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explore dance Festival

Each year, the season’s premieres are bundled into one or more festivals. In 2023, three explore dance festivals are planned – in March in Hellerau, in May in Hamburg and in September in Potsdam.

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2023 – #4 Festival for young audience at the fabrik Potsdam

We cordially invite you to the fabrik Potsdam: From September 23 to 27 you can expect a great festival program: dance pieces, workshops and an international panel. Save the date, details about the program will follow!

2023 – Watch Out! Festival für Jung und Alt in HELLERAU

In the third edition of “Watch Out! Festival for Young and Old” internationally renowned choreographers and artists present entertaining and moving contemporary stage pieces. The first week of the festival is dedicated to “explore dance”.

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2022 – EXPLORE DANCE FESTIVAL #3 AT FABRIK POTSDAM

The Potsdamer edition took place in March 2022 in Potsdam and gathered 7 pieces of the explore network. Moreover the artists* and the professional audience had the opportunity to exchange ideas at various offers.

More information can be found here.

2020 & 2021 – EXPLORE DANCE FESTIVAL #2 AT FOKUS TANZ / TANZ UND SCHULE IN MUNICH

The Munich edition was split over two years: in 2020 the Pop Up pieces were shown and various discourse formats were used to talk about this special format. The artists* and the professional audience had the opportunity to exchange ideas at various offers.

More information can be found here.

In 2021, the stage plays of the second seasons were shown as part of the festival THINK BIG! #8 festival. Artists from all seasons had the opportunity to meet and talk about their experiences with explore dance.

You can find more information here.

2019 – EXPLORE DANCE FESTIVAL #1 AT K3 TANZPLAN HAMBURG.

The first edition of the explore dance festival took place in May 2019 at K3 on Kampnagel in Hamburg. In addition to the presentation of all pieces from the first project year (program overview), a working meeting for the international exchange of experiences in the field of dance for young audiences took place in cooperation with the European Dance House Network. Artists, dramaturges, organizers and educators exchanged ideas about which artistic, media and communicative strategies are suitable to address young audiences.

Click here to read the journal article about the festival in Hamburg.