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A very special highlight of this year was the ITI Academy. For the first time, the one-year fellowship offered 20 up-and-coming artists and curators the opportunity to deepen and reflect on their own practice as well as to exchange knowledge and network. The programme concluded with the ITI Academy Week in July as part of Theater der Welt, where the fellows were able to realize their own visions of internationality and diversity in the performing arts. For the 4th edition of the Journal, the fellows were also invited to make their concerns visible in texts.

2023 was also a Theater der Welt year. From June 29 to July 16, more than 300 artists from all over the world presented a total of 36 guest performances and new productions in Frankfurt and Offenbach, including 6 world premieres, 8 European premieres and 9 German premieres". Theater der Welt will then move to Chemnitz in 2026!

Brexit and its consequences were a focus of touring artists in 2023, with a two-day symposium on the subject taking place in Hamburg in September. In addition to numerous training and networking opportunities such as the Monthly Meet-Up and the Get Started workshop series, the free consultation service continued to be in great demand: more than 1,000 consultations have been held so far this year, more than ever before.

In October, the Theaterpreis des Bundes was awarded for the fifth time, where the ITI hosted the Symposium "Pleasures & Politics of Cooperation". In panels and moderated discussion rounds, theater professionals, experts and guests negotiated the potentials and problems of long-term and international cooperation. The live recording of the two panels is now available on the ITI website.

Studio2, ITI's rehearsal and practice space, has published two open calls as part of its residency program. With tanz:digital, a residency with a digital focus took place. With zwischen__räumen //między__miejscami in October, artists from Poland and Germany were able to work together in an open-ended way, promoting exchange on long-term formats in the performing arts.

The Media Library for Dance and Theater continued its collaboration with universities and archives as part of the project "Mediatheken der Darstellenden Kunst digital vernetzen". We were particularly pleased to be able to present the "Theater der Welt" digital archive with an extensive program to the public for the first time as part of Theater der Welt 2023.

The International Workshop Theater Übersetzen in Mülheim and the Forum Theater Übersetzung in Munich offered translators both to and from German the opportunity for further training and exchange within the framework of a theater festival. 

The theateruebersetzen.de portal was further expanded and the LESERAUM series welcomed authors and theater practitioners to read their plays together every month. Finally, the Branchentreff Theater Übersetzen took place in November, this year in collaboration with Verband der Theaterautor:innen and the Deutsches Theater Berlin.

We look forward to 2024!

 The Isra-Drama Festival in Tel Aviv in November had to be canceled due to the current situation. The online edition with panel discussions and live performance screenings will now take place on December 8 and 9, 2023.

> Friday, 8.12. | 6:00 pm (5:00 pm MEZ) #1 Theatre in Times of Crisis and War
> Saturday, 9.12. | 5:00 pm (4:00 pm MEZ) #2 Articulating Pain: Post-Traumatic Theatre
> Sunday, 9.12. | 6:00 pm (5:00 pm MEZ) #3 What Happened to the World: Israeli theatre in the face of future challenges
> Program

December 12,  2023, 6.00 - 9.00 pm
Think-Tank & Netzworking for Spanish-speaking artists and organizers of the independent performing arts scene
December 13, 2023, 2:00 bis 6:00 pm, online
Workshop "We are not alone. Our utopia is not yet real" (BIPoCs only)  
December 18, 2023, 10:00 am, online
Workshop and exchange from PAF Berlin about the Anti-Discrimination clause
Dezember 18 - 20, 2023, daily 11:00 am to 7:00 pm
Project Application Workshop [Hier kommt ein Projekt]

Common Stories is looking for theater directors, dramaturgs, choreographers and performance artists for the Common LAB 2024, an eight-week traveling-lab where new European narratives will be developed through collective knowledge exchange and artistic research. The labs will take place over several days in Lisbon, Portugal (June), Maputo, Mozambique (September), Bobigny, France (October) and Brussels, Belgium (October/November).
Application deadline: December 10, 2023

The ACT International Festival for Emerging Performing Artists will take place from June 5 to 8, 2024 in Bilbao and Barakaldo. Applications are open to international performing artists/groups with works of max. 30 minutes in length.
Application deadline: December 15, 2023

The Georgian New Theatre - Festival and Showcase 2024 invites festival makers, curators or tour organizers interested in collaborating to apply for a funded festival visit from 1 - 4 February 2024. Inquiries can be sent to internationaloffice@newtheatre.ge  
Application deadline: December 20, 2024

Danse Elargie is an international dance competition in June 2024 that is open to all dance forms. The projects submitted for the competition must be presented by at least 3 performers and must not be longer than 10 minutes. Prize money of between €5,000 and €13,000 will be awarded to the winners.
Application deadline: January 3, 2024

In addition to the ten remarkable productions from German-speaking countries selected by the Theatertreffen jury, the Theatertreffen is inviting artists from all over the world to Berlin for the 60th time to take part in an exclusive 18-day scholarship program as part of the International Forum. The Open Call is now open to theater professionals from all fields worldwide.  
Application deadline: January 7, 2024

The Tanzplattform Bern is calling on choreographers to submit works for the Bern Dance Platform 2024. The selected performances will be shown between June 20 and 22. Two prizes for the best performances will also be awarded during the event.  
Application deadline: January 15, 2024

Perform Europe launched a new Open Call in the field of performing arts for cross-border cooperation in the 40 Creative Europe countries. Applications can be submitted by partnerships consisting of at least three partners in three different Creative Europe countries. The focus of the funding is on projects that develop strategies and visions to make the performing arts fairer, greener and more inclusive.
Application deadline: March 31, 2024

The Goethe-Institut is to close nine of its 158 institutes in the coming years and cut jobs. 130 employees are to be affected by the job cuts. The Goethe locations in Bordeaux, Curitiba (Brazil), Genoa, Lille, Osaka, Rotterdam, Trieste, Turin and Washington D.C. as well as the liaison office in Strasbourg are to be affected by the closures. Other locations are also to be downsized, modified or merged.
> more info
> Petition to save the Goethe-Institute

The German Forum for Puppet Theater and Puppetry Art is looking for a Managing Director (m/f/d) from July 2025 > Job description (german)