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Help strengthen co-productions between independent artist and theatres
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Help strengthen co-productions between independent artist and theatres
Send us your best examples of good co-production agreements between independent performing arts groups and theatres, and help contribute to UP and Dansk Scenekunst's development of a common tool.
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Next Drop-in Advice Tuesday, October 7, with special guest advisor
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Next Drop-in Advice Tuesday, October 7, with special guest advisor
The next Drop-in Advice on Tuesday, October 7, will feature external advisor Marie Viltoft Polli.
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Webinar: Performing arts reform – what now?
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Webinar: Performing arts reform – what now?
Join Dansk Scenekunst and UP for a webinar and gain insight into what an upcoming historic boost to the performing arts sector will mean for the independent field.
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Thanks for a fantastic Show UP – see you again on November 20
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Thanks for a fantastic Show UP – see you again on November 20
UP's after-work event in September was fantastic – see you at the next Show UP on November 20.
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These are the new groups in Moving Identities
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These are the new groups in Moving Identities
See who has been selected for UP's international residency programme
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Reflections on Moving Identities 2024-25
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Reflections on Moving Identities 2024-25
Read the report on reflections from UP's international residency collaboration Moving Identities
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Show UP – with a mini-concert by Amanda Drew Thursday September 4
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Show UP – with a mini-concert by Amanda Drew Thursday September 4
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Meet UP at Kulturmødet Mors
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Meet UP at Kulturmødet Mors
At Kulturmødet Mors, you can experience UP and some of the most important organisations in the performing arts, sharing perspectives and insights with the country's many cultural actors
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Waves Festival – UP shares international experiences
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Waves Festival – UP shares international experiences
Join us at Waves Festival on August 26-27, when UP will share experiences from the international project Moving Identities.
Discover the new season of KSelekt
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Discover the new season of KSelekt
KSelekt presents new season of independent performing arts at The Royal Danish Theatre selected by the Danish Arts Foundation
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OPEN CALL: Time in Space [Tid i Rum] december 2025
Open Call
OPEN CALL: Time in Space [Tid i Rum] december 2025
Get time and space for your experimental artistic development work with a week of free access to our studios The Pit or White Lab.
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Apply KSelekt before June 2
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Apply KSelekt before June 2
Do you want to perform in Skuespilhuset in season 2026/27? Apply KSelekt before June 2.
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Open Call
OPEN CALL: CREATIVE OXYGEN 
- Develop your international network through meaningful connections during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Pitch your production at Teaterseminaret
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Pitch your production at Teaterseminaret
Apply to the Danish Arts Foundation before June 6 to join UP at Denmark's largest trade fair for tour buyers
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Come to the worksharings at UP
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Come to the worksharings at UP
Currently, the development program Time in Space is running at UP. The artists invite to worksharing Fridays in May.
Join us in talks about the mapping in Aarhus, Copenhagen and online
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Join us in talks about the mapping in Aarhus, Copenhagen and online
Join us in industry conversations about UP's mapping of the independent field in the performing arts in Aarhus and Copenhagen – or join the webinar
New mapping of the independent performing arts – read the full report
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New mapping of the independent performing arts – read the full report
In January 2025, UP conducted a questionnaire survey among producing performing artists who work without a permanent stage – small companies and independent entrepreneurs in the independent field. The full report has now been published.
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How do you find and retain a producer?
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How do you find and retain a producer?
New article in UP's digital toolbox about working with a producer
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Cater for your meeting attendees at UP
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Cater for your meeting attendees at UP
Did you know that you can order full catering for your participants when you book the Green Room?
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OPEN CALL: Strategy Lab for Independent Performing Arts
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OPEN CALL: Strategy Lab for Independent Performing Arts
UP offers the Strategy Lab to independent performing arts groups and companies as a focused time and space for formulating values, wild ideas and strategic directions.
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Prepare your production on your terms
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Prepare your production on your terms
In UP's largest room Main Studio, you can now get completely prepared for your production.
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KSelekt continues with GENLYD by MØR Collective
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KSelekt continues with GENLYD by MØR Collective
Experience the final KSelekt performance of the 2024-25 season
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Be part of the survey of the independent performing arts field
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Be part of the survey of the independent performing arts field
Are you a professional freelance performing artist creating your own work? Then your help is needed!
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New on UPgrade: Inspiration for good co-productions
New on UPgrade
New on UPgrade: Inspiration for good co-productions
Last month, UP and Danish Theatre held a dialogue meeting where independent producers and established theatres discussed experiences with creating co-productions. Now the experiences from the dialogue meeting are collected on UPgrade.
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Join a dialogue meeting with the Danish Arts Foundation's Committee for Performing Arts about the new funding deadlines
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Join a dialogue meeting with the Danish Arts Foundation's Committee for Performing Arts about the new funding deadlines
Join us for a dialogue meeting on Friday 17 January at 10-12. The Project Support Committee for Performing Arts will answer questions and explain the basis for the change in a number of funding deadlines.
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UP maps the independent performing arts field
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UP maps the independent performing arts field
UP begins 2025 with a comprehensive mapping of the independent performing arts field
Drop-in Advice on 4 December on Zoom only
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Drop-in Advice on 4 December on Zoom only
Drop-in Advice is UP's open counselling format every first Wednesday of the month. On Wednesday 4 December, the consultation will be on Zoom only.
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UP gets new head of board
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UP gets new head of board
Director of ADBC becomes new head of the board of UP – the Development Platform for Performing Arts
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KSelekt talk: How to build a performing arts company in two countries
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KSelekt talk: How to build a performing arts company in two countries
toaspern|moeller, currently in KSelekt with LIEBE, invites artists from the performing arts field to a knowledge-sharing event at Skuespilhuset on 3 December.
PERSPECTIVES ON: Fair Practice Code
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PERSPECTIVES ON: Fair Practice Code
HAUT invites you to a two-day seminar exploring the potential of a Fair Practice Code in Denmark. The seminar will be held at UP on 4-5 December and will rounded off with UP's informal hang-out event Show UP
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New large-scale joint programme of residencies in 2025
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New large-scale joint programme of residencies in 2025
20.11.2024: You can now look forward to a great new joint programme of residencies at Thoravej 29
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Kulturmonitor: Scenekunstbranchens frie felt fortjener en plads på finansloven
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Kulturmonitor: Scenekunstbranchens frie felt fortjener en plads på finansloven
14.11.2024: "Vi må tage politisk ansvar for den meget store gruppe freelancere og selvstændige, der leverer et stort og vigtigt kunstnerisk bidrag til den danske scenekunst", skriver Anne Dalby, der er leder af Udviklingsplatformen for Scenekunst (UP).
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Next show in KSelekt
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Next show in KSelekt
13 November 2024: The next performance in the KSelekt series is the music and dance performance LIEBE (‘Love’), based on Getting Lost by Annie Ernaux.
Document! Share! Re-activate!
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Document! Share! Re-activate!
BIRCA - the Bornholm-based residency centre for performing arts, invites you to a seminar on archiving, sharing and reactivating artistic research in the performing arts at UP.
Save the date! Dialogue meeting on co-productions
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Save the date! Dialogue meeting on co-productions
Danish Theatre and UP are jointly hosting a dialogue meeting on 19 November at 2 pm where producers from the independent field and producers and administrative managers from theatre houses can share experiences and wishes for good co-production.
Open Call: Mentorship Programme 2025
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Open Call: Mentorship Programme 2025
10 October 2024: UP relaunches popular mentorship programme – now aimed at producers.
‘Drop-In Advice’ - UP launches new counselling format
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‘Drop-In Advice’ - UP launches new counselling format
Do you need advice as a self-producing theatre artist, performer or producer? Then come to Drop-in Advice at UP on the first Wednesday of every month.
Webinar: A good co-production deal
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Webinar: A good co-production deal
25 September 2024: Our webinars are crash courses that give you a quick and basic introduction to selected topics.
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11 September 2024: UP offers large hall for dancing in collaboration with Copenhagen Danser
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11 September 2024: UP offers large hall for dancing in collaboration with Copenhagen Danser
New artists selected for Moving Identities
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New artists selected for Moving Identities
September 4 2024: See all the artists selected for the second year of Moving Identities
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Show UP
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Show UP
5 December 2024: Show UP for afternoon drinks at UP!
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UP welcomes new Development Producer
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UP welcomes new Development Producer
16 August 2024: Ann-Jette Caron has joined UP as Development Producer in a newly created position
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UP is back from summer holidays with a message to the politicians
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UP is back from summer holidays with a message to the politicians
Anne Dalby, head of UP, speaks for independently producing performing artists in Kulturmonitor.
New pricing and options in UP Workspace
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New pricing and options in UP Workspace
We've listened - UP Workspace now offers discounted prices, shared memberships, and Day Passes
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UP appoints new leader and creates the role of development producer
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UP appoints new leader and creates the role of development producer
April 22, 2024
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OPEN CALL: MOVING IDENTITIES
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OPEN CALL: MOVING IDENTITIES
26 March 2024: International residency programme now open for applications:
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Dear politicians: The money should follow the art, not the buildings
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Dear politicians: The money should follow the art, not the buildings
25 March 2024: (translated from Kulturmonitor.dk) "If the Danish state is to get the most out of its investment in the performing arts, cultural politicians must give more consideration to the independent field of the performing arts", says Mikkel Harder Munck-Hansen, head of UP – the Development Platform for Performing Arts.
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UP opens new studio
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UP opens new studio
23 February 2024: We open UP's third studio on Baldersgade in Copenhagen - and we've named it The Pit.
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2023 in review – The beginning of Moving Identities
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2023 in review – The beginning of Moving Identities
We are already halfway through the first Moving Identities residency year, and the last couple of months have been packed with residencies all across Europe.
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