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Breath: The Eye of the Needle
© Lisa Viezens17 Nov 2021
Kultur trotz(t) Krise (Folge 11) – Mit der Summer School „Sainte Réalité“ suchen der Choreograph Ben J. Riepe und seine Kompanie nach Antworten auf die existenziellen Krisen der Zeit. Ein Beitrag von Elena Philipp.
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Congratulations, FFT!
17 Nov 2021
Congratulations! During the opening, Holger Bergmann congratulated FORUM FREIES THEATER on its new premises in the heart of Düsseldorf. You can read his speech here.
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Empowerment for the arts
© Foto: Dorothea Tuch10 Nov 2021
The symposium "Transformationen der Theaterlandschaft" (The Changing World of Theater) provides important ideas on how the independent performing arts should work after corona.
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It’s All About the Future
© Dorothea Tuch10 Nov 2021
At the symposium "Transformationen der Theaterlandschaft" (The Changing World of Theater), lectures on artificial intelligence, the audience in the digital world, diversity, sustainability and culture beyond the big cities explore where there is potential for support in the independent performing arts
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Does theater in Germany need development planning?
© Dorothea Tuch01 Nov 2021
On November 02, 2021, the results of studies that monitored the NEUSTART-KULTUR grants will be presented by the Fonds Darstellende Künste and the researchers who took part. The program was led by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider, Chairman of the Board of the Fonds Darstellende Künste. This is a conversation about key findings and what needs to be done now.
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Trojan Horse
© Evelyn Hriberšek & Adrian Schaetz © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 202113 Sep 2021
Culture despite the Crisis (Episode 10): Opera Lab Berlin and Evelyn Hriberšek from Munich are working on the accessibility of contemporary music theater.
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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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A Scene That’s Already There
© Anja Beutler10 Sep 2021
Culture despite the Crisis (Episode 9) - Naomi Odhiambo gives Black and PoC artists from Hamburg's independent scene more visibility in her Kampnagel residency
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Show Attitude
© Daniela del Pomar08 Sep 2021
Culture despite the Crisis (Episode 8): Turbo Pascal set out to explore the gray areas of what is acceptable with "Böse Bücher" (Dangerous Books).
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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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What do Mary`s Miracles sound like?
© Sven Zellner24 Aug 2021
Culture despite the Crisis (Episode 7): In their performance-based installation "Wunder" (Miracle) about Altötting's Black Madonna, Christiane Huber and her team bring together religious rituals and current discourses.
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Like Winning the Lottery
© Theaterlandschaft e.V.28 Jul 2021
Culture despite the Crisis (episode 5): The Theaterlandschafft Association brings productions to local children.
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Clear the stage for Digital Art
© Ken Werner21 Jul 2021
Culture Despite the Crisis (Episode 4): The Hamburg VRHAM! festival and Zimmertheater Tübingen’s Institute for Theatrical Futurology (ITZ) explore how virtual reality and theater can be combined.
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And Then the Hat Goes Round
© buehnendautenheims15 Jul 2021
Culture despite the Crisis (Episode 3): With a documentary film, the buehnendautenheims follow in the footsteps of their “The Great World Theater” tour from West to East.
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Research, not just performance
© Benjamin Krieg23 Jun 2021
"The grant programs for the independent performing arts developed during the corona crisis would also be of post-pandemic benefit," Tom Mustroph talks about this in his article about the Fonds Darstellende Künste’s #TakeCareResidencies.
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Against Pigeonholes
© Steven Solbrig11 Jun 2021
Culture despite the Crisis: how does #TakeThat funding from the Fonds Darstellende Künste work? Episode 1: Jana Zöll explored the connection between norms and attributions in her #TakeCareResidency
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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.Tags
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We don’t want a ‘List of the Best’
© Louisa Marie Nübel26 May 2021
Elena Philipp and Georg Kasch spoke with Kai van Eikels about his research project "Förderung von künstlerischen Produktionen unter veränderten Vorzeichen," (Funding of artistic productions in changed circumstances) which is one of 12 sub-studies in the Fonds’ research program examining artistic development and funding perspectives in the independent performing arts.
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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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