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#Career Orientation & Development

Let's kick-off your dance career! In our opening event, we will introduce you to our funding programme DIS-TANZ-START & DIS-TANZEN SOLO, the whole project team and important partners. You will learn about our qualification programme and will get the chance to ask any the questions you might have. Become acquainted with our digital platform Lounjee and find out how you can use its many tools to connect and exchange with our community!

With: Project Team, Representatives of the German Dance Association Board and Partners

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#Career Orientation & Development

In this event, we will take you on a hike through the diverse German dance landscape. Let's explore the different career paths as a dancer – the main roads and trails between permanent employment and freelancing/ self-employment! Find out about established theatres and the independent dance scene. Learn about their similarities and differences regarding career entry and working conditions.

With: Nina Hümpel, Michael Freundt

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#Career Orientation & Development

You want to work as a professional dancer? Don’t wait for your dance career to happen to you! Take a proactive and intentional approach to build a career that aligns with YOUR values and goals. What does it mean to be a successful dancer nowadays? How do experts in dance define “real” success? How does dance culture influence the dance career and how the dancers perceive themselves and others?  Build an awareness of the behaviours and attitudes that may be holding you back from achieving your dreams and identify those ressources which help you succeed.

With: Natalie Wagner (Dancer, Choreographer, Mentor, designated Directress of Tanzcompagnie Landesbühnen Sachsen)

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Contrary to other countries, a lot of regionally established and publicly funded theatres produce year-round performances with their own multi-discipline ensembles for a broad audience. For dancers it offers permanent positions in dance and ballet companies. Which chances does this system have to develop one´s career and what challenges are dancers confronted with in this environment? Let us take you behind the scenes and introduce you to the structures and ways to work within the German repertoire or ensemble theatre.

With: Waltraut Körver

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#Working Conditions

Taxes –one of those things that many often dread! German bureaucracy can be particularly demanding, especially for non-German speaking people. In this event, we will give you a short introduction into this unpopular, yet very important subject. Find out about the difference between being employed and working as freelancer, which receipts to keep for your tax declaration to save money or how to write a proper invoice and much more.

With: Jana Vierheilig

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#Working Conditions

The corona crisis has painfully demonstrated how important it is to understand the social security system in Germany, especially for artists with their often temporary, irregular and hybrid activities. This event will help you to get a first overview. Who is entitled to social security protection? How can you bridge gaps between jobs? What is the artists’ social security fund (KSK) and how do you get in? Who benefits from retirement insurance by the ‚Versorgungsanstalt der deutschen Bühnen‘?

With: Jens Schoenenberg

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#Working Conditions

Curious about contracts? Are you unsure about your rights and obligations as an employee? Wondering if the last performance fee you were offered is fair?  Learn about the different types of contracts and contract must-haves. Find out how to negotiate a contract successfully and where to find help if you have problems.

With: Thomas Hörath

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#Career Orientation & Development

No one in the art world is exempt from the task of building an audience and promoting oneself as an artist. Together with Alina Gause, we will take a holistic approach to self-marketing that combines a focus on your personality as an artist with the special laws of the artist's profession and artistic markets. Learn about her concepts of „The Three Personality Parts of Creative People“ and the „Vicious Circle and Angelic ladder of Self-Marketing“. They will give you the chance to develop a basic mindset that allows you to find your very own mode of promoting yourself.

With: Alina Gause

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# Health 

We live in a time of growing uncertainty. The last two years have tested us all in our resilience, especially dancers have been heavily impacted. Yet, dealing with uncertainty, navigating success and adversity is deeply ingrained within the professional dance career. On certain days, dancers may feel joyful and light, while other days may feel frustrating and heavy. A dancer’s body, mind, and artistry are constantly challenged (not only) in dance classes and on stage. In this event, you will learn about personal attitudes and mental practices that can help you build resilience and cope more effectively with artistic highs and lows. 

With Dr Lucie Clements (dance psychologist)

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