Funding Programs and Exchange Formats
Funding Programs and Exchange Formats
Kreativ-Transfer (Creative Transfer)
Kreativ-Transfer is a project of Dachverband Tanz Deutschland (the Umbrella Association for Dance in Germany) and supports the international networking activities and visibility of companies, artists and creatives working in the fields of the performing arts, visual arts and games. The central component of the program is the funding of trips to international festivals, trade fairs and platforms.
Nationales Performance Netz (NPN)
The Nationale Performance Netz (National Performance Network) is a funding program. The goal is to support the exchange and distribution of contemporary dance and theater within Germany as well as to create incentives for a stronger (inter)national rotation of existing and new productions.
Within the scope of the NPN-Gastspielförderung Tanz and the NPN-Gastspielförderung Theater (NPN guest performance funding for dance and NPN guest performance funding for theater) programs, guest performances of contemporary dance and theater productions within Germany can be funded. With the NPN-Impulsförderung Tanz & Theater (NPN guest performance impulse funding dance & theater), new cooperations between different German federal states are intended to be created that secure development potentials in the areas and regions named above and enable new “tangents” of cooperation. The NPN-Koproduktionsförderung Tanz (NPN coproduction funding dance) program and the NPN-Gastspielförderung Tanz International (NPN guest performance funding dance international) program are intended to strengthen the exchange between artists living in Germany and international presenters.
jointadventures.net/nationales-performance-netz/
Transfabrik – Deutsch-französischer Fonds für darstellende Künste
As a coproduction partner, the German-French fund Transfabrik für darstellende Künste (Transfabrik for performing arts) partially funds new artistic projects and cooperations between France and Germany in the areas of contemporary dance, contemporary theater, contemporary circus, performance, object, puppet and street theater.
Culture Moves Europe
Culture Moves Europe supports cultural mobility in the 40 Creative Europe countries. Between 2022 and 2025, 7,000 project fundings were issued to artists and culture makers as well as guest organizations working in the fields of architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literary translations, music, performing and visual arts. With a budget of 21 million EUR, Culture Moves Europe is the largest European mobility project for the cultural sector to date. It is financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.
goethe.de/ins/be/de/kul/eur/cme.html
Exchange Travel Groups of the Berlin Performing Arts Program
In cooperation with alternating state associations of the independent performing arts, the Berlin Performing Arts Program organizes an exchange with the Berlin community and an additional community in a different German federal state. After exchanges with Saxony (2019), NRW (2020) and Hesse (2022), the next travel destination has not yet been determined, but it will be announced in a timely manner in the newsletter of LAFT Berlin as well as on the website of the Berlin Performing Arts Program.
International Delegation Trips of the Berlin Performing Arts Program
The Berlin Performing Arts Program offers delegation trips to international festivals and distribution platforms at irregular intervals. In the past, for example, there have been journey to partner festivals within the Bridging the Scenes festival network (ACT Festival in Sofia, Selected Works / Det Frie Felts Festival in Copenhagen & Aarhus, Malá Inventura in Prague) or to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Upcoming calls for applications will be announced in the newsletter of LAFT Berlin and via the website of the Berlin Performing Arts Program.
Shared Trade Fair Stands of the Berlin Performing Arts Program
At regular intervals, the Berlin Performing Arts Program organizes shared trade fair stands at trade fairs such as Internationale Kulturbörse Freiburg (IKF, or Freiburg International Culture Exchange), the internationale tanzmesse nrw (the North Rhine-Westphalia International Dance Trade Fair), the KinderKulturBörse (Children’s Culture Exchange) or the INTHEGA Theatermarkt (INTHEGA Theater Market). Upcoming calls for applications for taking part in shared trade fair stands will be announced in the newsletter of LAFT Berlin and via the website of the Berlin Performing Arts Program. In addition, it may be advisable to contact trade fairs directly well in advance to inquire about the possibility of presenting your work.
Tandem / MitOst
Tandem is a cultural program of the European Cultural Foundation and MitOst. The program is broken down into different thematic fields and enables exchanges between culture managers from around the world.
MitOst is a non-profit organization that is active internationally and conducts a variety of projects in the fields of cultural exchange, civic society engagement, social cohesion and sustainable urban development.
FESTIVALFRIENDS
A total of twelve festivals for the independent performing arts in Germany have come together as a network under the name FESTIVALFRIENDS. In doing so, a central goal is to bring the artists and their positions from their local areas of activity into new regions and contexts. With four &FRIENDS formats, the network provides festival-related formats in order to strengthen artistic productions and its touring and to take a look at the specific working and organizational structures of independent theater and performance festivals.
Rusch-Stiftung
The Ilse und Dr. Horst Rusch-Stiftung supports cultural exchange between the cities of Berlin and Hamburg. Music and theater projects with a reference and connection to both cities can be financially supported. Special attention is granted to providing support to young artists.
Please note: This list makes absolutely no claim to being complete. We would be very grateful for any information you could provide us with regarding additional funding programs and exchange formats.