With the 2024 budget resolution, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media allocated further funding for the continuation of the TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund programme. The first round of applications closed on 22 September 2025. Now the funding programme will launch its fifth round of applications, thereby sending a clear signal regarding cultural policy: Dance is to be further strengthened as a socially impactful, excellent art form. From 5 November 2026 to 5 April 2027, artists, ensembles, production structures and networks can apply for funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media totalling around €1.9 million. Read the press release.
Call for applications opens: 5 November 2026
Application deadline: 5 April 2027, 18:00
Earliest possible project start date: 1 July 2027
Project end date: 30 June 2030
Information about the deadlines. Further information on funding principles.
In the jury meeting for the fourth round of applications, ten projects were selected for funding. The multi-year projects will receive around €1.9 million in funding from TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund. The nine municipalities, nine federal states and other sponsors involved are providing up to €2.6 million in funding.
Funded projects:
The matchfunding programme launched in 2017 is considered an exemplary funding model for successful cultural federalism in all art forms. The aim of the excellence funding programme is to sustainably strengthen the art form of dance both artistically and structurally. Developed in close coordination between the federal, state and local authorities, TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund enables long-term collaborations and innovative development concepts that benefit dance professionals throughout Germany. The multi-year funding is aimed at artists, ensembles, production structures and networks and provides them with medium-term planning security. More about the funding criteria.
TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund is implemented jointly by the non-profit cultural organisation Bureau Ritter (funding fund) and the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (cultural policy dialogue), with the advice of a board of trustees comprising representatives of the Association of German Cities, the Conference of Culture Ministers, the federal government and the dance scene. More
Now available for screening: TANZPAKT 2022 – 2024: Tanznetz Freiburg is looking back in a video
www.tanzpakt.de now also available in simplified German language
Save the date: "Dance & Care" in Ulm 28 June 2026
Read the latest newsletter HERE.
To the latest press release
