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  • International exchange | networks
    • International exchange
      European networks
  • International Scholarships
    • International Scholarships
    • The Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM
  • Networks
    • mitos21
    • E:UTSA
    • ELIA
    • Danube Cultural Cluster
  • Projects
    • Namibia Initiative
    • Project ACADEMIX
    • Cooperation Freeszfe | ADK
    • DAHD Hidden Heritage
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International exchange
European networks

Our cross-sector approach makes ADK an interesting partner for other countries. Admission to international networks is a seal of quality for education providers: since 2015 our international activities have been boosted by membership in E:UTSA (Europe: Union of Theatre Schools and Academies) and mitos21, an alliance of theatre professionals at leading, influential theatre institutions in Europe. In April 2018 ADK was invited to join ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts).

Danube….
There are so many opportunities here for initial and continuing training, such as the International Meeting of Dramaturgs in Berlin, the Berliner Theatertreffen with the Autorentheatertage at Deutsches Theater, and the Young Actors and Directors Meeting in Stockholm during the Ingmar Bergman Festival, where the production »Topographies of Paradise« with performer Madame Nielsen and graduates from our Directing and Acting courses was shown in August 2018.

These networks enable students from colleges elsewhere to take part in ADK seminars and vice versa. Our Acting students, for example, will join the »Turbo-Workshop« on topical themes at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris. Invitations to show guest productions have also increased. The E:UTSA network has given rise to festivals like »SPOLETO/Festival dei Due Mondi«. Thanks to other invitations, our students will attend the »SETKÁNÍ/ENCOUNTER« festival in Brno (Czechia) and visit Rome for the »Festival Contaminazioni« at the Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica »Silvio d’Amico«.
Every two years Ludwigsburg hosts the FURORE Festival – an international event for young theatre-makers planned and organised by ADK students.

International Scholarships

The international scholarships are available both for enrolled students of the ADK in full studies and for international incoming students with whose universities the ADK has signed an exchange partnership. These scholarships can cover a possible period of three to eight semesters.

International incoming students are accepted at the ADK for a guest semester only at the beginning of the summer semester (April) until the end of the summer semester (July). Requests have to be submitted to the International Office (claudia.valet@adk-bw.de) in the winter semester before (October/November/latest 5th of December) together with documents such as curriculum vitae, letter of motivation, transcript of records and two letters of recommendation from the home university. University cooperation agreements/inter-institutional agreements can also be arranged at the same time.

  • PDFOpen Call Scholarship

The Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM

   

 

The Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for University Students is a program established by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.

Exchange and collaboration with other international theatre schools and academies is an essential aspect and a crucial objective of the studies at the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst in Baden-Württemberg. ADK’s participation in the programme Baden-Württemberg STIPENDIUM for University Students, run by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung, recognises ADK’s open, international approach.

With a view to encouraging international exchange among especially qualified students, the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung awards two to three scholarships in every academic year to domestic and foreign students as part of a student exchange (incomings / outgoings) between the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst and our partner institutions abroad. The scholarship is paid for three to six months. Selection criteria include not only academic achievement but also social and intercultural skills.

Students interested in applying should contact the International Office claudia.valet@adk-bw.de

An Open Call with details is listed hereafter.

Networks

mitos21

»Bringing together, collaborating, strengthening links.«

 
Even though ADK is not currently a member, it has a long-standing cooperation with mitos21.

mitos21
was founded in October 2008 by a group of theatre professionals, who are associated to important public theatre institutions in Europe. mitos 21 is a non-profit association under Danish law, with its official seat at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen and is a European Theatre Network bringing together artists & theatre professionals collaborating professionals & institutions strengthening between theatre & society.  mitos21

E:UTSA

»To support the youngest generation’s creativity particularly during the gap between theatrical education and professional life«

 
|  E:UTSA  |  Europe: Union of Theatre Schools and Academies
founded 2012    E:UTSA

E:UTSA is a network of theatre schools that gives teachers and students the opportunity to engage in artistic exchange and have direct contact with professional artists. One of the most important goals is the multilateral exchange in the form of a guest study at another E:UTSA university and the use of this platform to create an open understanding of diversity in Europe.

Board

Beata Szczucińska (Chair)
Grégory Gabriel (Vice-Chair)
Corinna Vitale (Treasurer)
Regina Guhl (General Secretary)
Moné Sharifi (Student representative ADK, Ludwigsburg)
Leonie Stalder (Student representative Accademia Teatro Dimitri, Verscio)
Kamilė Maksvytytė (Student representative LMTA, Vilnius)

Members

  • Glasgow, Scotland – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow
  • Hannover, Germany – Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien
  • Ludwigsburg, Germany – Academy for Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg
  • Madrid, Spain – Real Escuela de Arte Dramatico RESAD
  • Malmö, Sweden – Malmö Theatre Academy
  • Milano, Italy – Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi
  • Moskow, Russia – Russian Institute of theatre Arts (GITIS),
  • Paris, France – The Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD)
  • Rome, Italy – Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica „Silvio d’Amico”
  • Salzburg, Austria – Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, Thomas-Bernhard-Institut
  • St. Petersburg, Russia – St. Petersburg State Institute of Performing Arts
  • Stockholm, Sweden – Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
  • Verscio, Switzerland – Accademia Teatro Dimitri
  • Vilnius, Lithuania – Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
  • Warsaw, Poland – The Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art

 
Associated Members

  • Europe Theatre Prize, Fondazione Teatro della Pergola, Fresh Festival – Baltic House
    Theatre festival
  • Norsk Skuespillersenter (Norwegian Actor’s Centre)

ELIA

»ELIA is a globally connected European network that provides a dynamic platform for professional exchange and development in higher arts education«

ELIA /European League of Institutes of the Arts.  www.elia-artschools.org

Since April 2018 ADK has been a member of ELIA. With 250 members in 47 countries, it represents 300,000 students across all art disciplines. This interdisciplinarity makes ELIA a unique network. ELIA supports art in higher education by promoting opportunities to exchange methods, supporting cultural diversity and fostering communication between cultures.

Danube Cultural Cluster

»The danube as a cultural brand«
Danube Cultural Cluster
 
Even though ADK is not currently a member, it has a long-standing cooperation with the Danube Cultural Cluster.

Founded 2012  www.danubeculturalcluster.eu  – Association for a stronger cultural cooperation in the Danube region.

The Danube Cultural Cluster Association was established in Vienna in 2012 as a cooperation platform. It was developed in accordance with the macroregional initiative of the European Union’s Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). Its primary aim is to represent the interests of contemporary cultural and creative projects, as well as to establish a communication and cooperation platform for them while generating own projects with an eye toward enhancing the “Danube” as a quality cultural brand.

Today, the Danube Cultural Cluster is the only regional (transnational) NGO in the field of culture being an official observing member of the international Steering Group of EUSDR Priority Area 3 (Culture, Tourism & People to People Relations).

Members:
Mindspace Nonprofit Ltd., Europäische Donauakademie, Donumenta e.V., The Bridgeguard, CICC-Cultural Innovation Competence Centre Association, Donauschwäb. Zentralmuseum, KultUnio, Internationale Elias Canetti Gesellschaft, Danube Books, Danube Dialogues Festival, Danube Connects – Magazine for the Danube countries.

Chair:
Dr. Márton Méhes

© Philip Henze
© Philip Henze
© Philip Henze

Projects

Namibia Initiative

The initiative, which is fully funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg, enabled two directing students from the ADK to spend time in Windhoek/Namibia in the summer semester of 2022. There they developed a participatory project in collaboration with students from the College of Arts (COTA)
and a freelance performer and musician. With this project, the ADK, together with the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, is continuing the expansion of international offers within the framework of a bilateral student exchange in the fields of theatre, film and media with Namibia. The aim is to give young creative people from both countries access to the reality of life on the ground and to current social issues and to sharpen their narrative and technical skills.
 
In return, ADK was able to use this funding to enable three acting students from COTA to stay in Ludwigsburg in 2023 in order to be able to continue and complete the projects started in Namibia with the two ADK-directing students. In July, a three-part performance was presented in Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart and Windhoek.
 

Project ACADEMIX

The ACADEMIX-partnership of five European institutions, the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, the August Everding Theatre Academy in Munich, the Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg and the Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza in Warsaw aims to deepen the exchange within the E:UTSA network (Europe: Union of Theatre Schools and Academies).
 
Fifteen young artists (pilot team) from the departments of acting, directing and dramaturgy from the various universities met for one-week rehearsal phases in Paris, Ludwigsburg, Barcelona for the Oui! festival and Warsaw in the period 2022-2023, as well as for a final rehearsal phase for the final presentations again in Paris. Together they explored the dramaturgical challenges of a multilingual production and the tools that can be used to convey meaning and emotion to the audience: Body language, non-verbal communication, language crossovers, dramaturgy and stage design, sound environment, scenographic choices, etc.
 
The three productions presented in the KOSMOTEATRO project are the result of the work of this pilot team. In doing so, KOSMOTEATRO is an impetus for the future existence of a festival of young European creation in Paris that will strengthen exchanges between European schools, teachers and students. The aim is to promote the employment of artists at European level by creating a common space for collaboration and creativity. The aim was also to create one or more multilingual artistic forms, first attempts to test on stage the potential of a theatre in which the diversity of themes and forms offers different and sometimes complementary approaches to multilingual creation.
 
In addition to the meetings of the pilot team, transnational discussions between the directors of the courses and the directors of the partner schools, as well as invited professionals, have created the opportunity for exchanges on the following topics: Professional integration, students’ personal projects, multilingualism, linguistic diversity and European theatre heritage.

Projects

Cooperation Freeszfe | ADK

The ADK is thrilled to become the 2022 host of the annual »Bundeswettbewerb zur Förderung des deutschsprachigen Schauspielnachwuchses« (Federal competition for the advancement of German-speaking trainee actors), colloquially known as »Schauspielschultreffen«(SKS).
 
The gathering in Ludwigsburg is organized by the SKS (Ständige Schauspielkonferenz, permanent acting conference) and Hamburg’s European Theatre Academy »Konrad Ekhof« and financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. In 2022, for the first time, the gathering will follow a new program concept adapted to the changing demands of the performing arts.
 
In addition to large-scale productions, this will include the presentation of smaller works showcasing the theatre’s variety in interdisciplinary and new formats and experiments. This places the discourse on the future of theatre and theatre creation at the very center of this conference of German-speaking students and teachers in the acting world.

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Being able to hold such a festival in Baden-Württemberg, with its reputation for innovation and culture, sends a powerful message of the ADK’s interdisciplinary and innovative nature and future in this fifteenth year of the Academy’s existence.
 
Significant contributions to the financing of the Ludwigsburg gathering come through the support of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and Art, the city of Ludwigsburg, the Wüstenrot Foundation, the Stiftung Kunst, Kultur und Bildung, the Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg bank and the Baden-Württemberg state chapter of the Deutscher Bühnenverein (German Stage Association).
 
The gathering has also been made possible by cooperation with the Film Academy and the Karlskaserne Cultural Center, which cooperation creates open spaces and a field in which approximately 300 acting students from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland can come together in creative encounter and dialogue.
 
In favour of the Meeting, the biennial, international FURORE Festival curated by students,  will not take place.

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DAHD Hidden Heritage

Since the summer semester of 2018 ADK has been involved in a pilot project called Studio DAHD (Danube Artistic Heritage Development) as part of INTERREG’s »Danube Culture Platform«, bringing together six countries along the River Danube (Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania) through the good auspices of the OÖ Kulturquartier (AT), the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg (D), the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture (BG), the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad (SRB) and the Romanian Ministry of Culture (RO).

The Danube Region boasts a diversity of cultures, but is also rich in unresolved history, intractable ethnic hostilities, political turmoil and conflict, and constant border shifts – but that accounts too for an abundance of cultural gems and for a history of ideas that has helped to mould Europe today. A space for living with difference – a utopia? The history of this space demonstrates that cultural differences like languages, customs and religions, while not necessarily uniting people, do generate a field of opportunity – so close and yet so far away.

At Studio DAHD, 21 students from the participating countries work together to explore and evaluate the hidden heritage along the Danube, and to interrogate and redefine it with a contemporary artistic gaze. An exploration of a hidden heritage, buried, prohibited, forgotten, suppressed and effaced for whatever reason. By tracing identities and otherness, our idea of Europe is revisited, rethought, experienced in new ways.

Partners here are the Academy of Performing Arts in Baden-Württemberg (D), the University of Art and Design in Linz (AT), the Universities of Sofia and Varna (BG) and the Art Academy of Novi Sad (SRB), along with students of architecture, performing arts, film directing and editing, music production, cinematography, visual art, sculpture and photography.

Studying the hidden heritage of the Danube can uncover echo chambers to trace and highlight difference, to learn from a history of dissonance and destruction, to reflect on a future that will enable us to live out this culture of difference.

Studio DAHD is an experimental studio that enables students to expand their spheres of work. The outcomes of the Studio DAHD pilot projects will be presented in Novi Sad this autumn and together the participants will design a presentation format that can be shown along the Danube in different cultural institutions. ADK will present this at the beginning of academic year 2019/20.

Mentors: Prof. Sabine Pollak (AT), Prof. Elisabeth Schweeger (DE), Prof. Dubravka Lazić (SRB) and Mag. Nadezhda Pavlova (BG).

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