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  • Tile with different colored diamonds distributed on the right side of the image and the following text: BALL - Bundesweites Artist Labor der Labore, October 20 and 21, 2023, Kamnagel Hamburg. Bottom right logos of the Fonds, Neustart Kultur and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Medi

    Bundesweite Artist Labs 2023 and B.A.L.L.

    Insights into the Labs and the two-day B.A.L.L. at Kampnagel

  • Graphic with a map of Germany and small thumbnails from the film. © Stefanie Saghri

    DENNOCH! - Zur Lage der Freien Künste

    Now available online!

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    Funding Program | Cultural Education

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  1. Production funding 01.12.2023

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    Theaterpreis des Bundes: Award winners have been selected

    With the 5th Theaterpreis des Bundes, Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and Media, honors medium-sized and smaller theater companies, also outside the metropolises. The award ceremony will take place on October 11, 2023 at the Berliner Festspiele. Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Theaterhaus Jena, Chamäleon Theater and LOFT - DAS THEATER will be honored.

  • Tile with different colored diamonds distributed on the right side of the image and the following text: BALL - Bundesweites Artist Labor der Labore, October 20 and 21, 2023, Kamnagel Hamburg. Bottom right logos of the Fonds, Neustart Kultur and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Medi

    B.A.L.L. & Bundesweite Artist Labs 2023

    Artists from all genres and disciplines dealt with questions of audience acquisition and retention in 64 self-directed lab formats. At the second Bundesweite Artist Labor der Labore - B.A.L.L. for short - on October 20 and 21, 2023 at Kampnagel in Hamburg, joint research was taken to the next level.

  • A person with short blond hair in an orange costume and pink gloves on a stage licks a wall of transparent foil erected to the audience. © Kathinka Schröder

    Der „Fall CHICKS*” beim WILDWECHSEL-Festival

    Der „Fall CHICKS*” beim WILDWECHSEL-Festival betrifft uns alle. Und wir betonen gerne: „Lecken” ist gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste ...

  • There are many people on a stage, all holding a stretched umbrella in their hands. On a projection surface in the background is written: Shield and Shine. © Alexandra Polina

    Shield & Shine

    150 Kulturinstitutionen sind erstunterzeichnende Mit-Initiator*innen der Kampagne „Shield & Shine“ der VIELEN. Darunter auch der Fonds. DIE VIELEN rufen dazu auf mit Diskussionen und Demonstrationen verstärkt für eine plurale, demokratische Gestaltung der Welt zu glänzen und dem Rechtsextremismus entschlossen entgegenzutreten.

  • Graphic with a map of Germany and small thumbnails from the film. © Stefanie Saghri

    DENNOCH! – Zur Lage der Freien Künste

    In the funding project “Bundesweite Artist Labs” artists investigated the resilience of the independent performing arts are. The documentary by Janina Möbius compiles their results and experiences. Currently on tour in Germany!

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  • Global Village Projects 2023 - Eine Dokumentation

    30 Nov 2023

  • In the foreground a lectern. A teenager stands at it and gives a speech. The artistic director Wagner Carvalho stands in the background. © Dorothea Tuch

    Confrontations with reality

    22 Nov 2023

    Artistic director Wagner Carvalho, artist Magda Korsinsky, and dramaturge Fabian Larsson from Ballhaus Naunynstraße in conversation with Christine Wahl on the award of the Theaterpreis des Bundes 2023.

  • There are many people in the foyer at Kampnagel. People are standing at laptops at a counter. Above them hangs a sign with the inscription "Info / Check-In. © Alexandra Polina

    New connections, new narrative forms

    17 Nov 2023

    At the closing event of the Bundesweite Artist Labs 2023 (B.A.L.L.), it became clear just how committed the independent theater scene is to exchanging ideas with each other and with the audience – and how it cultivates mindful interaction with each other in challenging times.

  • The team of Theaterhaus Jena with Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth in front of a photo wall © Dorothea Tuch

    Thuringia? No problem!

    15 Nov 2023

    The creative director and director Lizzy Timmers, the actress Pina Bergemann and the dramaturge Hannah Baumann from the Theaterhaus Jena in conversation with Christine Wahl about the award of the Theaterpreis des Bundes in the category of municipal and state theaters.

  • There is a sofa, an armchair and a coffee table on a stage. Behind them are a bookshelf and several large houseplants. A projection screen can be recognized in the background. © Festival El Aleph Teatro UNAM

    "Theater is not an instruction manual"

    14 Nov 2023

    Rimini Protokoll presented the production "Konferenz der Abwesenden" at the B.A.L.L. at Kampnagel. Annette Stiekele spoke to Daniel Wetzel, who, together with Stefan Kaegi and Helgard Haug, has been inviting audiences to exciting theatrical experiments for the last 20 years.

  • A colorful collection of things on a table: shaving brushes, cooking utensils, hair curlers, small cable ties, clothespins. © Alexandra Polina

    With different eyes

    13 Nov 2023

    The debate about sustainability has long since reached the theater. In a lab presentation at the B.A.L.L., the kollektiv:proton showed just how flexibly the topic can be interpreted.

About the Fonds

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    Funding

    With its funding lines, the Fonds continues the specific support of the independent performing arts.

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    Consulting

    The Fonds Darstellende Künste not only supports projects, but is also a service and consulting partner for independent artists, collectives and institutions. The office advises interested parties and artists on aspects of the application process as well as on structural and organizational issues beyond the scope of its own funding programs.

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    The Fonds Darstellende Künste

    For over 30 years, the Fonds Darstellende Künste has been one of the six federal cultural promotion funds supporting the art and cultural landscape of the Federal Republic of Germany, with a special focus on promoting the independent performing arts.

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