A portal gathering auditions, open calls, workshops, etc. It might get overwhelming how many “opportunities” are there, but with the right filters, you might find something interesting for you.
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A draft for a community agreement for teams who are starting to work together on a new project. It is useful to take some time at the beginning of the process...
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.
Regional Connection Base
An online portal and network that supports artists with matters of marketing, distriburtion and communication of their work to the audience. It is linked to NRW Kulturserver, a blog and calender of events of different art disciplines in NRW.
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.
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.