The Impulse Theater Festival 2024 is organised and funded by NRW KULTURsekretariat together with the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mülheim an der Ruhr and in co-operation with studiobühneköln, FFT Düsseldorf and Ringlokschuppen Ruhr.
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Kunststiftung NRW and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
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with the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf and Mülheim an der Ruhr.
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The CITY PROJECT is a production by the Impulse Theater Festival in co-operation with Ringlokschuppen Ruhr. With special funding from Kunststiftung NRW and the Fonds Soziokultur funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
ACADEMY #1: ‘MAKE FRIENDS – SHARE KNOWLEDGE’ is presented in co-operation with FESTIVALFRIENDS, an alliance of festivals of the independent performing arts in Germany, and the NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste e. V. and the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e. V.. FESTIVALFRIENDS is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media through the programme ‘Verbindungen fördern’ run by the Bundesverbands Freie Darstellende Künste e. V.
ACADEMY #2 – ‘THE ART OF STAYING PLURAL’ is held as one of the “National Fora for Art, Freedom and Democracy”, a series of events presented by the Fonds Darstellende Künste in co-operation with the Goethe-Institut, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Chamäleon Berlin, fabrik Potsdam, FFT Düsseldorf, Hans Otto Theater Potsdam, HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste Dresden, Impulse Theater Festival, Kunstfest Weimar 2024, LOFFT – DAS THEATER Leipzig, OSTEN Festival Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Plattenstufen-Festspiele präsentiert vom PHOENIX Theaterfestival Erfurt, Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig, Societaetstheater Dresden, Sophiensӕle Berlin, Zentralwerk e.V. Dresden. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR.
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia supports the guest performances of OLD WHITE CLOWNS and INTRODUCING LIVING SMILE VIDYA.
The NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZWERK of funding for touring productions of theatre and dance, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Ministries of Art and Culture of the Federal States supports the guest performances of DIE GROSSE KLASSENREVUE.
The Goethe Institut promotes the guest performances of INTRODUCING LIVING SMILE VIDYA as part of the “National Fora for Art, Freeedom and Democracy.”
DANCE ON TOUR AUSTRIA, a co-operation project between Tanzquartier Wien and the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, supports the guest performances of AHNFRAUEN.
MUSEUM OF UNCOUNTED VOICES is produced in co-operation with the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn.
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