International Connection Base
A community of around 2500 creative entrepreneurs, incubators, hubs, networks and associations throughout the world, representing 22 cultural and creative fields in 116 countries.
Tool
#connect
This perspective deals with the process of connecting to the complex network of people that are directly or indirectly related to the dance scene. It might be about finding your audience, or your professional allies. Here the focus lies on the substance and the quality of the connection, about the possibilities of exchange.
Questions:
Is there already a group of people dealing with the topics I am interested in?
To which community/communities do I want to connect to?
Where do I find this people?
Who can help me to get involved?
What do I offer to others?
What do I need from others?
How do I get other to know me?
How do I communicate my work?
Hint: In Cologne, the Profitraining at Tanzfaktur (link: http://igprofitraining.de/) is a great place to start. At a regional level, Cheers for Fears (link: https://www.cheersforfears.de/) is an excellent starting point, they are a initiative that deals exactly with this themes.
IETM
International Connection Base
International network for contemporary performing arts is one of the oldest and largest international cultural networks, representing the voice of over 500 performing arts organisations and individual professionals working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide.
Dancers Connect
International Connection Base
Dancersconnect is a neutral and informal platform aimed at professional dancers in permanent ensembles as well as the independent dance scene in Germany, but open to all. They engage in concrete actons to improve the working condition of dancers. A great contact person if you are having legal problems related to your work as a dancer.
She was like Bämm!
Local Connection Base
The KulturNetzKöln is a cross-sectoral cultural-political interest group and action platform for independent artists and cultural workers as well as their groups, ensembles, associations, initiatives and venues.
You can become a member by writing to…
Current speakers for dance: Barbara Fuchs, Sonia Franken
Kulturnetz Köln
Local Connection Base
The KulturNetzKöln is a cross-sectoral cultural-political interest group and action platform for independent artists and cultural workers as well as their groups, ensembles, associations, initiatives and venues.
You can become a member by writing to…
Current speakers for dance: Barbara Fuchs, Sonia Franken
Vereines für die Darstellenden Künste Köln e.V.
Local Connection Base
The KulturNetzKöln is a cross-sectoral cultural-political interest group and action platform for independent artists and cultural workers as well as their groups, ensembles, associations, initiatives and venues.
You can become a member by writing to…
Current speakers for dance: Barbara Fuchs, Sonia Franken
Jour Fixe Köln
Local Connection Base
The Jour Fixe Tanz Köln brings together the independent, professional, contemporary dance scene of Cologne for an exchange on dance policy and is the political representation in the city. Their newsletter provides information about meetings, press releases and information of the Kulturamt in Cologne.
You can become a member by…
Attend the meetings, be part of the communication flow on a political level with the Kulturamt Köln.
The current speakers are Lena Peters & Stefanie Schwimmbeck
Write them an email to receive their newsletter tanz.sprecher.koeln(at)gmail.com
NRW Landesbüro Tanz
Local + Regional Connection Base
A MUST! They are a regional organization, but their office is in Cologne, so you can go visit them.
A contact point for the professional dance scene in NRW. It initiates projects, cooperations and discourses in the field of professional contemporary dance and supports the work of dance professionals in NRW, offering collegial advice and organizing formats for exchange and qualification. They have a regional calender where you can publish your upcoming events.
Extra Tip: They send an reminder per e-mail to send your up-coming dates to be published on their printed and online Tanzkalender free of charge. Contact the team from PR to receive this reminders.
Profitraining Köln e.V.
Local Connection Base
The local profitraining at the Tanzfaktur, every day from 10 to 11:30. Great space to connect and to keep on dancing! It is an association (Verein), so it needs members to keep on going, it is not taken for granted that there is a daily profitraining in the city. It is all because of this people working for it. So go to class & join the association.
Cheers for Fears
Regional Connection Base
A contact spot for art students and young artists in NRW since 2015. Directed by Jascha Sommer and Sina-Marie Schneller, CfF organizes different exchange interdisciplinary formats.