€ 125,000 for the development of European dance

"It is a substantial strengthening of Aarhus' and Denmark´s position in European modern dance. And it highlights that we are not only a Dancetheater, but a Choreographic Centre."
Artistic director Jens Bjerregaard speaks of the yearly € 25.000, which Archauz receives from the EU in order to have more European choreographers work at Archauz.
With the cooperation of European Départs and the resources which the EU gives to the project, Archauz expects to have international residencies for three months each season.

Ten international showings per season
"From five international showings today, we will go to ten per season. In addition, the Archauz U-Kompagniet (the youth dancecompany) and Open Classes gets even more inspiring guest lecturers and the cooperation will provide an overall boost to dance in Aarhus. Aarhus rises another step up as a center for choreography and modern dance in Europe," a happy Jens Bjerregaard continues.
April the 6th he and ten European partners in Départs received answer from the EU. The partners to Archauz in the Départs-programme are: P. A. R. T. S. (Bruxelles, BE), Alkantara + Forum Dança (Lissboa, PT), Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin, DE), Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Ghent, BE), PACT Zollverein - Choreographisches Zentrum NRW (Essen, DE), Springdance (Utrecht, NL), Trafó Kortárs Müvészetek Háza (Budapest, HU), Centre de Développement Chorégraphique (Toulouse, FR), Centro Coreografico Galego (Santiago de Compostela, ES), Bimeras (Istanbul, TR)
A total of € 2.4 mio. has been devoted to the entire European project Départs.

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