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CREATION / CHOREOGRAPHY / AUTHORSHIP

12 weeks · interdisciplinary · practice-oriented

A dynamic intensive program designed as a springboard for artists who want to expand their position as authors/choreographers/makers of their own work in the independent performing arts scene in Berlin and internationally. The program provides the tools, confidence and networks to develop and market freelance projects in the transdisciplinary and body-oriented performing arts. 


With a focus on choreography, creation and authorship, the program enables participants to initiate, plan and execute their own performance projects. From conception to realization, it provides an insight into the various levels of the creation process, as well as the framing project and production management. Through a combination of practical and theoretical workshop inputs and mentoring, the program prepares artists to orient themselves and network in the regional, national and international context of the independent performing arts scene.


Who is the CCA suitable for?


  • For people from the field of body-based and interdisciplinary performing arts.
  • For people who have already completed an artistic education and/or have several years of professional artistic practice.
  • For people who want to develop their own artistic work and acquire the tools for creation, project management and distribution. 
  • For people who want to define a clear artistic voice/authorship in the context of transdisciplinary performance and choreography.
  • For people who want to intensively reflect on and develop their own way of working and creating as part of a group.
  • For people who are arriving in the independent scene in Berlin / Germany / Europe and want to network in order to build sustainable structures and networks


The facts at a glance


  • Duration 12 weeks
  • Working hours: Tuesday to Thursday 10:30 to 15:00, Friday 10:30 to max. 17:00 + self study
  • one week Kick-off, self-positioning, project introduction / seven weeks theoretical + practical inputs / three weeks creation + mentoring / one week presentation & evaluation
  • Working languages: German & English
  • Costs: 1.800,00 € - installments possible, without additional costs 


Next round: 04.11.2025 to 06.02.2026

Application start: 17.02.2025

Selection workshop: 19.7.2025*

Information on the application process can be found here.


*In case that you are unable to attend on this date, please contact us to find an alternative (e.g. online audition).


Do you have any questions? Then send an email to Tina Weiler: bewerbung@senecaintensiv.de.


We look forward to getting to know you!

  • Basic information on the structure of the CCA

    The CCA is divided into five phases. 


    Phase 0 - Preparation


    • After successful admission to the program, the participants begin to develop an initial concept sketch for their project based on their previous knowledge, which they further develop and begin to rehearse during the 12 weeks of the program.

    Phase 1 - KICK-OFF - one week


    • Orientation and program presentation
    • Presentation of their own project outline by each participants
    • Competencies: Team building & formulation of goals

    Phase 2 - INPUT - seven weeks


    • Workshops - artistic practice: sharing your own practice within the group, impulses from guest artists from the fields of choreography & directing, inputs on working in public and museum spaces & site-specific performance
    • One-day seminars on the topics: Project and production management, writing workshop, dramaturgy in the moving arts, distribution - networking - booking, public relations & documentation, feedback methods
    • Work in the studio and further development of your own project (concept, research, creation) + ongoing mentoring by the program management
    • Project pitching and sharing of previous artistic research in the week before Christmas

    Phase 3 - CREATION - three weeks


    • Rehearsal phase for the realization of your own project
    • Individual mentoring by the heads of the program and external mentors matching the needs of the inidividual project
    • Intermediate Showing + feedback with the program management and all participants 

    Phase 4 - PRESENTATION & EVALUATION - one week


    • Presentation of own work + feedback
    • Next Steps + group conclusion

    OPTIONAL - CCA Performance Day


    • probably at the end of February 
    • Organization & implementation of an event showcasing the works created during the program as part of the OPEN HOUSE of SENECA INTENSIV.


    You will receive even more information and guaranteed answers to all your questions during our OPEN HOUSE and of course in great detail at our selection workshop on July 19th 2025.