If you are an artist in the field of dance and choreography with at least two years of professional experience or a formal degree, and you seek to further your artistic and personal development, the Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance and Choreography 2025 offers a unique opportunity. Applications are now open for this fellowship, which supports a variety of cooperation formats, including on-site, virtual, or hybrid collaborations with self-selected cooperating partners. Details in this article.
Pina Bausch Fellowship Summary
Location: Wuppertal, Germany
Host Institution: Pina Bausch Foundation and the Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Fellowship For: Professional artists in dance and choreography.
Fellowship Type: Individual artistic development through collaboration with a chosen partner.
Value and Coverage: Monthly allowance of €2,500 for full-time (21 hours or more per week) or €1,000 for part-time (20 hours or less per week) fellowships+Travel expenses.
Duration: Flexible duration, with a minimum of three months, between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025, at 12
Eligible To: Artists with at least two years of professional experience or a formal degree in dance and choreography.
Fellowship Overview
The Pina Bausch Fellowship is designed to support individual artists in the field of dance and choreography by facilitating collaborations with notable figures or institutions in the field. The fellowship aims to enable further artistic and personal development through mentoring, exchange, and new experiences.
Fellowship Benefits
Monthly Allowance: Monthly allowance of €2,500 for full-time or €1,000 for part-time fellowships.
Travel: Travel expenses are covered in addition to the monthly grant.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to artists with at least two years of professional experience or a formal degree in dance and choreography. All dance forms are welcome. There are no age restrictions.
Application Procedure
1. Prepare Application Materials
Portrait photo (in jpg or png format).
Information on your cooperating partner (contact details and description, max. 500 characters).
Letter of Intent by the cooperating partner (in English; in pdf format).
Brief statement on the planned fellowship (max. 500 characters).
Short description of yourself as an artist (max. 500 characters).
Calculated travel costs for final week in Wuppertal and – if necessary – to the fellowship site.
Information on the intended time period and duration of the fellowship (specified in whole months).
Letter of Motivation (max. 1,000 characters).
CV in tabular form (max. 1,000 characters).
1 video (max. 5 min).
2. Submit Application
Complete the online application form in English.
Ensure all character references are inclusive of blanks.
Provide video footage via a link (e.g., Vimeo, Dropbox, or Google Drive).
3. Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed by an international jury.
Applicants will be informed about the jury decision via email.
The jury’s decision is final and incontestable.
4. Post-Selection
Selected fellows will participate in a digital onboarding in the second half of August 2025.
A final week in Wuppertal, Germany, is scheduled for the conclusion of the fellowship.
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