for exchange+ (or 4exchange+) / Netzwerk Tanz Süd is an association of independent dance scenes in the cities of Munich, Nuremberg, Mannheim, Freiburg, Stuttgart, and Bamberg. Since 2022, they have been working together to improve working conditions for independent dance professionals, create structural conditions for sustainable artistic exchange, and strengthen the position of contemporary dance in southern Germany.

Together with experts, the network partners and dance professionals want to discuss what constitutes good networking, what challenges the dance scene in southern Germany faces, but also what strengths it has.

PROGRAMME

From 12:30 pm Registration & arrival

1:00 – 1:45 pm Welcome – Logo reveal/naming – Keynote speech | Network / Nicola von Stillfried

1:45 – 2:00 pm BREAK

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Working group A: Funding in times of tight budgets | Béla Bisom

Working group B: How to lobby for dance | Andrea Gern

Working group C: Marketing strategies and skills/portfolio work | Julia Danila

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm BREAK

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Presentation and discussion of the working groups' results

5:30 pm – 6:00 pm BREAK

From 6:00 pm Dinner

From 7:30 pm “Sock Disco” and closing


Registration for the events via info@tanzzentrale.de by Tuesday, 18.11.2025.