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| REGISTRATION | |||||||||||||||
| Info email in the spam filter? | |||||||||||||||
| Please check regularly your spam filter. It has happened several times that the emails didn't reach applicants, because they landed in the spam filter. Search for the info(at) and registration(at) emails. If you still don't receive something, contact us. | |||||||||||||||
| Reload and cleaning of saved information of the browser | |||||||||||||||
| Please delete regularly your saved information in the browser. On every browser it is a little different - if you have problems - just write us an email. Sometimes you just need to push the reload button in your browser window to see the new information. | |||||||||||||||
| The conditions for registration read on the sites for registration | |||||||||||||||
| PAYMENT | |||||||||||||||
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| Please note, that we will not confirm the receiving of your payment on our account. If we haven’t received money in an appropriate amount of time and didn’t get an answer on our request, we will cancel your registration. Please read the registration conditions and check your bank account in case the money came back. | |||||||||||||||
| Free bank transfers per SEPA | |||||||||||||||
| Since 2008 there is a possibility for free money transfer from non-Euro-countries, based in Europe, called SEPA. The banks mainly from Switzerland and UK should be free of charges for money transfers to Germany. But still not all banks support the SEPA money transfer; so better ask your bank before. | |||||||||||||||
| Payment international | |||||||||||||||
| You can use "wise" https://wise.com for international bank transfers. Please contact us for further information. |
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| The fee and more specifics you find on the sites for registration | |||||||||||||||
| APPLICATION PROGRAMS | |||||||||||||||
| Scholarships | |||||||||||||||
| The contactfestival freiburg offered two scholarships annually for professional dancers from financially challenged countries, providing free entry to the event for several years. Since 2023, the program is sustained solely through private donations. This highlights the vital role of community support in maintaining access for dancers in need. Donations are encouraged to help continue offering these opportunities, with potential tax benefits for contributors. If you are interested in sponsoring a scholarship, please contact us. A donation box will also be available onsite. Call for upcoming scholarships |
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| SUPPORT & REDUCTION | |||||||||||||||
| Reduction / shorter participation | |||||||||||||||
| To support the intense process of exploring and learning in a big group, we ask all participants and teachers to stay for the entire week. A reduced price for a shorter stay is not possible. |
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| WEX - Work exchange at the Festival | |||||||||||||||
| With the wish to make the Festival accessible to everyone, we offer work exchange opportunities for those people who need financial support. These places are restricted. If you are interested to be a helper at the Festival, please mark it in the registration form and write more about:
We will choose the team of helpers out of the applying participants and let you know by the end of May. |
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| Caretaking of children | |||||||||||||||
| There are special conditions for those who take care of children. Please write us an email about your experience and the languages you speak. Read also the information for parents and the helpers information above |
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| Musicians | |||||||||||||||
| Every year we are searching for musicians with experience in big CI Jams. Please apply with an email including a link to your work till the end of April. |
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| Video artist | |||||||||||||||
| Every year the contactfestival freiburg supports the production of a video documentary in the context of the Festival, throughout a call for applications. Each edition we invite a different video artist to whom we give a total freedom, regarding themes, interest, editing, etc. Read all the information here Read also the handling the privacy issue on photo/video material |
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| Photographer | |||||||||||||||
| We invite each year 1-2 professional (dancing) photographers with experience in taking dance photos. They get a reduction of 100 €. If you are interested, apply with an email including links to your photo till the end of April. Read also the handling the privacy issue on photo/video material |
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| ACCOMMODATIONS | |||||||||||||||
| Early arrivals or late departure to/from the Festival | |||||||||||||||
| Please note: It is not possible to sleep in the festival halls before or after the Festival. Please use these options (early booking is recommended) | |||||||||||||||
| Sleeping on site | |||||||||||||||
| Please be aware that one of the halls is reserved for sleeping and is used by many participants. If you are sensitive to noise, we suggest bringing earplugs for a restful stay. You also have the option to use your own tent around the hall; please remember to bring for both options your own mat and sleeping bag for a pleasant stay. | |||||||||||||||
| Accommodations in Freiburg | |||||||||||||||
| If you want to sleep in the city, find more information on the "Festival venue" -site for hostels, hotels, etc. | |||||||||||||||
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| Children at the Festival | |||||||||||||||
| Children are very welcome at the Festival. Our wish is to integrate the parents and their kids as much as possible into the festival process. Please note that we are only offering childcare during the intensives in the morning. During other times, we suggest parents to organize childcare among themselves. The festival venue is surrounded by a park area, which is great for resting and playing. We do not have an extra indoor space for kids. Even though we have had very good experiences with parents and their kids at our Festival in the past, we want to mention here again that the focus of our Festival is the exploration and the sharing of the experience of Contact Improvisation. Read more in the pdf |
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| We offer organic food. The warm lunch and dinner are prepared by a catering service in an external kitchen. Breakfast and snacks are prepared onsite by our international WEX team. All food is provided and included in the price. We will serve vegetarian/vegan meals. There will always be a wheat free option. Please also consider, that we can't fulfill everybody’s wishes and diets. If you need a big variety of special food, please take care on your own. |
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| Handling the privacy issue on photo/video material | |||||||||||||||
| As some of the former participants already know, the contactfestival freiburg aims not only at the practice but also at the spreading of CI and the development of the Festival itself. For this reason, to show what Contact Improvisation and the Festival are about (in forums, our web page and the video documentary that comes forth every year), photos and video material will be taken during the Festival.
Please be advised that by applying and registering at the contactfestival freiburg, you are automatically allowing the organizers to use and authorize others (for the same purpose) to use the images taken during the Festival for a documentary reason (in paper, DVD, Internet including our Festival Please be advised that by applying and registering at the contactfestival freiburg, you are automatically allowing the organizers to use and authorize others (for the same purpose) to use the images taken during the Festival for a documentary reason (in paper, DVD, Internet including our Festival facebook page or any other form) and resigning to make any claim in relation to any use of them. Participants might as well take photos and videos during the Festival and publish them on their own Internet pages. Those «private photographers» need to provide the links, where they will publish the material, to all participants (via the festival organization). Participants can ask them to delete images involving the claimant in a group of less than 6 people. Those «privates» are asked to follow the participants wish. All «private» and «official» photographers are asked to not publish any photo on facebook or any other social networks with limited access.To use photos for advertising purposes you need the photographer's permission and, for pictures with fewer than 6 people, also the permission of the people depicted! |
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| SUSTAINABILITY | |||||||||||||||
| As festival organizers, we are committed to taking responsibility not only for ourselves but also for the environment and the planet. We have implemented several initiatives over the years, which we believe are important to share with you and to encourage everyone to notice and to participate in. You can contribute to saving carbon by organizing carpools, using the hot showers consciously and helping with recycling onsite. Thank you for supporting our efforts to protect the environment. |
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| Please send us any kind of feedback so we can make it better next year. | |||||||||||||||
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| info(AT) contactfestival(DOT)de |
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| registration(AT) contactfestival(DOT)de |
