As the largest network of public theatres in Europe, the ETC has 42 European Members from over 25 countries, reflecting the diversity of Europe’s vibrant cultural sector. Founded in 1988, the ETC promotes European theatre as a vital platform for dialogue, democracy and interaction that responds to, reflects and engages with today’s diverse audiences and changing societies.

ETC fosters an inclusive notion of theatre that brings Europe’s social, linguistic and cultural heritage to audiences and communities in Europe and beyond. Powerful and professional ETC governance ensures that the network will thrive and grow, taking into consideration the latest trends and developments.

www.europeantheatre.eu

The German Association of Independent Performing Arts is the federal umbrella organisation of all state associations for professional independent performing arts in Germany. Founded in 1990, today it is one of the largest associations in the field of theatre, dance and performing arts in Germany.

On a federal level, the organisation represents the interests of around 1,500 members nationwide – individual artists, groups, dance and theatre venues and production structures. All together the association represents about 25,000 stakeholders in the field.

www.darstellende-kuenste.de

The International Theatre Institute (ITI) is represented through national centres almost everywhere in the world. In Germany its members include 200 theatre artists and representatives of associations and institutions from all fields of the performing arts. As part of the globally active UNESCO organisation ITI Worldwide, the projects of the German ITI centre supports the international exchange and the free development of the performing arts, the rights of theatre artists as well as the diversity of cultural expression.

www.iti-germany.de

ASSITEJ exists since 1965 to build the field of theatre and performing arts for young audiences in every country in the world. ASSITEJ believes that every person has the right to access the arts and that art for children and young people is a vital part of the arts ecology.

As a global association, ASSITEJ links members into national centres, regional and thematic networks, and into the wider ASSITEJ membership spread throughout 100 countries including 30 European countries with 2500 members.

www.assitej-international.org

E:UTSA is a union of European theatre schools with the goal of enhancing the educational experience of European theatre students, celebrating the range and diversity of cultural and creative expression within the EU. The board of E:UTSA consists of students as well as institutional representatives. The network currently counts 17 members in Brno, Budapest, Glasgow, Hanover, Ludwigsburg, Madrid, Malmö, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Verscio, Vilnius and Warsaw.

www.eutsa.eu

Founded in 9/2018, EAIPA operates at B2B level, its members being interest groups or representatives of the individual member countries, which in turn represent the actors from the Independent Performing Arts field. EAIPA responds to Europe’s cultural policy making and by raising visibility for the needs and achievements of the sector and to call for progressive changes in the financial and socio-political conditions. Currently, 16 members from 14 countries are part of the organisation.

www.eaipa.eu

European Festivals Association (EFA) is a community dedicated to the arts, the artists and the audiences. EFA’s main role in the permanently developing world of digitisation and globalisation is to connect festival makers so to inform, inspire and enrich the festival landscape. In this perspective, EFA is a festivals’ service, knowledge and training provider; the oldest cultural network of European festivals, set up in 1952, established to bridge the distance between organisations and all kinds of stakeholders and to create connections internationally.

www.efa-aef.eu

As the largest network of public theatres in Europe, the ETC has 42 European Members from over 25 countries, reflecting the diversity of Europe’s vibrant cultural sector. Founded in 1988, the ETC promotes European theatre as a vital platform for dialogue, democracy and interaction that responds to, reflects and engages with today’s diverse audiences and changing societies.

ETC fosters an inclusive notion of theatre that brings Europe’s social, linguistic and cultural heritage to audiences and communities in Europe and beyond. Powerful and professional ETC governance ensures that the network will thrive and grow, taking into consideration the latest trends and developments.

www.europeantheatre.eu

The German Association of Independent Performing Arts is the federal umbrella organisation of all state associations for professional independent performing arts in Germany. Founded in 1990, today it is one of the largest associations in the field of theatre, dance and performing arts in Germany.

On a federal level, the organisation represents the interests of around 1,500 members nationwide – individual artists, groups, dance and theatre venues and production structures. All together the association represents about 25,000 stakeholders in the field.

www.darstellende-kuenste.de

IETM - International network for contemporary performing arts is a network of over 500 performing arts organisations and individual members working in the contemporary performing arts worldwide: theatre, dance, circus, performance, interdisciplinary live art forms, new media. Members include festivals, companies, producers, theatres, research and resource centres, universities, and institutional bodies.

IETM advocates the value of the arts and culture in a changing world and empower performing arts professionals through access to international connections, knowledge, and exchange.

www.ietm.org

The International Theatre Institute (ITI) is represented through national centres almost everywhere in the world. In Germany its members include 200 theatre artists and representatives of associations and institutions from all fields of the performing arts. As part of the globally active UNESCO organisation ITI Worldwide, the projects of the German ITI centre supports the international exchange and the free development of the performing arts, the rights of theatre artists as well as the diversity of cultural expression.

www.iti-germany.de

mitos21 is a European theatre network representing some of the most prestigious national and public theatre institutions in Europe.

mitos21 serves as a platform for collaboration among artists and theatre professionals who are willing to reconsider and reinforce the role of theatre in society and to strengthen the links between artistic creation and urgent issues of European and global interest.

www.mitos21.com

Pearle* - Live Performance Europe is the European Employers' Association of live performance organisations. Through its members, it represents more than 10,000 managers of theatres, concert venues, theatre production companies, orchestras, operas, ballet and dance companies, festivals, promoters, and other professional organisations in the performing arts in Europe. Pearle* is the leading organisation on EU and international regulatory affairs issues affecting daily operations in the sector.

www.pearle.eu

The ten partners involved in the multi-annual cultural cooperation project "Prospero" wish to make an artistic and cultural gesture, and to promote an ambitious theatre project that is also a political gesture, thus participating in the construction of an artistic and cultural Europe. The Prospero project is a challenge to artists, professionals and spectators on the very question of European identity: a certain culture of openness.

www.prospero-theatre.eu

The Union des Théâtres de l’Europe (UTE) is an alliance of European theatres, founded in 1990 by Jack Lang, French Minister of Culture, and Giorgio Strehler, director of the Piccolo Teatro di Milano. First centred on a programme of festivals aiming to unite East and West, it later developed into an alliance of European theatres combining artistic and political goals and using existing artistic platforms to strengthen exchange and promote an open Europe of culture.

UTE unites 31 members, amongst which 13 major theatres with national and international influence from all over Europe.

www.union-theatres-europe.eu

ASSITEJ Germany has about 400 members - professional theatres, venues, independent companies, cultural institutions, publishing houses, universities, researchers and others who are active in the field of performing arts for young audiences (www.assitej.de). ASSITEJ Germany's biggest and longest running project is the "Children's and Young People's Theatre Centre in the Federal Republic of Germany" (www.kjtz.de).

www.assitej.de

Bund der Szenografen are the German-speaking organisation for professional scenographers, costume and make up designers for theatre, set and costume designers for film, television and video, puppet designers and puppet theatre outfitters as well as video artists and lighting designers for theatre.

www.szenografen-bund.de

Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater (BDAT) is one of the biggest associations for performing arts in Europe. Being publicly recognized and supported by federal funds, BDAT represents amateur theatre in the field of arts, culture, politics and society. The basis for BDAT’s cultural policy work is the membership of 2500 theatre ensembles. Nationwide teaching programmes qualify the members. On an international level, BDAT is part of the worldwide International Amateur Theatre Association (AITA/IATA).

www.bdat.info

BUTIÖR connects artists, producers and event-organizers and works towards the recognition of the genre as an independent artistic form within the performing arts. It represents and strengthens the genre in political & cultural institutions, offers contact for politics, research & media and is a centre of information, discussion & documentation. As co-founder of the International Federation for Arts in Public Spaces and member of the IETM it has built a broad network on (inter)national level.

www.theater-im-oeffentlichen-raum.de

BUZZ is a network and nationwide platform for the contemporary circus in Germany. It acts as the umbrella organization of professional circus artists and institutions and represents their interests towards cultural policy on national and federal level. The main aim is the sustainable improvement of support structures and working realities of circus performers as well as the creation of synergy programs at national and international level.

www.bundesverband-zeitgenoessischer-zirkus.de

Employers' and interest organisation of German theatres and orchestras founded 1846; members are 142 public theatres, 68 private theatres and 100 orchestras, 31 of them free; settling collective agreements for the artistic staff with the unions; advocate of theatres and orchestras in the national and international political context.

www.buehnenverein.de

Founded in 2019 as a part of ensemble-netzwerk, we are a think tank for future theatre. We discuss what dramaturgy is today and what it could be. What do we need for a diverse, socially relevant, artistically intriguing theatre where people treat each other with respect? What kind of structural changes do we have to implement in theatre institutions to make them more sustainable? We aim to improve structures of publicly funded theatre institutions as well as the specific working conditions.

www.ensemble-netzwerk.de/drnw

The Dramaturgs’ Society (dg), founded at Berlin in 1956, unites theatre makers from all German-speaking regions. It’s an open platform for the exchange on artistic work, further developments of aesthetics, methods of production and the social function of theatre. Among its 800 members are theatre makers of all genres and all organizations, whether municipal theatre or independent scene, as well as publishers, journalists and students. The dg is an independent and non-profit organisation.

www.dramaturgische-gesellschaft.de

An NGO engaging to improve the working conditions for theatre professionals, both employed as well as freelance (actors, directors, dramaturgs, authors, assistants and more). For that we work on cultural lobbyism on a communal, state and federal level. We also work in close contact multi-laterally with relevant unions and NGOs both from the employers & the employees side. Our main goals are better pay, improved work-life balance, transparency& inclusivity. We represent over 800 members.

www.ensemble-netzwerk.de

FREO e.V. is the association of independent ensembles and orchestras in Germany. The association was founded by organisations such as Ensemble Modern, Freiburger Barockorchester, Ensemble Resonanz, Musikfabrik Köln, among others. The association’s work is focused on three fields: 1. Network, transfer of knowledge, education and training; 2. Research (history and working conditions of independent music ensembles and orchestras); 3. Lobbying for the improvement of the working conditions.

www.freo.online

GDBA is the trade union for the artistic and artistic-technical personnel in German theatre: Solo Artists, Dance, Opera Choir and ATuV (Equipment, Technology and Administration). The aims of GDBA are the preservation and promotion of the artistic, social, economic and legal interests of the German theatre in general and of union members in particular. The union publishes the annual yearbook of the stage „Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch“ and the monthly magazine "Bühnengenossen­schaft".

www.buehnengenossenschaft.de

The association Pro Quote Bühne e.V. demands a 50:50 quota for women in all artistic positions and leadership positions in German theatres and operas. We fight for Gender equality, we challenge stereotypes and we are raising awareness of the unconscious bias. We demand: Gender Monitoring; Gender Budgeting; 50% Quota for women in all artistic and leading positions.

www.proquote-buehne.de

We are one section of the German organisation Ensemble-Netzwerk. We represent freelance directors in all parts of theatre (public funded as well as independent theatre), especially focusing on working conditions of directors,  juridical questions, networking and cultural politics.

ensemble-netzwerk.de/rnw/