 1st and 2nd funding rounds took place.
After a short round of welcoming and introductions, the meeting took stock of how and what had changed in the individual projects and what had been set in motion. Afterwards, the projects had the opportunity to engage in a deeper exchange in break-out rooms, the results of which were later shared in the large round. More information HERE
You can look into survey realized during the meeting HERE
Project Meeting 2020 with TANZPAKT and TANZLAND
From 22 to 24 January 2020, we held an extremely exciting and inspiring project meeting with the funded projects of TANZLAND and TANZPAKT Stadt Land Bund in Berlin at the Schillertheater-Werkstatt at the TANZKOMPLIZEN.
We look back on three exciting days with constructive lectures, talks and discussions.
The joint day was dedicated to the political dialogue in dealing with the right and concrete counter-strategies of the cultural sector in exciting discussions and panels.
Trailer produced by Siegersbusch Film
On 6May and 3 and 17 June we provided information about the promotion programme, the funding areas and the application procedure. Eight projects from the first and second round shared their experiences and provided information for applicants in thethird funding round. Questions discussed were for example: How can the complex requirements of the match-funding programme be met? How have pandemic-related challenges been overcome? How were solutions to problems found? Which aspects of the collaboration between administrations, politics and the partners involved served to offer guidance – for the long term, structurally, and for the short term, with regard to Covid-19? How did projects collaborate with the local political world? What has TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund effected to date? To what extent is a continuation of funding relevant for the development, consolidation and visibility of dance and creative dance artists in Germany? Many thanks to all the participants!