RESIST!

With the RESIST! project, we are supporting unsubsidised artists in spring 2026 during times of severe cultural cutbacks: for a period of two and a half months, starting at the beginning of March, we are inviting 13 artists to use our studios for rehearsals, practice, discourse or as a place for exchange with the scene and the wider public. The focus is on recognising the status of artists. RESIST! stands for a resistance initiative against the current cuts in cultural funding and the normalisation of right-wing positions in society at large.

 

Our support within the framework of RESIST! is not performance-based, but rather enables – at least temporarily and almost unconditionally – a necessary prerequisite for artistic creation. 

 

Art does not have to be born out of necessity, but it needs opportunities for connection and fertile ground in order to grow continuously and survive. In line with this idea, our selection refers to long-standing companions of the Tanzfabrik who, due to a lack of funding, will not be able to realise any ongoing projects in 2026. The open studio format is intended to give them the opportunity to sharpen and maintain their profiles and aesthetics – including through moments of pause, understood as an essential prerequisite for artistic processes. 

In addition, weekly ‘assemblies’ of the Berlin dance scene will take place during the project period in cooperation with the ZTB (Zeitgenössischer Tanz Berlin e.V.) and others, weekly ‘assemblies’ of the Berlin dance scene are taking place as part of the RESIST! project: Every Thursday evening Donnerstagabend (05.03. - 07.05.), Studio 5 is open to all cultural actors, interested parties and the wider public. Thematic impulses are regularly offered at these open events to facilitate a broader exchange.

 

In mid-May, the project will culminate in an open closing night at Studio 14 with short performances, sharings, discussions and a joint celebration. Participation in this event is voluntary for the funded artists; there is no production pressure.

 

With: Makisig Akin, Christina Ciupke, Kristina Kusmina Dreit, Tatiana Mejia, Adam Man, Sergiu Matis, Thiago Rosa, Jen Rosenblit, Maria Scaroni, Elvan Tekin Jasna L. Visnovsky July Weber and Kasia Wolińska.