ABOUT US
Dance Nexus is an initiative of independent professional dance makers from Wiesbaden, Mainz and the surrounding area. We are an international group of contemporary and experimental choreographers, dancers, performance makers, dance-related artists and supporters of other fields.
We founded Dance Nexus at the beginning of 2024 with the aim of giving the independent contemporary dance scene more visibility, work opportunities and improved networking and infrastructure in the metropolitan area of Wiesbaden and Mainz.
The first public event, Dance Nexus Festival, took place at the end of August 2024, where a total of 33 artists presented their work in performances and workshops. Since October 2024, Dance Nexus has been organising the first regular Profitraining in both cities in cooperation with Tanzraum Mainz.
OUR VISION
We are committed to a diverse, open, sustainable, enriching and experimental dance scene.
On the one hand, the aim is to establish Dance Nexus as a sustainable, robust structure that can make the artistic work of independent dance professionals in Wiesbaden, Mainz and beyond the city limits possible, visible and supported. On the other hand, we want to find adequate spaces in which independent, professional dance can be researched, developed, rehearsed and performed in appropriate quality in both cities.
In addition to the artists, however, a scene also includes the audience, who watch dance and want to participate themselves. We support cultural participation across all borders and work to create a close relationship between artists and audience.
We want to promote personal exchange as well as participation, mediation and thus the understanding of contemporary dance forms.
To achieve this, dance in Wiesbaden and Mainz must also be supported financially and with infrastructure. In contemporary dance forms, the focus is on engaging with one's own body; dance makes you physically fit, promotes musicality and, as a creative, experimental activity, is part of a self-determined, free-thinking society.