UP – is short for Udviklingsplatformen for scenekunst [The Development Platform for Performing Arts]
UP aims to develop and qualify independent performing arts throughout Denmark and Danish independent performing arts abroad. We define the independent performing arts as:
Individuals and collectives working professionally in the performing arts, primarily working for and with independent performing arts groups often not attached to a certain stage or venue, project-supported theatres and smaller established theatres.
Our work is defined by four focus areas:
Improving the production conditions for independent performing arts
Strengthening entrepreneurship and internationalisation in the independent performing arts
Increased cohesion and collaboration in Danish performing arts
Increase the visibility of independent performing arts
In concrete terms, this results in activities that are often organised in close collaboration with other actors in the performing arts industry. UP offers:
Critical feedback on professional processes from peers through advisory programme
Collegial sparring and match-making of skills and resources through Artistic Pairings
Knowledge sharing and collaboration across performing arts groups, theatres, institutions through webinars, seminars, and co-working opportunities including UP Workspace and Write & Relax as well as the social gatherings ShowUP
Exchange and development nationally and internationally through e.g. Moving Identities
Since 2016, UP has received operational support from the Danish Arts Foundation and the Bikuben Foundation in four-year framework agreements with these foundations. In the period 2023-26, UP receives funding for the EU project Moving Identities, and UP has received an establishing grant from the A.P. Møller Foundation. UP is an associate of Danish Theatre.
Team
Anne Dalby – Director
As head of the Development Platform, Anne focuses on finance, administration, personnel management and cultural policy work. Anne has solid project and development experience in experimental music and cross-aesthetic performing arts from a position as administrative manager at the metropolitan theatre Sort/Hvid, from the art radio station The Lake and the organisation Art Music Denmark.
Camilla is UP's Development Producer & Project Manager at KSelekt and Moving Identities – UP's European residency programme supporting underrepresented performing artists. Camilla graduated as a director from Drama Centre London and has over 10 years of experience in the London performing arts community. She founded Cut the Cord Theatre and New Nordics Festival and has worked as a fundraiser and collaborated with embassies and cultural institutions on cultural exchanges. She is also a member of the IETM Advisory Committee.
Mathias holds a master's degree in rhetoric and has experience with communication in the cultural sector as a former cultural advisor for the Danish Embassy in Berlin and project manager at Art Music Denmark. He is also a teacher at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and a music journalist.
Ida Selvejer Faaborg – Administrative employee & Booking and studio manager
Ida holds a master's degree in Danish and communication and has experience with administration, project coordination and programme planning. Previously, she worked in the secretariat for the Danish Arts Foundation with the Project Support Committee for the Performing Arts' international initiatives and the the career programme “The Young Artistic Elite”. Alongside UP, she curates artistic and activist content for Roskilde Festival.
Amalie H. Tygesen – Production and communication assistant
Amalie is studying a master's degree in visual culture and holds a bachelor's degree in dramaturgy. She has extensive experience with SoMe communication and helps at UP with a wide range of tasks.
Sini is an international award-winning designer with more than 20 years of experience in brand design and is also an experienced event and interior designer with a focus on function, experience and human needs. At UP, Sini ensures that UP's users get a fluid experience of the building's interior design.
Ann-Jette is a performing arts producer with many years of experience from project-supported companies, festivals and institutional theatres. She has in-depth knowledge of the needs and challenges of the project-supported, independent field and is concerned with creating cohesion and opportunities. Ann-Jette is also a Francophile and has worked with French-Danish projects.
