collaborations
IN SOLIDARITY AND VISIBLE
TanzPlusSüd
Tanztendenz is a co-initiator of TanzPlusSüd, a growing network of dance initiatives in southern Germany. Since 2022, TanzPlusSüd has been working to improve working conditions for freelance dance professionals. The network also aims to create structural conditions that facilitate sustainable artistic exchange and strengthen the position of contemporary dance in southern Germany.
The 4exchange+ residency programme, developed within this framework, has become an important platform for participating cultural institutions and dance professionals.
The focus is on artistic exchange across regional borders. Six residencies, each lasting between seven and ten days, enable guest artists to work in one of the partner cities, alongside workshops, training sessions, showings and lecture demonstrations.
4exchange+ is complemented by conferences and symposia that address current issues in the independent dance scene, making knowledge accessible within peer groups.
With funding secured for 2025 and 2026, the Süd network has helped 21 dance productions get off to a successful start. The network's organisational work promotes important synergies, increases visibility, and enhances the appeal of dance art beyond the borders of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Tanztendenz is a member of TanzPlusSüd, the supraregional alliance of independent dance scene institutions in Munich, Nuremberg, Mannheim, Freiburg, Stuttgart, and Bamberg.
4exchange+ is made possible by the Bavarian State Association for Contemporary Dance (BLZT), which receives funding from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts.
tipperary dance
FROM MUNICH TO TIPPERARY AND BACK
Launched in 2021, the network with the Irish dance platform Tipperary is an international residency exchange programme designed to develop their work and invite them to Munich for a final showing, or to present their work processes as part of the Tipperary Dance International Festival.
The Irish scientist, dancer and choreographer Alexandre Iseli and the French-American dancer and choreographer Murielle Elizéon will be in residence at Tanztendenz from 4 to 16 May 2026. The residency is part of the exchange programme between Tipperary, Ireland, and Tanztendenz Munich. As part of the residency, there will also be a public performance. You can find further information about the performance here in the Tanzkalender.
About the current residency project:
Tremors evokes the forces of tectonic plates and the fragility of ageing bodies. The project seeks spontaneous joy and unexpected sensations, rejects commercialisation, and focuses on embodiment through reason and wild intuition – a magical realism that allows the world to be experienced intensely.In response to the accelerated passage of time that comes with age, attention is deepened to foster a gentle inner transformation. Here, dance emerges as a communal, mindful practice in which, through presence and listening, harmonies arise from opposing forces, and anger and tenderness come together in a single gesture.