Welcome to the new year! Before we dive into the coming months, we would like to take a brief look back at the past year - 2023 was the second year of Give-Take-Need - our dance pact funding. In January, we were able to celebrate the premiere of Ensemble auf [K]ampnagel, 18 Open Studios and three remarkable residencies. We were also able to publish »Shared Dances - a Portrait Series« online and realise the successful revival and guest performances of »Duett« as part of the Tanzland funding from the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

In 2024 - the third and, for the time being, final year of our Tanzpakt funding - we want to realise the following plans:

»Attempt of Togetherness« (working title) with Sweet&Tender Collaborations will premiere at [K]ampnagel in February 2025.  Artists from different countries and contexts come together to work on the question of how transnational collaboration is possible today. Echoing the words of Lebanese artist Etel Adnan, "“The world needs togetherness, not separation. Love, not suspicion. A common future, not isolation.", »Attempt of Togetherness« strives to build networks of affection, to think and work collectively - in the spirit of togetherness.

Open studios
We are continuing our collaborations with HausDrei, the Kulturhaus Eidelstedt, kampnagel and the KuB in Bad Oldesloe and cordially invite you to numerous OPEN STUDIOS at these locations - and in the Studio Alte Post. The starting signal will be given on 4 February with the Belgian choreographer, dancer and performer Pieter Ampe. It will be the first of many OPEN STUDIOS that will accompany the »Attempt of Togetherness« project as it develops.

Residencies
We will shortly be announcing the submission deadline for this year's three residencies. The two-week residencies aim to create a direct encounter between artists and audiences in the form of OPEN STUDIOS in our studio in Hamburg-Altona.

Photo: Sweet&Tender Zoom Meeting, one of many in preparation of this many-voiced project.