Dance4 – Nottingham, UK
Based at the international Centre for Choreography (iC4C), a research, creation and presentation space, Dance4 aspires to reflect its home to reveal new knowledge, approaches and practices. This is at the heart of what Dance4 does, formed through the inspirational and pioneering voices of artists that inform the present and future of dance and choreographic practices locally, nationally and internationally. Having commissioned and produced work through activating national and international markets and by continuing to disseminate and extend the reach of work, Dance4 is poised to increase its national leadership in developing new knowledge and extending discourses. Dance4 continues to commission the research, development and production of new choreographic works that present current choreographic perspectives extending the influence of Dance4’s curatorial priorities. Dance4 prides itself in being a learning organisation, creating environments where people of all ages can discover their own routes into dance and develop their skills and experience to increase employability, knowledge and opportunities.
TaikaBox – Oulu, Finland
With over 15 years experience of combining dance and technology, TaikaBox is dedicated to multi-disciplinary collaboration, facilitating a safe space for creative experimentation and developing new strategies for audience engagement. A significant percentage of their work is focused on developing cultural activities in their local community of Varjakka, which provides a beautiful, quiet, natural location in a historically-fascinating area. The residency will take place in the abandoned buildings of a ghost island, and amongst the residue of a thriving industrial community that disappeared in the first half of the last century.
Pottporus -Herne, Germany
Pottporus e.V. stands for enhancement, increase in professionalism and promotion of HipHop and streetart culture in the Ruhr area. The association presents all forms of expression in urban arts and provides an essential contribution to artistical diversity for the cultural landscape of North Rhine-Westphalia. Pottporus e.V. works as an interdisciplinary platform for the independent urban art scene and in cooperation with cities, communes, cultural and educational establishments. The goal is to develop alternative and sustainable strategies.
Dansateliers – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Dansateliers is an independent house for contemporary dance but more importantly a home for dance artists. It is a space for research in which the organization plays an important role in the development of emerging artists, ensuring an ongoing nurturing of the national and international contemporary dance field. As such, the house supports choreographers in the search of a self-standing artistic practice, identity and position within this field, offering support on both a dramaturgical, artistic and organizational level. Dansateliers is a learning organisation, moving together with its collaborators, artists, dramaturgs, creative producers, professionals in communication and its audiences. The same learning, we bring into the collaborative projects we engage in by creating space for experiment, exchange, sharing and developing choreographic/ dance practices, knowledge and ideas using dramaturgy as a social and embodied practice.
TanzFaktur – Köln, Germany
TanzFaktur is an independent venue and interdisciplinary cultural hub for performances from the fields of dance, theatre and visual arts. The venue offers open classes, residencies and workshops, hosts festivals and presents works by local, national and international artists. Our center works and directly responds to these art fields and their impact on our local communities through engagement, exchange, research and pursuit of new ways of working in order to disseminate, present and develop somatic knowledge and dance practice in general. TanzFaktur hosts and cooperates with Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, and Deutsche Sport Hochschule dance department in the city of Cologne. The venue is located in the up-and-coming residential and commercial area of Cologne-Deutz and was founded in 2012. Most recently the venue has increased its size from 900 m² to 2000 m² for all to share including new dance studio and a multi-purpose performance space.
The Work Room – Glasgow, UK
The Work Room is an artist-led organisation, committed to supporting a sustainable environment for independent artists working in dance in Scotland. Our mission is to empower artists to lead in their practice, enabling them to make high quality, pioneering dance for diverse contexts at home and internationally. The Work Room was established by a group of independent dance artists and the priorities of our members continue to guide our work. We relish our responsibility to ensure that an expansive range of artists and artistic practices are visible and supported. Artists’ development is at the heart of all our work and we value an international perspective, supporting artists to place their work in a wider context beyond Scotland. We seek to be a supportive meeting point for local and international artists to nurture the development of new ideas and advocate for the role of dance in transcending geographic and political boundaries.
Institutional and funding partners:
Arts Council England – UK
Arts Council England is England’s national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high quality cultural experiences.
NRW KULTUR International – Germany
The NRW KULTURsekretariat organises and promotes innovative projects, festivals and program series in the fields of theater, music, visual arts, literature and dance together with a large number of partners and cultural institutions. The NRW KULTUR International Visitor Program in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia invites journalists, curators, artists, cultural mediators and politicians from all over the world to visit local peers in order to jointly build sustainable networks and, where possible, develop new projects and programmes.
Goethe-Institut – Germany, Finland, Netherlands, UK (and around the world)
The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. We promote knowledge of the German language abroad and foster international cultural cooperation. We convey a comprehensive image of Germany by providing information about cultural, social and political life in our nation. Our cultural and educational programmes encourage intercultural dialogue and enable cultural involvement. They strengthen the development of structures in civil society and foster worldwide mobility. Particularly through residency programmes, we welcome artists from across the globe to connect and create new work and knowledge.
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