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Before you sign up, it’s important to know if CODE DANS + is suiting for you.

 

Can you tick off all the points?

  • CODE DANS + is for creators and choreographers who are at the beginning of their makers career. Creators who are working with amateur dancers are welcome as well.
  • Your idea transcends your regular functioning. CODE DANS + searches for creative, experimental insertions that provide growth and development.
  • The performance will take place outside the black box of a theater.
  • Your project starts at the earliest November 1, 2025 and ends before December 1, 2026.
  • The applicant is + 18 years old and lives in Flanders or Brussels. When financial support is received on behalf of an organisation (such as a non-profit organisation), its headquarters must be located in Flanders or Brussels.

 

What is not eligible?

  • Persons or organizations subsidized in the arts
  • School projects and private initiatives with commercial purposes
  • Investment costs, fixed costs (EGW, telephone…), advertising via Meta & foreign travel costs

Interesting to know:

  • Creators and choreographers applying for CODE DANS support for the first time will have priority over creators and choreographers who have already received support in previous edition.
  • A delegation of Danspunt, RADAR, Zinnema and an external expert will make a selection of maximum 30 projects that will be supported in 2025-2026.
  • You can submit to CODE DANS+ after a trajectory at the laboratory project MaakPlaats, but not from CODE DANS+ back to MaakPlaats for the same project/creation.
  • If you participate in CODE DANS +, your work may be photographed or filmed and appear on Danspunt’s social media.
  • You must mention the logo of CODE DANS + and the Flemish Government on every publication (print and online).
  • You may apply for additional funding for this project from other organizations. However, you must be transparent about this and mention it in your CODE DANS+ application. In the final accounting, there may be no double financing; in other words, each cost can only be claimed from one organization. In any case, clearly explain what you need these additional funds for.
  • Danspunt, RADAR and Zinnema provide the support, you are responsible for the practical organization, the management of your budget, and the audience!