Zurich is completely changing the culture-financing

The city of Zurich to innovative dance and theater projects, more support, and is expanding its conveyor system. The most important innovation: the concept of promotion, for the 6 million Swiss francs in the year. Game houses to get funding contributions over six years, groups and individual artists over a two-or four-years awarded. The submitted concepts will be judged by an independent Jury, the city Council will decide on the award and distribution of funds.

Since the last inventory in 1991, the Zurich - based dance and theatre landscape changed, according to the culture Department. The concept of promotion guarantee the diversity in the Zurich dance and theatre scenery, and the eight indefinite-funded institutions: please fill out the Schauspielhaus Zürich, Theater am Neumarkt, Theater at pike place, the Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, the tanzhaus Zürich, the factory theatre, the theatre spectacle, as well as a new house for children and young people.

Funded by the Schauspielhaus and taxpayers

To Finance the concept of the promotion of the city Council of the three houses, the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Theater am Neumarkt and Theater at pike place the required 2 percent of their previous contributions to the project. Further funding for the innovations to come together through the reallocation of existing dance and theatre funding.

Nevertheless, there is an increased demand of 3.4 million Swiss francs per year, remains below the line left. A contribution of the city Council was ready to in a dynamic, future-oriented dance and theater life to invest, as he writes.

A house for children and young people

a youth, a professional dance and professional Theater for children, according to the city Council, an art division, which is represented in Zurich, to little prominent. This is reflected in the demand, which exceeds the today's deals for a young audience. Also, there is not a house, dedicate the professional dance and theatre for and with children and young people.

With the creation of a children-and-youth-dance-and-theatre-house (KJTT-house) will be closed this gap. The house should work in close cooperation with the existing houses and initiatives and on opportunities for children to focus.

cooperation of the independent scene promote

Additional elements of the new funding system also intend to strengthen the independent scene. A unkuratierter room, a production office and the allocation of earmarked additional funds to co-production houses. These elements should lead to a better networking of the Actors of the independent scene, and with the successful dance and theatre houses.

About the definitive introduction of the new conveyor elements will the Council advise when the concept of promotion and of the house for children and young people, the Voters are asked. (Tages-Anzeiger)

Created: 30.01.2019, 15:16 PM