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Apply for funding to give deaf and hard-of-hearing people the opportunity to experience concerts and performing arts performances,

The pool for performance interpretation of concerts, performing arts performances etc. has just been reopened. Actors who produce and/or organise professional concerts and performing arts performances can now apply for fees for professional sign language interpreters specialising in performance interpretation for one-off performances. This will give deaf and hard-of-hearing people a better opportunity to experience these cultural events.

What can you apply for?

You can apply for funding for fees including preparation, organisation and any travel and accommodation expenses for professional sign language interpreters specialising in performance interpreting for one-off performances.

A professional sign language interpreter is defined as an interpreter who has either graduated from one of the current Danish sign language interpreting programmes or has been certified by the relevant authorities in Denmark.

Who can apply?

You can apply if you are an actor who produces and/or organises professional concerts and performing arts performances, including theatres, venues, groups, ensembles, associations, institutions and more.

Background to the scheme

The scheme aims to give deaf and hard-of-hearing children, young people and adults throughout the country the opportunity to experience concerts and performances on equal terms with everyone else.

A maximum of DKK 100,000 can be applied for per applicant.

It is the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces that processes the applications received and decides. 

Application deadline: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and the pool closes when the funds are exhausted.

yes – dance biennale is a new, large-scale dance festival in Copenhagen, which in late summer 2026 will bring audiences together to experience some of the most powerful and striking contemporary dance in Denmark and the rest of the world.

For a month, dance can be experienced across the city: on stages, in studios, and in public spaces. Large performances and intimate formats. Talks, workshops, and events that welcome everyone.

yes – dance biennale takes place every two years. In 2026, it is created by Dansehallerne, København Danser, Sydhavn Teater, and Dansk Danseteater. From 2028, we invite everyone who works with dance at the highest level to contribute to the program.

The ambition is clear: to make Copenhagen a destination for world-class dance and choreography and to invite audiences up close to an art form that is booming nationally and internationally.

Give ambitious ideas room to grow with ENTER

ENTER is the Nordic Cultural Fund’s program for ambitious ideas that, through collaboration, can open up new perspectives and set things in motion. The program provides space to experiment, explore new paths, and learn along the way, without the outcome needing to be known in advance.

You can apply for up to 50,000 DKK, and there is no requirement for co-funding.

ENTER stems from our ambition to harness art and culture as driving forces that open up new perspectives, challenge established understandings, and contribute to the development of the Nordic region of the future. This requires space for experimentation, where you can test your ideas and watch them take shape through interaction with others.

ENTER therefore provides an opportunity to explore an idea, method, or way of working before the form, outcome, or next step is fully clear. What matters is not that you already have all the answers, but that there is something relevant to explore, develop, or learn together.

We are looking for initiatives that bring different experiences, geographies, and practices into play; that have the courage to challenge familiar ways of working; and from which you, we as a foundation, and others can learn.

To be eligible for a grant through the program, your initiative must have a Nordic foundation and be based on cross-border collaboration. Art and culture must be a significant part of the initiative, but please feel free to involve other sectors, areas of society, and disciplines as well.

From September 15 through September 30, 2026, all producers of professional touring theatre with performances aimed at audiences aged 16 and older may submit a production for inclusion in Turnenetværk Danmark.

You can read more about Turnenetværk Danmark here on Turneteater.dk and on the Danish Arts Foundation’s website, including the purpose of the program, eligibility requirements, and target audience.

Please note that all proposed works must be approved for dissemination grants or have applied for approval (no later than October 1, 2026, for the 27/28 season). The production must be approved prior to the start of the booking period.

The SÍM Residency announces its January - February 2027 funded residency program, tailored specifically for artists from the Nordic-Baltic region.

This unique two-month residency invites multidisciplinary artists interested in artistic research and production addressing sustainability, ecology, social equality, and Nordic cultural narratives. Participants will develop individual projects while engaging in studio visits and discussions. Public open studios and talks foster dialogue with local audiences on environmental and social challenges.

The residency is open to four artists from Nordic-Baltic countries who have demonstrated a strong interest in sustainability, ecology, social equality, and Nordic cultural narratives. Artists from diverse fields, including visual arts, performance, sound, digital media, and research, are encouraged to apply.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

Seminar on Working Conditions for Artists

On Thursday, October 8, the four arts centers in Aarhus are inviting event organisers, artists, politicians, labor unions, and cultural institutions to a seminar focusing on artists’ working conditions.

Life as a professional artist has always been challenging. Are there enough commissions, audiences, and projects to ensure a stable financial foundation? And what about pensions and maternity leave? As wonderful as it may be to have the opportunity to practice one’s art—whether in the studio, on stage, in the rehearsal space, or behind the keyboard—the financial reality is often just as uncertain.

Other countries are working with similar models, including Iceland with its Artists’ Salary Fund, Belgium with Working in the Arts, and France’s Régime des salariés intermittents du spectacle. This term refers to the special French social security and unemployment benefits system for artists and cultural workers engaged in project-based and freelance work in fields such as music, theater, film, and the performing arts.

Since the conditions for artists in Denmark do not differ significantly, it may be time to discuss a similar system here at home.

That is why the four arts centers in Aarhus—Performing Arts Platform, Promus, Aarhus Visual Arts Center, and Aarhus Literature Center—have joined forces to organise a seminar focusing on this topic. The program consists of presentations on international initiatives, case studies, and a debate with Danish artists, politicians, and organisations.

Produced by: Performing Arts Platform, Promus—the music network in Aarhus, Aarhus Visual Arts Center, and Aarhus Literature Center.

Organized in collaboration with and with support from: the genre organizations Rosa, Tempi, JazzDanmark, and Art Music, as well as Erasmus+, Bora Bora, Kultursamvirket/Bag om Kulturen, the Danish Artists’ Union, and others.

Language: The inspirational presentation will be in English. The panel discussion will be in Danish.

Time: Thursday, October 8, 1:00–4:30 p.m., as part of Kultursamvirket’s “Bag om Kulturen” program.

Location: Bora Bora, Valdemarsgade 1, 8000 Aarhus

Registration: Participation is free, but registration is required.

ROOTS & ROUTES is now launching its first open call. Six performing artists from Denmark and the rest of Europe are invited to a 14-day paid residency at Teaterhuset Filuren in Aarhus in May 2027.

How can children play a more active role in developing the performing arts? And what happens to the artistic process when children are viewed not only as an audience but also as collaborators and co-creators?

This is the focal point of the first residency in the new four-year Danish-international program ROOTS & ROUTES, which is now accepting applications.

ROOTS & ROUTES is aimed at professional artists who create performing arts for children and young people and is supported by the Danish Arts Foundation. The program was developed in collaboration with Teaterhuset Filuren, Aaben Dans, Teater Hund, Syddjurs Egnsteater, and ASSITEJ Denmark.

The first residency will take place May 14–27, 2027, at Teaterhuset Filuren in Aarhus under the theme “Working With Children.”

Six artists will be selected: three based in Denmark and three based in other European or Nordic-Baltic countries. The program will be facilitated by Glasgow-based performance artist Eoin McKenzie, whose practice focuses on participation, choreography, and artistic processes across generations, among other things.

The residency is primarily intended to provide space for artistic exploration, experimentation, and professional exchange, rather than for producing finished performances. During the residency, the artists will, among other things, work with children ages 8–12 and explore their own artistic methods and assumptions about children, participation, and the performing arts.

The application deadline is October 15, 2026. All applicants will receive a response by November 15, 2026.

Grants for projects, touring activities, and project development at the intersection of music and performing arts.

Join us for an after-work briefing and presentation with Ludvig Daae and Marcus Baldemar, and meet Erik Pold from the Performing Arts Development Platform to hear his thoughts on the future.

Ludvig and Marcus are in residency at Bora Bora and will be presenting the first sketches for their new work, *Adam & Steve*.

The presentation will last about half an hour, followed by feedback.

Program:

4:00 PM Presentation of *Adam & Steve* + feedback at Bora Bora

5:00 PM We’ll head over to the Performing Arts Platform, where Erik will tell us more about his vision for how the Performing Arts Development Platform can be relevant to the nation’s entire performing arts landscape. This is intended as a starting point for a dialogue with the community.

6:00 p.m. We’ll have dinner together and continue the conversation

6:45 p.m. Clean up and thanks for today.

Perform Europe is a funding scheme offering EUR 1.4 million for performing arts collaborations across all 41 Creative Europe countries. Perform Europe supports partnership proposals which reinvent the way we tour across borders.

After two highly successful editions (2020-2022 / 2023-2026), Perform Europe will continue to put emphasis on exploring, with the performing arts sector, how cross-border touring can be made fairer, greener, and more inclusive.

Keywords: performing arts, theatre, dance, performance, circus, outdoor arts, puppetry, interdisciplinary, change-makers, inclusion, diversity, fight against climate change, sustainability, fairness, cross-border mobility, innovation.

Proposals are submitted by partnerships. Each partnership must consist of a minimum of three partners from a minimum of three Creative Europe countries. Each proposal must include at least one performing arts work (excluding live music and opera) to be presented in a minimum of three different Creative Europe countries.

Important to note:  Perform Europe will not cover production costs for new creations: proposals are supposed to include a finished artistic work (finished production or an artistic concept ready to be applied and presented in different contexts).

Looking for partners? Use the Matchmaking Platform on the Perform Europe website!

Find partners, reimagine touring & apply for our Open Call

We are thrilled to announce that the third Perform Europe Open Call is now out with a deadline of 22 October 2026!

During the four months of the open call, performing arts professionals and organisations from all Creative Europe countries are invited to use our online Matchmaking Platform to find partners, and co-create innovative touring project proposals.

Perform Europe will grant €1.4 million to at least 25 successful partnerships to implement their projects from 1 March 2027 until 31 January 2028. Are you ready for the ride?

As a follow-up to Dud Muurmand’s workshop, we invite you to a work-in-progress presentation and artist talk with Dud Muurmand and Marko Hautamäki, the artistic team behind the FENRIS performance. FENRIS is a cross-aesthetic interpretation of the myth of the Fenris Wolf—a symbol of the struggle between chaos and order, which we see unfolding in our present day with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in both art and the workplace.

FENRIS was developed at Qlab—Warehouse9’s workshop for artistic development—and now Dud and Marko are inviting us into their workspace for a preview and subsequent artist talk, before the performance premieres at Uma Obscura in Umeå, Sweden, later this year.

Artister, musikere, udøvere og andre professionelle i musik- og scenekunstbranchen kan søge tilskud til blandt andet markedsføring, mentorship og udvikling af koncerter og forestillinger. Ansøgningsfristen er 1. november kl. 12.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

UP, in collaboration with Dansk Scenekunst, is hosting a webinar on the new tools for co-productions and how they can be used in practice.

November 10 at 9:15–10:00 a.m., with a Q&A session from 10:00–10:15 a.m.

The webinar is intended for independent performing artists and related organisations working with co-productions in the performing arts industry.

UP’s director, Erik Pold, will participate in the webinar alongside Anne Dalby and Marianne Thorsen from Dansk Scenekunst.

It is free, and everyone is welcome.

About tools for co-productions:

At Dansk Scenekunst’s annual meeting on September 28, 2026, Dansk Scenekunst and the Development Platform for the Performing Arts will launch a set of new tools for co-productions in the performing arts industry.

The tools consist of two contract templates designed to ensure clear and sustainable agreements, as well as a checklist intended to make it easier for theatres and independent performing artists to align expectations regarding their collaboration—for the benefit of artists, theaters, and the productions they create together.

[The networking event will be held in Danish, but with the option to converse in English throughout]

Last November, professional, self-producing performing artists from Aarhus and the Central Jutland region gathered for a networking event to get to know one another better. Now we’re doing it again!

A steering committee (comprising representatives from Hakkehuset, Teater Fluks, NTL, and Performing Arts Platform) is currently developing a theme and program for the day, which will once again offer ample opportunity to meet, exchange experiences, and share ideas with other artists in the region.

So mark your calendars!

Registration will open in August/September.

Do you need advice as a self-producing performing artist, company, or producer? Then come by at UP's Open Advisory on the first Wednesday of every month.

Celebration of Odin Teatret’s 60th Anniversary in Denmark, December 8–9, 2026.

Seminar: Theater Hall, Langelandsgade 139, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C

Demonstration, dialogue, film, workshops, and mini-laboratory, December 8–9, 2026.