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A model project for Saxony
© Tom Dachs
23 Jul 2024
Anne-Cathrin Lessel, director of Leipzig-based LOFFT, and FORWARD DANCE COMPANY artistic project manager Gustavo Fijalkow talk to Christine Wahl about three forms of participation that will be implemented with the money from the 2023 Theaterpreis des Bundes.
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Massive Kürzungen bei den Bundeskulturfonds zeugen von keiner konsistenten und nachhaltigen Förderung der freien Kunst- und Kulturszene
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"We have tons of great projects"
© Dave Grossmann
16 Jul 2024
Managing Director Hendrik Frobel, in-house dramaturge Geordie Bookman and artist duo Ana Jordao and Vincent Kollar in conversation with Christine Wahl about the residency program that Chamäleon Berlin is implementing with the prize money from the 2023 Theaterpreis.
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Spaces to try things out
© Zé de Paiva
03 Jul 2024
Artistic director Wagner Carvalho, dramaturge Fabian Larsson, set designer Leonie Brüggenwerth and costume designer Mathieu Amadou from Ballhaus Naunynstraße talk to Christine Wahl about a new learning and exchange format that will be launched at the theater in October thanks to the prize money from the Theaterpreis des Bundes.
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No fear of new images of masculinity
© Jörg Baumann
26 Jun 2024
This weekend in Potsdam, THE ART OF STAYING MANY will explore new narrative forms in volatile times. Journalist and writer Nora Burgard-Arp will be exploring feminist perspectives on right-wing extremist narratives. For our magazine, she talks about her work as an author.
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Politics of the independent performing arts. Five short portraits of artistic processes.
© Dorothea Tuch
24 Jun 2024
On May 25, 2024, the documentary "BLICKWECHSEL - Publika und Politiken der Darstellenden Künste" by Janina Möbius celebrated its premiere at HAU Hebbel am Ufer/HAU3 as part of the event series "DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN. Nationwide Forums for Art, Freedom and Democracy" premiere. The documentary was commissioned by the fund and takes a look at the relationship between the public and artists with a special focus on the increasing polarization of society. In his introductory lecture on the occasion of the film premiere, cultural scientist Sebastian Köthe portrayed five aesthetic methods of politicization in the performing arts of the present day.
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Geteilte Geschichte(n)
© Sebastian Bolesch
18 Jun 2024
Das Erinnern an die Vergangenheit ist ein oft strapaziöser Akt. Auch in Deutschland zeigt sich, wie schwer es ist, multiperspektivische Blicke auf die Erfahrungen eines diversen Umfelds zu richten. Die Journalistin Zonya Dengi erinnert sich aus ganz persönlicher Perspektive – und nutzt die emanzipatorische Kraft, die im Erzählen der eigenen Geschichte steckt. Ihr Beitrag ist Teil einer Artikelserie, der das Programm von DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN am 21. + 22. Juni in Berlin begleitet.
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Welcome!
© Falk Wenzel
10 Jun 2024
Our author traveled to Bitterfeld-Wolfen to observe the preparations for the OSTEN theater festival, where the THE ART OF STAYING MANY Theater Truck is also making a stop. She was surprised by many things she found there – a reportage.
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On artistic freedom and intersectionality
© Kathinka Schroeder
05 Jun 2024
The writer, political activist and theater maker Mirrianne Mahn questions the current debates about artistic freedom and finds that they are directly related to intersectional perspectives – which influence, among other things, work in the field of theater.
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Artistic perspectives on artistic freedom and democracy
03 Jun 2024
What are the rules in art and in society? - To kick off the nationwide forums entitled “DIE KUNST, VIELEL ZU BLEIBEN”, a film team interviewed independent performing artists on the relationship between art, freedom and democracy on behalf of the Fonds freie Darstellende Künstler*innen.
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Durchlässige und fragile Theater
© Dorothea Tuch
28 May 2024
In vielen kulturellen Räumen werden aktuell überkommene, hegemoniale und diskriminierende Strukturen hinterfragt, auch im Theater. Die Journalistin Esther Boldt schreibt darüber, wie kompliziert die entsprechenden Aushandlungsprozesse aussehen und wie fragil Orte der Vielfalt in diesen Tagen sein können.
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DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN | Tour
21 May 2024
On May 24 and 25, 2024, the fund will open the series "DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN" with the kick-off event at HAU Hebbel am Ufer. In addition to a cultural policy panel, the film premiere "BLICKWECHSEL - Publika und Politiken der Darstellenden Künste" by Janina Möbius and the German premiere of "La Obra", the theater truck, which will set off to the eight other stops on the tour, will be officially inaugurated.
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DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN | Tour
21 May 2024
On May 24 and 25, 2024, the fund will open the series "DIE KUNST, VIELE ZU BLEIBEN" with the kick-off event at HAU Hebbel am Ufer. In addition to a cultural policy panel, the film premiere "BLICKWECHSEL - Publika und Politiken der Darstellenden Künste" by Janina Möbius and the German premiere of "La Obra", the theater truck, which will set off to the eight other stops on the tour, will be officially inaugurated.
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"There can be no simple positions"
© Björn Frers
13 May 2024
On May 24, the Fonds Darstellende Künste is launching a series of programs that invite people to attend performances, workshops and discussions at nine locations in and around theaters in eight German cities. The Bundesweiten Foren will focus on major concepts such as democracy and freedom, contradictory perspectives, encounters and art. In an interview with Elisabeth Wellershaus, Holger Bergmann, Managing Director of the Fonds, talks about the background to THE ART OF STAYING MANY.
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Review of the 2023 funding year
07 May 2024
Holger Bergmann, Managing Director of the Fonds Darstellende Künste, with a summary of the Fond's funding situation for 2023 and the new developments in 2024.
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DIE KUNST VIELE ZU BLEIBEN
29 Apr 2024
The series "THE ART OF STAYING MANY" starts with the kick-off event on May 24 and 25, 2024 in Berlin and then travels on to eight different theaters, festivals and production venues. Holger Bergmann, Managing Director of the fund, provides insights into the journey of the theater truck and pleads for the importance and strengthening of democracy through projects such as this one.
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Fördersituation 2024
23 Apr 2024
Holger Bergmann, Managing Director of the Fonds, reports on the improvements in the Fonds' funding situation compared to the time before the coronavirus pandemic.
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Art knows no language barriers
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05 Apr 2024
In the project "Think common – play common" – supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste as part of the GLOBAL VILLAGE KIDS program – child refugees from a range of countries came together. David P. Fischer, a team member of Stadt|Raum|Museum e.V, reports.
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Theater with all the senses
© Thilo Endres
25 Mar 2024
From the very beginning, Christina Beeck and Frieder Schmitz-Beeck and their newly founded Theater im Wiesengässle in Mundingen have relied on a growing network of local cultural partners who they work with to implement educational theater projects in the region. For the "Theater mit allen Sinnen" (Theater with all the Senses) project, supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste as part of the GLOBAL VILLAGE KIDS program, a partnership was formed with the inclusive Schmiechtal Kindergarten and the Wenzelstein neighborhood project of the Ehingen branch of the charity Caritas Ulm-Alb-Donau.
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On the edge, but right in the middle
© Astrid Rashed
11 Mar 2024
In the Oderbruch region of Brandenburg, the local Theater am Rand, the Altreetz elementary school and the Brodowin eco-village have joined forces to expand the range of activities for disadvantaged young people in the region – supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste as part of the GLOBAL VILLAGE KIDS program. The artistic director, actress Astrid Rashed, shares a few thoughts from the project.
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