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Strong together for art

Houses for the arts in Germany

In Germany there are 

• many theatres. 
• Places for new arts.

The venues for these arts

are called production theatres.

The artists

make different types of art.

It can be art:

• theatre
• dance
• music
• or something completely different

Production houses organise events

For example, they put on a theatre play.

The production houses have

their own programmes and schedules.

In Germany, the federal states support

the federal states support 7 production houses.

For example, they create

jobs for new employees.

The employees plan the programme.

The 7 production houses

have joined forces.  

They are very well-known production houses

for modern art in Germany.

They call themselves in difficult language:

Alliance of International Production Houses

As an alliance, they stand up for each other:

They support each other and work together.

Members of the alliance

These are the names of the 7 members

in the Alliance of International Production Houses:

• FFT Düsseldorf
• HAU Hebbel am Ufer in Berlin
• HELLERAU - European Centre for the Arts in Dresden
• Kampnagel in Hamburg
• Künstler*innen-Haus Mousonturm in Frankfurt am Main
• PACT Zollverein in Essen
• tanzhaus nrw in Düsseldorf

Every member of the alliance works differently.

That is why it is important for members to exchange ideas.

The members share their experiences and knowledge.

They invite artists.

They bring people from different places together.
 

The members of the alliance can say anything.

The artists work together on new projects.

In the projects, they work with current topics.

These are topics from politics, for example.
 

Each member has their own way of working.

Through different ways of working

create new and strong ideas.

This also strengthens the members.

Topics

The artists in the alliance

work with 9 different themes.

They work with these themes, for example

• with dance,
• with movement,
• with music.

These are the 9 topics:

1. Sustainability

Sustainability means:

People and animals should be able to live well.

The artists work, for example

with the topic of climate change.

2. Participation and democracy

Participation and democracy means:

Citizens have a say.

They have a say in decisions.

For example, they elect politicians.

Many democracies are in crisis.

People are fighting for democracy.

The artists work with these themes.

3. Digitality

The artists work

with the theme of technology and computers.

These topics are becoming increasingly important.

They are changing our lives.

For example, they change

our relationships with other people.

4. De-colonisation

This topic is about racism.

With racism, people say:

• Some people are better than other people.
• Some people are worse than other people.

They say that, for example,

• because they have a different skin colour.
• because they come from a different country.

The artists work with this theme.

5. The body

We see many images of bodies every day.

We see them, for example

• on television
• on the Internet
• in the newspaper

People on television say, for example:

• These bodies are good.
• These bodies are not good.

That's what the artists are concerned with here:

This is how we see

• our bodies.
• The bodies of other people.

6. Transcultural neighbourhoods

Transcultural means:

People from different countries

live together and learn from each other.

The artists work with this theme.

7. Generations
 

A generation is

a group of people.

They were born at a similar time.

Our grandparents

for example, are a generation.

This focus is about stories.

People tell stories
·      about themselves.
·      And about other people.

The artists work with these stories.

8. Spatial organisation

Spatial organisation means:

This is how people use places.

Places are cities, for example.

One of the artists' questions is:

What do people want for the future

for the future in their city?

9. Transfer Techniques

Transfer means, for example:

This is how people share their knowledge with each other.

Thanks to the internet, people today learn

differently than people used to.

This is what this focus is about:

This is how differently people learn.

How the alliance works

Once a year

the alliance of international production houses

organises a working meeting.

At this working meeting

come, for example

• Artists
• researchers
   

They all talk about the main topics:

This is important for the topic, for example.

For example, the topic can be

on the stage.

The alliance will continue to work on the

on the priority topics.

The members want to

develop good ideas further.

The members of the alliance of international production houses

work together

• with local artists.
• with international artists.

Funding for artists

The Alliance of International Production Houses

supports artists through

• training programmes
• Further education

The programme is for artists

in the independent scene.

Independent scene means:

The artists work independently.

They do not work for a theatre.