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Nachgefragt #2
22 Dec 2022
In einer zweiten Runde #nachgefragt beantworten wir weitere Fragen zu den Perspektiven des Fonds im Jahr 2023 und darüber hinaus.
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Nachgefragt
24 Sep 2022
Ihr habt uns viele Fragen zu den Entwicklungen der neuen Haushaltsaufstellung und die Auswirkungen derer auf die künftigen Förderungen des Fonds gestellt. In unserem neuen Video-Format beantworten wir diese nun.
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2022 | #TakeHeart
29 Dec 2021
In this video, Holger Bergmann, Managing Director of the Fonds, gives an outlook on the coming year and looks back on the challenges of the past year.
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#TakeThatTalks | Episode 3 with Amelie Deuflhard
12 Sep 2021
In the #TakeThatTalks series the Fonds Darstellende Künste has initiated a dialogue with various guests. Together we look at the current situation for the independent performing arts and discuss possible perspectives for the time "after corona."
In the third issue, Holger Bergmann welcomes Amelie Deuflhard, Artistic Director/Intendant, Kampnagel | Hamburg.
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#TakeThatTalks | Episode 2 with Olaf Zimmermann
03 Sep 2021
In the #TakeThatTalks series the Fonds Darstellende Künste has initiated a dialogue with various guests. Together we look at the current situation for the independent performing arts and discuss possible perspectives for the time "after corona."
In the second edition, Holger Bergmann welcomes Olaf Zimmermann, Executive Director of the German Cultural Council.
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How to get off the Hamster Wheel

24 Aug 2021
How is performing art actually created? With its new #TakeHeart funding package, the Fonds Darstellende Künste is asking the really big questions. In doing so, it is possible to be more open about results. Holger Bergmann talks to cultural journalist Falk Schreiber about the new funding programs.
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#TakeHeart | New funding programs
23 Aug 2021
The Fonds is launching six new funding programs with #TakeHeart - presented in this video by Holger Bergmann, Managing Director of the Fonds. The application process itself will start shortly.
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TRANSFORMATION: Discussions and opinions from within the independent performing arts
05 Jun 2021
On June 5, 2021, the Fonds was a guest at the festival "Claiming Common Spaces III" with the online event "TRANSFORMATIONEN - Gespräche und Positionen aus den Freien Darstellenden Künsten" (TRANSFORMATION - Discussions and opinions from within the independent performing arts). The aim was to question, in discussion with those involved in the independent performing arts, the potential for change and modifications to the conditions of independent production.
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#TakeThatTalks | Episode 1 with Janina Benduski
28 May 2021
In the #TakeThatTalks series the Fonds Darstellende Künste has initiated a dialogue with various guests. Together we look at the current situation for the independent performing arts and discuss possible perspectives for the time "after corona."
In the first edition, Holger Bergmann welcomes Janina Benduski, former chair of the board of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste, board member of LAFT Berlin, co-founder of the production collective ehrliche arbeit
and program director of the Performing Arts Festival.
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#TakeThat | Funding of 56 million euros already approved
26 Mar 2021
It has already been a year since the first stages had to close due to the corona pandemic, and the measures to contain the pandemic are still having a huge impact on culture. The Fonds is continuing to work on expanding its support to stabilize independent arts production. To this end, the #TakePart program is being relaunched in a new form.
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#TakeThat | 3,000 projects already funded to the tune of 45 million euros
26 Jan 2021
In 2021, the fund will be called #TakeCare. An application volume of 100 million euros has already been reached. Further applications can be submitted for the #TakeCare and #TakePart programs as of February 01, 2021.
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The Crisis is now — But what about Tomorrow?

12 Jan 2021
Managing Director Holger Bergmann and Chairman of the Board Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider talk to Dorte Lena Eilers about NEUSTART KULTUR and what the crisis could change in the funding system in the long term. You can read the whole interview here.
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#TakeThat | 4,000 applications already received
21 Nov 2020
Around 4,000 applications to the #TakeThat programs, with a total application volume of 90 million euros, point to a great need for funding in the independent performing arts. Holger Bergmann, managing director of the Fonds, gives an insight into the current situation in a video statement and argues for an extension of the project period for NEUSTART KULTUR and, with it, for more planning certainty for artists.
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Keeping The Independent Arts Fluid

16 Nov 2020
Two months after the Fonds launched the #TakeThat package of measures, managing director Holger Bergmann talks to Falk Schreiber about the programs that have been launched and further needs for the independent theater scene. You can read the whole interview here.
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Funding Windfall for the Independent Theater Scene

06 Oct 2020
Managing Director Holger Bergmann talks with Helma Nehrlich for kunst+kultur of ver.di about the funding windfall that has come from NEUSTART KULTUR and how the Fonds is supporting independent artists.
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