ABOUT US
Mission
tanz*werk kassel sees itself as a diverse association of professional dance makers from Kassel. The tanz*werk promotes artistically innovative and cross-genre working methods and creates open spaces for exchange and artistic research.
tanz*werk kassel offers a cross-generational working context that enables lively discussion and participation. Decision-making processes are made transparent and comprehensible.
Through various artistic and mediating formats, tanz*werk enables everyone to participate in the arts and establishes links to social and political life. Furthermore, tanz*werk strives to increase the visibility and localization of contemporary dance and to secure and develop the independent dance scene in Kassel.
On the basis of continuous reflection, tanz*werk strives for constant improvement in its own actions. Conflicts and moments of failure are potential for change.
tanz*werk is committed to the freedom of art. Generosity, tolerance, intuition and passion define the spirit of tanz*werk kassel. Self-determination of the individual, acceptance of divergent views and critical awareness characterize our self-image.
Goals
tanz*werk works on a strong regional, national and international network with cross-genre artists and institutions structured similarly to tanz*werk in order to create synergy effects. The aim is to provide impulses for contemporary dance today and to reflect on and further develop its own activities in production and mediation through transnational exchange.
In order to be perceived as a cultural-political entity and to produce its own art professionally, premises and continuous organizational structures are necessary. tanz*werk is working on the creation and ongoing use of its own premises in order to guarantee sustainable work processes.
THE ASSOCIATION
For 25 years there has been a lively and steadily growing free contemporary dance scene in Kassel. The city's cultural life is enriched by diverse and exciting dance productions as well as cultural and educational offers. In addition, a technical school for contemporary dance has been ensuring the best-trained young dance talent since 2007.
A few years ago, the actors of the independent contemporary Kassel dance scene joined forces in tanz*werk kassel with the aim of further improving the working conditions for the producers and strengthening contemporary dance in Kassel and the region as an important part of culture.
Tanz*werk kassel has been a non-profit association since 2019, which is committed to the development of future-creating structures for the contemporary dance scene in Kassel.
You can support the association with a supporting membership or become an active member of our association as a freelance dance artist.