Call for applications: change of scene – international artistic cooperation for the performing arts

Applications are open for Change of Scene, an initiative looking for international cooperation projects in the performing arts that address prevailing social themes and change that manifest in a joint artistic response.This call for applications is directed at civic and state theatres as well as independent companies from the German-speaking realm (Germany, Austria or Switzerland) who wish to develop a new artistic project with a partner from North Africa (including Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) or Eastern Europe. The list of eligible countries can be found here.Change of Scene helps to initiate and develop international artistic projects…

Applications are open for Change of Scene, an initiative looking for international cooperation projects in the performing arts that address prevailing social themes and change that manifest in a joint artistic response.

This call for applications is directed at civic and state theatres as well as independent companies from the German-speaking realm (Germany, Austria or Switzerland) who wish to develop a new artistic project with a partner from North Africa (including Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) or Eastern Europe. The list of eligible countries can be found here.

Change of Scene helps to initiate and develop international artistic projects that are the result of direct collaboration between the cooperating partners. For up to two years; artists will get the time and space to meet each other as well as the opportunity for intensive exchange. Existing contacts can be deepened further or built up afresh.

There should be one public presentation of the sponsored projects in both countries, or, at least, in the German-speaking partner country.

Applications are welcome from all sectors of the performing arts: theatres as well as independent companies working in theatre, dance, musical theatre, puppetry and performance.

Up to 10 projects can be funded, each to receive a subsidy of up to €15,000.

To apply online, please click here and fill in the submission form, in English or German. The online form is to be completed by:

• An elaborated concept in which the common artistic goals and the project are comprehensibly described as well as information about the team’s structure and formation;
• Convincing costs and financing plan;
• A schedule (maximum 1 page);
• The proof of the establishment as a legal entity;
• A written document stating the commitment of the cooperating partner (Letter of Intent);
• CVs of the artistic direction;
• Proof of a performance venue.

Please note that partners from North African or Eastern European countries should submit their application together with a partner from the German-speaking countries.

The submission deadline is 15 February 2017.

An independent jury decides on which projects will be funded by mid April.

For more information, please click here or read the call for proposals in .pdf here.

Change of Scene is an initiative conducted by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the German Centre of the International Theatre Institute.

Article produced in collaboration with Cineuropa.