K3 Choreographers' Residency 2024/2025 in Hamburg (Germany)

K3 | Tanzplan Hamburg provides three paid eight-month residencies to choreographers who are at the beginning of their careers and have produced multiple choreographic works of their own. The residency begins in August 2024 and runs until April 2025. It includes a scholarship, the use of the k3 studios, a production budget, as well as dramaturgical, technical, and production-related support. It moreover links the projects proposed by the choreographers in residence closely to the various other ongoing programs of K3.

The goal of the residency is to develop and strengthen the connections between choreographic practice, research, artistic production, and qualification. The length of eight months should provide sufficient time and space for overcoming conventional rhythms of production and open up space for exchange with other artists and interested parties in order to receive new impulses and contacts. Over the course of the residency, the three choreographers can each develop a full-length piece that is presented at the end of the residency on three evenings on the stages of Kampnagel.

The application can only be made in English through the online form.
Please also have a look at the Frequently Asked Questions.

For choreographers interested in applying to the residency programme, they offer two info zooms:
27 June – 10:00 (CEST)
8 August – 17:00 (CEST)

Please register with your name and date to tanzplan[at]kampnagel.de

Application Requirements:

• The applicant is at the beginning of their career and should have already implemented some projects of their own (outside of an educational context).
• The applicant has experience in producing their own work and can provide up to 4 video links to choreographies of their own.
• The applicant is available for the entire duration of the residency from August 2024 until April 2025 to stay in Hamburg.
• The applicant is willing to participate in K3’s outreach programme and other events at K3.
• The applicant is interested both in engaging in exchange with other artists as well as with an interested audience.
• The applicant already has some experience in / is interested in dealing with choreography on a discursive level, reflecting their own work, as well as working in a self-organised manner.
• Only applications by individuals can be accepted. Applications by teams or ensembles cannot be taken into consideration.
• They accept applications in all choreographic fields (e.g. dance for young audiences, public space, film)
• They welcome applications from all countries. Applicants do not require a formal dance education. Applicants with disabilities and from marginalised communities are encouraged to apply.

The residency programme covers:

• a monthly scholarship for living expenses and accommodation in Hamburg (exact amount to be confirmed, in the season 22/23 this was 2000,- Euro per month)
• one-time travel expenses from and to the place of residence
• support in obtaining necessary papers/visa and related costs
• a moderate production budget for the performances at the end of the residency which allows for a small team over the last few weeks of the residency
• use of the K3 studios
• an accompanying support from the K3 team in the fields of dramaturgy, organisation, technical assistance, and public relations
• active participation in the K3 outreach programme

K3 is part of the EU-funded project Dance Well which wants to engage people living with Parkinson’s or other movement disorders with dance. There is the possibility to work with non-professional dancers from the Dance Well project within the residency and to include them in the final presentation. If you wish to do so, you can state it in the online application form.

After consulting with K3, accessibility costs for the residency can be covered in most cases.

The application form contains e.g. questions concerning the artistic background, motivation, and details on the artistic project being proposed for the residency. If for accessibility reasons you need help in navigating the application form or need to send in your application in another form, you can contact them via mail or phone.

The online application form can be filled in, edited and saved during the application period (until 15 August 2023, 16:00 CEST). All applications, which have not been sent before the deadline, will be deleted. It is not possible to extend the deadline.

Representing the cultural diversity of society at a place like K3 is important to us. Applications from people who experience discrimination, who identify themselves as Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour, Sinti*zze and Rom*nja, Jewish, Muslim and/or refugees, as well as people with a family history of migration or flight, are explicitly welcome. They promote professional equality for people of all genders and the compatibility of family and work.

For inquires please contact tanzplan[at]kampnagel.de or +49 (0) 40 / 270 949 – 45.