With their funded initiative, Nina Hümpel-Borchert and Florian Borchert aim to strengthen the contemporary dance scene by supporting young dance journalists and giving them the opportunity to gain practical experience and gain regional, national and international visibility. To this end, a comprehensive network is being created in collaboration with the digital media outlets tanznetz and Access to Dance, the cultural journalism programme at the HMT Munich, dance studies at the LMU Munich and numerous Bavarian dance festivals to strengthen and reinvent dance journalism. Over a period of three years, students will be able to try out various journalistic formats at nine festivals, supported by experienced journalists, editors and digital experts. The results will be published on the Bavarian dance portal Access to Dance and on tanznetz.de. Finally, an evaluation will be carried out in collaboration with initiatives from Berlin, North Rhine-Westphalia and Munich, bringing together findings on the training of young talent and formulating recommendations for increasing the visibility of regional journalistic projects.
