Funding model
In 2018, the TANZPAKT Stadt-Land-Bund funding programme, a joint initiative of municipalities, federal states and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, made it possible to launch the pilot project explore dance with its innovative and nationally outstanding concept. The first three-year TANZPAKT funding was extended until June 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the second funding phase began in July 2022, securing the work of explore dance until 2024 and adding HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts in Dresden as a fourth renowned partner. In 2025, the Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm from Frankfurt/Main and perform[d]ance from Stralsund joined the network as partners from two further federal states.
explore dance receives ongoing support from the states of Bavaria, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Saxony, Hesse and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well as from foundations and the municipalities of the six partner cities in the network – Dresden, Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg, Munich, Potsdam and Stralsund. However, federal funding ended in November 2025.
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explore dance is funded by local municipalities, federal states and foundations of the project partners.
We are supported by
Local partners such as foundations, associations, companies, educational institutions and private individuals support sections and special formats within the explore dance projects on a local level and help augment municipal funding.
