Since early 2020, the ongoing restrictions on face-to-face encounters and international travel have posed challenges for the Pina Bausch Fellowship, mainly focusing on international exchange and direct contact between grant holders and their cooperation partners. Therefore, a digital fellowship was announced in 2021.
In 2022, the Pina Bausch Fellowship will support face-to-face encounters again. Recognising the opportunities that digital formats offer, the Fellowship will support a broader range of formats next to international, on-site fellowships, such as local and virtual cooperations as well as hybrid formats. By offering a variety of cooperation formats, the Fellowship adapts to applicants’ individual needs and interests. It provides freedom in designing fitting cooperation formats that help them develop their unique artistic signature.
Interested applicants can apply with a cooperation format and a self-selected cooperation partner whose artistic work they are interested in or with whom they would like to work.
The 2022 fellowship runs from the 5 September 2022 until the 31 August 2023. The duration of each 2022 fellowship and the individual funding sum depends on the self-developed format. Two funding models support the different formats. A full-time scholarship (from 21 hours per week) will be funded with €2500 per month, a part-time scholarship (20 hours per week or less) with €1000 per month. The participants themselves must calculate travel costs and state in advance within the application form. These travel expenses should cover travel to and from the fellowship location, travel during the fellowship, and two visits to Wuppertal (introduction week + final week). The total funding amount for all fellowships awarded in 2022 is €30,000 and will be divided among the successful applications. Travel expenses will be paid in addition to the monthly grant.
