Applying for individual project funding for the performing arts/dance

• Applications are possible from 18.05.2026 to 30.06.2026. The application deadline ends on 30.06.2026 at 23:59. Online applications must be received by 23:59. After 23:59 it is no longer possible to submit an application; transmissions already in progress will then be automatically cancelled. • The project begins and ends in the coming year The Einstiegsförderung (entry-level funding) is announced in the current year for the coming calendar year. • You must have developed and shown in Berlin at least one production that attracted interest from audiences and critics. • You live and work in Berlin Applicants must have their place of residence and the main focus of their work in Berlin. • Premieres and performances take place in Berlin The funding program is intended to support Berlin's theater and dance scene. • No enrollment at a university

Application for Individual Project Funding for Performing Arts/Dance Please submit the application and all attachments online. All required documents and evidence for upload must be submitted in PDF format. • Detailed project description (max. 4 MB, PDF file) • Information on which artistic project is planned and how it is to be realized: for revivals, documentation of the successful premiere's reception by audiences and critics, as well as a justification for the necessity of a revival (e.g. the success of the production, etc.). • Note: the total of 8 pages must not be exceeded. If the total of 8 pages is exceeded, the application will be excluded for formal reasons. • Artistic curriculum vitae (max. 4 MB, PDF file) • Detailed financing plan (max. 5 MB, xlsx file) • When drawing up the financing plan, please remember to include any mandatory items such as GEMA fees (fees for the German music licensing collective), KSK contributions (Künstlersozialkasse – artists' social insurance fund contributions), Ausländersteuer (withholding tax on payments to foreign artists), other administrative fees and the like, as well as any costs for removing barriers (accessibility measures). Admission revenue must be included in the financing plan. • Note: Please be sure to use the provided sample financing plan (Musterfinanzierungsplan) to avoid formal exclusion, and also use the Excel xlsx format! Do not change the given structure of the template! The rows marked in yellow must not be changed. You may adjust or add to the items below the yellow-marked rows as needed. Simply leave rows you do not need at 0.00 euros. • Please make sure that the totals in the online application form match the totals in the financing plan you have attached. In the event of contradictory information, the application form takes precedence. • List of project participants/permanent ensemble in place? (max. 1 MB, PDF file) • Name / project title of your previous projects in Berlin (max. 4 MB, PDF file) • Please upload a document about your previous projects in Berlin along with the corresponding documentation and information material, such as press articles/reviews/programme booklets/cast lists/video links or similar. • Information, photos and videos that cannot be uploaded electronically may, where applicable, be viewed by the jury on your website. Please be sure to provide the link to your website for this purpose. • Spielstättenbescheinigung (venue confirmation) (max. 2 MB, PDF file) A Spielstättenbescheinigung (venue confirmation) must be submitted. If it is not submitted, the application will be excluded for formal reasons. • Proof of identity, proof of main residence in Berlin and, where applicable, proof of residence permit (Aufenthaltserlaubnis) (max. 2 MB JPEG, PNG, PDF file) • For German nationals / EU citizens: a copy of both sides of the identity card (Personalausweis), if it contains your registration address, or a copy of the page with your Berlin address from your passport or passport substitute plus the Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) (see "Further information") • For non-EU citizens: a copy of your passport, a copy of the Meldebestätigung (registration confirmation issued by the Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten, the State Office for Citizen and Regulatory Affairs), residence permit (Aufenthaltsgenehmigung) with Berlin address and permit for self-employed work / supplementary sheet if applicable – please combine into one file and upload (please note that your gainful employment must be visible on the copy). • For legal entities (association, GmbH [limited liability company], foundation or similar): articles of association or partnership agreement, as well as an extract from the register of associations (Vereinsregister) or the commercial register (Handelsregister) • For group applications: GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts – civil law partnership) agreement/GbR declaration (max. 2 MB, PDF file) • For an association of natural persons, either the written GbR agreement, or, for groups without a written agreement, a GbR declaration (where no written GbR agreement exists), must be submitted. • For a GbR of two persons, one person must have their main residence in Berlin. For groups of more than two persons, at least half of the persons must have their main residence in Berlin. • If not all required attachments, in compliance with the specifications stated, are submitted with the application, the application will be excluded for formal reasons.

• Sample financing plan (Musterfinanzplan) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/darstel • Declaration on the association of artists (Erklärung zum Zusammenschluss von Künstler/-innen) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/darstel • Sample venue confirmation (Muster Spielstättenbestätigung) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/darstel

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• Landeshaushaltsordnung Berlin (LHO) [Berlin State Budget Code] § 3 paragraph 1 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=HO_BE_!_3 • Landeshaushaltsordnung Berlin (LHO) § 34 paragraph 2 gesetze.berlin.de/perma?j=HO_BE_!_34

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• Informationsblatt zur Vergabe der Einzelprojektförderung Darstellende Künste/Tanz (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt) (information sheet on the award of individual project funding for Performing Arts/Dance, Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/darstel • Einzelprojektförderung (individual project funding) (Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt) www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/foerderprogramme/darstel • Apply for a Meldebescheinigung (registration certificate) (service) service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/120702/