Have you completed your dance training and are you pursuing a career in dance?
our stage programme 2026
- offers you the opportunity to work with three experienced, internationally active choreographers in a professional stage setting
- continues your education in stage performance and piece composition
- prepares you for everyday life as a professional dancer under real working conditions
- enhances and supports you in your performance skills and choreographic creativity
- empowers you to present yourself, to make contact and allows networking
- is perfect for the transition period from your vocational training to professional work in the freelance artistic scene
in numbers
- 6 months ... 3 independent and different productions ... 3 choreographers ... 10 performers ... 3 x 8 weeks of rehearsals ... 8 x on stage ... 3 evaluations ... 1001 precious experiences!
October 2026 – April 2027
- extended application deadline: 29 March 2026 | Video screening | response: from 07 April 2026
- participant fee: €3,800
you
- have at minimum two years of formal training in contemporary dance or a comparable qualification and are now learning about different choreographic working methods and rehearsing processes
- are gathering experience as a dancer led by three choreographers and exploring your individual strengths
- will receive choreographic inspiration for your own artistic career
- will perform three independent stage pieces in a professional stage setting at E-WERK and SÜDUFER Freiburg
- will receive structured feedback on your artistic results and your individual learning process
what you will experience
- several weeks of rehearsals, in which three independent stage plays will be developed
- public performances at E-WERK Kammertheater & Großer Saal and SÜDUFER Freiburg
- formal feedback and reflection sessions, in which both the artistic results and individual learning processes will be evaluated
- sustainable networking with the free dance scene
in detail
- 05.10. - 16.12.26: introductory and preparatory week
- 19.10. - 29.11.26: piece development with Sebastian Zuber, performances E-WER 28. & 29.11.26
- 30.11. - 06.12.26: break
- 07.12. - 18.12.26: evaluation, review, training
- 19.12.26 - 10.01.27: break
- 11.01. - 21.02.27: piece development with Arno Schuitemaker, performances SÜDUFER 19.- 21.02.27
- 22.02. - 07.03.27: break
- 08.03.27: evaluation & review
- 09.03. - 19.04.27: piece development with Rafaela Sahyoun, performances E-WERK 16.04.-18.04.27
- 21.04. - 23.04.27: evaluation, review, completion
Participation requirements: You must commit to being disponible for all rehearsals and performances for the entire duration of the programme.
- production management & contact person: Dagny Borsdorf & Irene Carreño
your application
- includes two video links: 1 video (max. 2 min) showing how you generate and develop material | 1 showreel
- shows your background in a tabular CV (max. 2 pages)
- includes the final certificate of your formal training
send your application by 29 March 2026 to weiterbildung@bewegungs-art.de.
Once we have reviewed your material, you will hear back from us by 7 April 2026.
You can also send it to us by post: bewegungs-art freiburg e.V. | Ferdinand-Weiß-Str. 6a | 79106 Freiburg
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