Kultur macht stark - Bündnisse für Bildung: Tanz und Theater machen stark

Program description

"tanz + theater machen stark" is part of the program "Kultur macht stark. Alliances for Education"."tanz + theater machen stark" initiates local alliances consisting of at least three partners that target disadvantaged children and young people with educational theater projects.

"tanz + theater machen stark" is divided into three program phases. The individual program phases build on each other. However, phase 1 and phase 2 always belong together and must be applied for together. Only the intensive vacation program can be applied for separately. The project should be planned in line with the program phases:

• Phase 1 "Encounter, participate and try out (activation)"
• Phase 2 "Research, try out and present"
• Phase 3 "Publish, reflect, communicate"
• Networking meeting

Institution

German Association of Independent Performing Arts

The BDFK is theThe German Association of Independent Performing Arts, one of the main pillars of the German theatre landscape. It was founded in 1990 as the Federal Association of Independent Theatres and is one of the largest theatre associations in Germany. As an umbrella organization of 16 state associations and 4 associated associations, it represents the interests of its more than 2,300 members at the national level. Whether theatre and dance houses, collectives or individual actors: In total, the German Association of Independent Performing Arts represents around 25,000 theatre and dance professionals in Germany.

Deadline

There are three deadlines each year: by February 15, May 15, and October 15.

Funding conditions (non-commercial)

Non-profit

Topic

Education, Participation, Social

Target Groups

Children & Youth

Funding criteria

Funding is available for projects that are initiated as local alliances by at least three partners and are aimed at disadvantaged children and young people. The core of the alliances within the framework of "tanz + theater machen stark" is a professional partnership between a theater and an educational institution.

All alliance partners must be legal entities (association, public or private institution, GbR, GmbH, etc.).

The alliance itself does not receive any funding for its work, but passes it on to the specialists commissioned by the alliance or spends it on project costs.

The program is aimed at disadvantaged children and young people between the ages of 3 and 18. Reaching this target group is the central task of the program. In principle, the projects are open to all children and young people, but the majority of participants should belong to the program's target group. The decision as to whether to work in age-specific or mixed-age groups is the responsibility of the local alliance and depends on the individual local requirements. These should be described in the project outline.

There is full funding for projects in this program, which cannot be combined.

Additional conditions

"tanz + theater machen stark" has set two special
program priorities in the third funding phase:

• Rural areas
• Municipal educational landscapes

The cooperation agreement is part of the application for a project within the framework of "tanz +theater machen stark" and must be submitted with the project outline. At the time of application, it represents a declaration of intent in which all alliance partners define their roles in the project. The cooperation agreement should also specify which alliance partner will contribute which services and which infrastructure to the project free of charge.

The applicant undertakes to treat all participants in a sensitive, non-discriminatory and respectful manner and to adopt a child protection-oriented approach. The recipient of the final grant shall also include this commitment in the cooperation agreement with its alliance partners. By inspecting the extended certificate of good conduct, basic protection against sexualized violence can be guaranteed for the children and young people participating in the project.

• Full-time staff (staff employed by the applicant in the project who have contact with children and young people, as well as full-time self-employed freelancers), including volunteers, must always submit an extended certificate of good conduct if they are of legal age and there is no one-off case of substitution.
• In alliances in which at least one alliance partner has concluded an agreement with a local youth welfare office or applies a qualified protection concept, this should also apply to the entire alliance.

Application type

multi-stage application procedure, Download form, by e-mail, Registration in advance, electronic application system

Application procedure/documents

The completed project outline must be sent by email to buendnisse@darstellende-kuenste.de by the respective deadline at the latest.

You can download the necessary documents for submitting an application from the application page.

The application will only be uploaded to Kumasta once it has been approved by the jury.

Jury/Decision-making body

The tanz + theater machen stark team checks all project outlines for compliance with the formal criteria. The regional juries then vote on the projects in their region, paying particular attention to the quality of the alliance (regional knowledge). The national jury checks the formal and content-related requirements and makes the final decision on inclusion in the advisory procedure.

Assistance/Downloads

The head of the "tanz+theater machen stark" project, Eckhard Mittelstädt, and the administrators Sonja Linke and Stefanie Deutschmann, in addition to the five regional offices, are available to advise applicants and funding recipients.

Funded by

Federal Ministry of Education and Research