Tanzmesse 2024 - call for proposals & info Zoom with Dan Daw
Online via Zoom
Monday 4 September 2pm – 3.30pm | Online
About Tanzmesse 2024 with Dan Daw
Join The Work Room, FABRIC and National Dance Company Wales in conversation with Dan Daw ahead of Tanzmesse 2024.
International tanzmesse nrw takes place every two years at the end of August, in Düsseldorf, Germany. Organised by nrw landesbureo tanz, it is a forum for exchange and networking and an important meeting place for the international dance community. Tanzmesse is the largest professional gathering for contemporary dance with up to 2,000 international exhibitors and visitors come together in Düsseldorf to present a broad spectrum of aesthetic expression and artistic practices. The next edition will be held 28 -31 August 2024.
They are now accepting proposal for the Performance Programme with a closing date of 15 September. TWR, FABRIC and NDCW will be supporting artists to submit proposal through each organisations exhibition area at the 2024 event.
Tanzmesse are looking for full-length performances on stage, in public spaces and digitally that will be presented to international visitors and a public audience. This includes works aimed at intergenerational or young audiences. They also welcome proposals for Open Studios, where artists present their artistic productions through a short physical presentation and a Q&A, as well as Insights, where professionals give a media-based presentation to share production methods, project ideas, networks, collaborations, and other endeavours in the field of dance. Read more here.
Dan Daw is the Artistic Director/CEO of Dan Daw Creative Projects. Dan Daw Creative Projects is a disabled-led company that works collaboratively with a growing network of companies and artists to develop and tour new performance work that blurs the divide between theatre and dance.
Dan is one of the Associate Curators of Tanzmesse and will be in conversation with us to tell us more about what to expect at Tanzmesse and the three platform strands in their programme.
Join us if you are interested in hearing more about Tanzmesse and thinking about submitting a proposal for 2024. Email hello@theworkroom.org.uk to book your place an receive the Zoom code.
ACCESS
This event will be held on via Zoom and auto closed captions will be enabled. If you’d like more detail about this access information or, if there’s anything else you’d like to talk about that would make attending easier and more enjoyable for you, please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk. We will endeavour to support you to fully participate or provide you with further information to help you decide if this event is suitable for you.
Submitting a proposal
All submissions must be made through a registered exhibition space. Dance artists and companies from Scotland can submit a proposal through the Dance from Scotland exhibition space. The Work Room will cover the €25 submission fee.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal through the Dance from Scotland exhibition space, please email hello@theworkroom.org.uk with some information on the proposal you wish to submit. We will then co-ordinate with you so you receive an invitation to submit a proposal through the Dance from Scotland exhibition space.
The closing date for proposals is Friday 15 September, please get in touch with us by Friday 8 September to allow time for the submission process.