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Open Call: Summer residency at tanzhaus nrw 08 - 19.07.2024
In summer 2024, tanzhaus nrw is offering a two-week summer residency in which existing projects can be explored in greater depth or new concepts trialled. The summer residency is aimed at young dance professionals who have already completed their training, dancers with self-taught dance practice, without dance training, as well as dance professionals whose artistic practice has so far been in fields other than the stage context. We see the residency programme as a regional platform where your connection to NRW can be diverse: if your work focuses on Düsseldorf or NRW, if you trained here or if you have another relevant connection to the region. We are interested in supporting dance professionals at the beginning of their careers and artists working with young aesthetics in their development, establishing reliable working relationships and thus sustainably promoting young talent within the NRW dance scene. Further collaborations such as the Now & Next format or the Performance Session may result from the joint work in the residency. Furthermore, we want to promote exchange between the participants, which is why several artists and groups will be working at tanzhaus nrw at the same time. The participants are invited to open up their studios and work processes to each other and to reflect on them together with the dramaturgy team of tanzhaus nrw in feedback sessions.
Conditions and schedule
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Residence period: 08 - 19.07.2024
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A rehearsal room is available for each project, which can be used daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. due to the summer operation of the tanzhaus nrw.
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By arrangement: a lump sum for material and travel costs will be paid. Overnight accommodation can be offered to a limited extent.
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Payment of per diems and individual joint lunches after consultation with all participants
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Supervision of the work process by the dramaturgy team of tanzhaus nrw
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In consultation with the participants, a work-in-progress showing can take place at the end of the residency on Friday 19.07.
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Technical support can be offered after arrangement and for a short time.
Application
Please send applications with the following documents by e-mail to dramaturgie@tanzhaus-nrw.de.
- Concept (written max. 1 page, but also possible in audio and/or visual form) with video links to existing works
- curriculum vitae
- Motivation (written max. ½ page, but also possible in audio and/or visual form), in which the status of the artistic development is commented on and, if not clearly evident in the CV, the reference to Düsseldorf or NRW is explained.
Entry deadline
The closing date for entries is 02.04.2024, 23:59. We look forward to receiving your applications! The selection will be communicated by e-mail on 12.04.
Open Call for Feb 25th + Apr 28th 2024
Punctures X tanzhaus nrw
Participants wanted: Action for biodiversity between ecology and art
Forests are burning, oceans are acidifying, extreme weather events are increasing. How we as cities, communities and individuals can take consistent action locally to protect the climate is the subject of controversial debate. How can we protect the environment as a common good? How can we actively contribute to the preservation of our cities and neighbourhoods? Together with the artists involved in the project Punctures, we invite you, our neighbours, academy participants and the tanzhaus nrw audience to get to know and positively influence biodiversity on the grounds of tanzhaus nrw. In dialogue with each other and with an expert on local habitats and biodiversity, an effective applied action will be designed and implemented together. Punctures X tanzhaus nrw gives biodiversity a space here, where we dance. Together, we move for climate protection and take action.
Punctures is a long-term project between art and ecology by the three artists, Alfredo Zinola, Micaela Kühn and Maxwell McCarthy, who work in the field of dance and choreography. The project began in 2022 with the planting of two disused fields in the agricultural plain of Cavallermaggiore, Italy. An essential part of Punctures is to create space and time to bring experiences from the land into the realm of art. Punctures X tanzhaus nrw is a co-operation project between the group Zinola, Kühn, McCarthy and tanzhaus nrw.
When?
There will be two joint meetings (February and April). Ideally, you take part in both meetings. Participation on only one date is also possible and welcome. The workshops include a personal exchange between the participants and the artists. In the first workshop, the focus is on the exchange and initial ideas for the action, which will be jointly realised in the second workshop.
Workshop on:
Sun 25.02. 13:00 - 17:00
Sun 28.04. 13:00 - 18:00
Where?
tanzhaus nrw, Erkrather Str. 30, 40233 Düsseldorf
How to register?
If you are interested, please register by clicking on the form HERE.
The project language is English.
Questions about the project can be sent by e-mail to Philipp Schaus: pschaus@tanzhaus-nrw.de