A project week from 8-15 April for young choreographers and composers at the Choreographic Centre of the Tanzhaus Basel.

Where: Tanzhaus Basel, Basel, Switzerland

When: 8-15 April 2025

Deadline for applications: 15 September 2024

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
• For one week, seven professional choreographers and composers work together with 14 dancers and 14 musicians at Tanzhaus Basel.
• Within one day, newly choreographed and composed short dance pieces will be created with one to three musicians and dancers.
• Each composer and each choreographer will work together once.
• The resulting pieces are performed in public every evening.
• The work sessions last a maximum of seven hours a day.
• Each piece has a minimum duration of three to a maximum of six minutes.

PREREQUISITE
• The choreographers and composers are under 35 years old.
• The candidates are still studying or working professionally in the field of dance or composition.
• You are keen to exchange ideas, are communicative and ready for creative teamwork.
• Pre-choreographed, already choreographed pieces or already composed music may not be used.

THE FOLLOWING WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE APPLICATIONS
• Three choreographers and composers from Switzerland, one each from French- speaking Switzerland, Italian-speaking Switzerland and German-speaking Switzerland.
• Four choreographers and composers from abroad.
• An expert jury selects the candidates.

OBJECTIVE
The aim is to network the artists and exchange ideas and serves the creative development of choreographic and compo- sitional work. The decisive factor is the mu- sical-choreographic composition from the encounter in order to create a moment of joint dialogue in the creation of a piece.

How to apply:
Candidates send a CV, a letter of motiva- tion, video or sound files via YT link and/or scores via PDF

Full Description of the Open Call
https://freight.cargo.site/m/U1872252539511629233862271554270/Tanzhaus_Factsheet-7x7_5-All.pdf

Contact details:
7×7@tanzhausbasel.ch
Keyword: 7/7.

For further information, please visit http://tanzhausbasel.ch

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